A Brief History of the Twentieth Century

A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
Compilation album by Gang of Four
Released	December 1990
Recorded	1979–1983
Genre	Post-punk new wave dance-punk college rock
Length	76:20
Label	Warner Bros.
Gang of Four chronology
Hard (1983) A Brief History of the Twentieth Century (1990) Mall (1991)

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Robert Christgau	A−

A Brief History of the Twentieth Century is the first compilation album by Gang of Four. It was released in December 1990. The liner notes are by Greil Marcus.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"At Home He's a Tourist"	3:32
2.	"Damaged Goods"	3:28
3.	"Natural's Not in It"	3:06
4.	"Not Great Men"	3:06
5.	"Anthrax"	4:23
6.	"Return the Gift"	3:06
7.	"It's Her Factory"	3:09
8.	"What We All Want" (recorded live at Hammersmith Palais, 30/03/81)	5:11
9.	"Paralysed"	3:22
10.	"A Hole in the Wallet"	3:24
11.	"Cheeseburger"	4:07
12.	"To Hell with Poverty!"	4:37
13.	"Capital (It Fails Us Now)"	4:03
14.	"Call Me Up"	3:36
15.	"I Will Be a Good Boy"	3:10
16.	"The History of the World"	4:39
17.	"I Love a Man in Uniform"	4:07
18.	"Is It Love"	4:34
19.	"Woman Town"	4:30
20.	"We Live as We Dream, Alone"	3:37

• Tracks 1–6 are from the album Entertainment! (1979)
• Track 7 is from the Yellow EP (1980)
• Tracks 9–11 are from the album Solid Gold (1981)
• Tracks 8 and 12–13 are from the EP Another Day/Another Dollar (1982)
• Tracks 14–17 and 20 are from the album Songs of the Free (1982)
• Tracks 18–19 are from the album Hard (1983)