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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox album | name = Entertainment! | type = studio | artist = [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] | cover = Entertainment!.jpg | alt = A red background with "Gang of Four" in all capitals and "Entertainment!" in all lowercase written at the top of the image. Three pictures of a cowboy shaking hands with an indigenous American are shown in the right to bottom-right of the image, with the surrounding text saying "The Indian smiles, he thinks that the cowboy is his friend. The cowboy smiles, he is glad the Indian is fooled. Now he can exploit him." | released = 25 September 1979 | recorded = 1979 | studio = The Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London | genre = <!--Genres are sourced in the prose--> * [[Post-punk]] * [[dance-punk]] * [[art punk]] * [[funk-punk]] | length = 39:53 | label = * [[EMI Records|EMI]] * [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]] | producer = * [[Andy Gill]] * [[Jon King]] * Rob Warr | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Yellow EP]] | next_year = 1980 }} '''''Entertainment!''''' is the debut album by English [[post-punk]] band [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]]. It was released in September 1979 through [[EMI Records]] internationally and [[Warner Bros. Records]] in North America. Stylistically, it draws heavily on [[punk rock]] but also incorporates the influence of [[funk]], [[reggae]] and [[Dub music|dub]]. Its lyrics and artwork reflected the band's [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] political concerns. ''Entertainment!'' became a seminal album in the [[post-punk]] movement. In 2020, ''Entertainment!'' was ranked at number 273 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]].
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