Editing Entertainment! (section)

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/entertainment%21-mw0000645285 |title=Entertainment! – Gang of Four |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=3 August 2012 |last=Kellman |first=Andy}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3383 |title=Gang of Four: Entertainment! |magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |access-date=6 July 2016 |last=Power |first=Tony |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123013824/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3383 |archive-date=23 November 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev3score = A{{sfn|Christgau|1990}}
| rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{sfn|Larkin|2011}}
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5score = A+<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/1995/02/03/latest-reissues |title=The latest in reissues |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=3 February 1995 |access-date=6 July 2016 |last=Flaherty |first=Michael |archive-date=6 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106101213/http://www.ew.com/article/1995/02/03/latest-reissues |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 9.5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3389-entertainment/ |title=Gang of Four: Entertainment! |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=11 May 2005 |access-date=3 August 2012 |last=Harvell |first=Jess}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Best Punk Albums of All Time – Gang of Four: Entertainment! |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |edition=special |date=May 2002 |page=138}}</ref>
| rev8      = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Albums|journal=[[Record Mirror]]|date=6 October 1978|page=18|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/79/Record-Mirror-1979-10-06-OCR.pdf|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/entertainment-20050519 |title=Entertainment! |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=19 May 2005 |access-date=3 August 2012 |last=Walters |first=Barry}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{sfn|Considine|2004|p=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/321 321]}}
| rev11 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev11score = 10/10{{sfn|Kreilkamp|1995|p=163}}
}}

''Entertainment!'' was ranked the fifth best album of 1979 by ''[[NME]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1979-2-1045405 |title=1979 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year |website=[[NME]] |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=15 November 2016}}</ref> Reviewing the album in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in 1980, [[David Fricke]] regarded ''Entertainment!'' as "the best debut album by a British band – punk or otherwise – since the original English release of ''[[The Clash (album)|The Clash]]'' in 1977".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gangoffour/albums/album/304420/review/5943091/entertainment |title=Gang of Four: Entertainment |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=7 August 1980 |access-date=3 August 2012 |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224220849/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gangoffour/albums/album/304420/review/5943091/entertainment |archive-date=24 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Creem]]''{{'}}s RJ Smith, looking back on ''Entertainment!'' in 1984, found it to be "the most difficult Gang album, because it's so damn hard to find the front door to the thing. The ugly emotions ''Entertainment!'' dredges up are almost freakish, and all the more unsettling for the way they poke unexpectedly through the record's detached, architectonic front."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/gang-of-four--hard-men-in-good-cars |title=Gang of Four = Hard Men in Good Cars |magazine=[[Creem]] |date=March 1984 |access-date=5 September 2019 |last=Smith |first=RJ |url-access=subscription |via=[[Rock's Backpages]]}}</ref>

In 2004, ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' listed ''Entertainment!'' as the eighth best album of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/10/ |title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=23 June 2004 |access-date=14 January 2013 |page=10 |archive-date=15 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415064956/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5932-top-100-albums-of-the-1970s/10/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album at number 490 on its list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 greatest albums of all time]], raising the album's rank to number 483 in their 2012 update of the list, saying that its "stiff, jerky aggression... invented a new style that influenced bands from the [[Minutemen (band)|Minutemen]] to [[LCD Soundsystem]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Rolling-stone-the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-2003-annotated|title = Rolling Stone – the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)}}</ref><ref name="500-greatest">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/steve-earle-guitar-town-45778/ |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=2 September 2019}}</ref> In their 2020 reboot of the list, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album number 273.  In March 2005, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' placed the track "At Home He's a Tourist" at number 52 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Tracks". As of 2009, ''Entertainment!'' has sold more than 100,000 copies in the UK.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/andy-gill-meets-andy-gill-1789194.html |title=Andy Gill meets Andy Gill |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=18 September 2009 |access-date=29 April 2010 |last=Gill |first=Andy}}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Chris|last=Shade|editor-first=Robert|editor-last=Dimery|chapter=Gang of Four: ''Entertainment!''|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|publisher=[[Universe Publishing]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7893-1371-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/1001AlbumsYouMustHearBeforeYouDie/page/n219/mode/1up 440]}}</ref>

The album has also attracted praise from rock musicians. [[Kurt Cobain]] of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] listed it as one of his 50 favourite albums of all time.<ref>{{cite book |title=Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History |last1=Cross |first1=Charles R. |author-link1=Charles R. Cross |last2=Gaar |first2=Gillian G. |last3=Gendron |first3=Bob |last4=Martens |first4=Todd |last5=Yarm |first5=Mark |publisher=Voyageur Press |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7603-4521-4 |page=37}}</ref> [[Flea (musician)|Flea]] of the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] stated that the first time he heard the record, "It completely changed the way [he] looked at rock music and sent [him] on [his] trip as a bass player."<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Entertainment! |others=[[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] |publisher=Infinite Zero Archive/[[American Recordings (US)|American Recordings]] |edition=reissue |year=1995 |id=9 43047-2 |type=liner notes}}</ref> [[Michael Stipe]] of [[R.E.M.]] has stated, "Gang of Four could really swing. I stole a lot from them."<ref>Gang of Four - Entertainment 1995 EMI Records CD issue</ref>