Mall (album)

{{About|the Gang of Four album|the 2014 film soundtrack|Mall (soundtrack)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Mall

| type = studio

| artist = Gang of Four

| cover = Mallgangoffour.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1991

| recorded = 1990–91

| venue =

| studio = Maison Rouge, Fulham Broadway; Power Plant, London; Strongroom, Shoreditch

| genre = {{hlist|Post-punk|funk rock}}

| length = 48:53

| label = Polydor{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/07/26/80s-gang-of-four-trying-to-recoup/ffa89e8f-b3c1-467c-91f3-b648571843bc/|title='80S GANG OF FOUR TRYING TO RECOUP|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=July 26, 1991|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}

| producer = Andy Gill

| prev_title = A Brief History of the Twentieth Century

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Shrinkwrapped

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Album reviews

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mall-mw0000263121|title=Mall - Gang of Four | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

| rev2 = Robert Christgau

| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=gang+of+four |title=Gang of Four |publisher=Robert Christgau |date= }}

|rev3 = Rolling Stone

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/mall-249223/|title=Mall|first1=Ira|last1=Robbins|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 8, 1991}}

}}

Mall is the fifth studio album by Gang of Four.{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/gang-of-four/|title=Gang of Four|work=Trouser Press}}

Seven years after Gang of Four's breakup, founding members Jon King and Andy Gill reteamed for Mall. Slickly produced, with a heavy emphasis on synthesizers and ersatz funk rhythms, the lyrical focus returns the group to the political arena. As suggested by the title, Mall is laced with the usual examinations of consumerism and the economy, while the sample-heavy "F.M.U.S.A." is an essay on the Vietnam War.

The album features a cover of Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Soul Rebel", from their 1970 album Soul Rebels.