Nocturnal Koreans

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Nocturnal Koreans
Nocturnal Koreans album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 April 2016
Recorded2014–2015
Studio
Genre
Length25:55
Label Pinkflag (PF23CD / PF23LP)
Producer Colin Newman
Wire chronology
Wire
(2015)
Nocturnal Koreans
(2016)
Silver/Lead
(2017)

Nocturnal Koreans is a mini-album and the fifteenth studio album by British post-punk band Wire. It was released on 22 April 2016 through the band's own Pinkflag label. [1]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10 [2]
Metacritic 78/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Consequence of Sound B− [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Line of Best Fit 7.5/10 [9]
Monsters and CriticsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 7/10 [11]
PopMatters 7/10 [12]
Spin 8/10 [13]
TeamRockStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Under the Radar 8.5/10 [15]

Background

The album grew out of tracks initially recorded for Wire’s self-titled 2015 album. At that time, the band had recorded a total of 19 tracks, 11 of which were selected for WIRE.

In a press release for the album, however, guitarist and singer Colin Newman, drew a distinction between the material selected for WIRE and that for Nocturnal Koreans: “The WIRE album was quite respectful of the band, and Nocturnal Koreans is less respectful of the band—or, more accurately, it’s the band being less respectful to itself—in that it’s more created in the studio, rather than recorded basically as the band played it, which was mostly the case with WIRE. A general rule for this record was: any trickery is fair game, if it makes it sound better.” [16]

Accolades

On 21 April 2016, Stereogum named Nocturnal Koreans their album of the week. [17]

PublicationAccoladeYearRankRef.
The Quietus Albums of the Year 20162016
94

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Nocturnal Koreans" Graham Lewis Colin Newman (song) / Wire (music)2:58
2."Internal Exile"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)2:54
3."Dead Weight"NewmanNewman (song) / Wire (music)3:03
4."Forward Position"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)4:50
5."Numbered"NewmanNewman (song) / Wire (music)2:30
6."Still"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)3:29
7."Pilgrim Trade"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)3:11
8."Fishes Bones"Lewis Robert Grey, Lewis, Newman, Matthew Simms (song) / Wire (music)3:02
Total length:25:55

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. [19]

Wire
Production

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 181
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 98

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