Read & Burn 01

Read & Burn 01
EP by Wire
Released	25 June 2002
Label	Pink Flag
Wire EP chronology
The Third Day (2000) Read & Burn 01 (2002) Read & Burn 02 (2002)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
BBC Music	(favourable) [3]
Blender	[4]
Robert Christgau	A− [5]
Mojo	[6]
NME	8/10 [1]
Pitchfork	8.0/10 [7]
Q	[8]
Stylus Magazine	B [9]
Uncut	6/10 [10]

Read & Burn 01 is an EP by the English rock band Wire. ^{[11] [12]} It is the first in a series of three Read & Burn EPs. It was released on 25 June 2002.

Critical reception

Exclaim! praised "the quality of the material and the genuine fire and raw riffage the band has captured on this recording, invigorating their art with punk yet again." ^[12] Trouser Press called the EP "fast, loud and hectoring," writing that "more than the sound itself, the attitude and sheer energy of Read & Burn 01 is what gestures back to 1977, as Wire channels the spirit of Pink Flag into a hardcore digital context." ^[11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Wire.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In the Art of Stopping"	3:34
2.	"I Don't Understand"	3:17
3.	"Comet"	3:17
4.	"Germ Ship"	1:51
5.	"1st Fast"	1:41
6.	"The Agfers of Kodack"	3:13

Personnel

Production

• Denis Blackham – mastering
• Dave Coppenhall – album design
• Graham Lewis – images
• Colin Newman – engineering, mixing

References

1. "Read & Burn 01 [EP] - Wire". Metacritic . Retrieved 20 February 2012.
2. Wilson Neate. "Read & Burn 01". Allmusic . Retrieved 20 February 2012.
3. Nick Reynolds (20 November 2002). "Wire Read & Burn 01 Review". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
4. Blender (13): 103.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. Robert Christgau. "Wire". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
6. Mojo : 95. September 2002.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. Eric Carr (14 July 2002). "Wire". Pitchfork . Retrieved 20 February 2012.
8. Q : 118. October 2002.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. Ed Howard (1 September 2003). "Wire". Stylus Magazine . Retrieved 20 February 2012.
10. Uncut : 111. October 2002.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
11. "Wire". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
12. "Wire Read and Burn 01". exclaim.ca.

External links

• Read & Burn 01 at Discogs