The Circle (Wipers album)

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The Circle
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Studio album by
Wipers
Released1988
Genre Post-punk
Length32:49
Label Restless
Producer Greg Sage
Wipers chronology
Follow Blind
(1987)		The Circle
(1988)		 Silver Sail
(1993)

The Circle is a studio album by the American band Wipers, released on Restless in 1988. [1] The album was recorded at frontman Greg Sage's studio, 421 Sound, in Portland, Oregon.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography 6/10 [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 6/10 [5]

Trouser Press wrote that "The Circle‘s scorching opener, 'I Want a Way', and its tumultuous title track are red herrings for Wipers' business as usual." [6] The Boston Globe determined that Greg Sage is "less the master of that massive tension/release valve, and more the prisoner of straight-out, churning, semi-preachy post-punk." [7]

The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that "jazzy distorted riffing hadn't sounded this invigorating since Hendrix or Robert Fripp had their heyday." [8]

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Sage.

  1. "I Want a Way" - 2:35
  2. "Time Marches On" - 2:50
  3. "All the Same" - 3:36
  4. "True Believer" - 3:54
  5. "Good Thing" - 2:28
  6. "Make or Break" - 3:40
  7. "The Circle" - 4:33
  8. "Goodbye Again" - 3:19
  9. "Be There" - 2:48
  10. "Blue & Red" - 3:06

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Wipers | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 735.
  3. ↑ Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (April 24, 1999). "The great alternative & indie discography". Edinburgh : Canongate – via Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1239.
  5. ↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 435.
  6. ↑ "Wipers". Trouser Press. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Fury and a Sense of Dynamics". Arts and Film. The Boston Globe. January 21, 1989. p. 55.
  8. ↑ Buckley, Peter (October 30, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.
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