Wire | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 13 April 2015 [1] | |||
Recorded | 2014 at Rockfield Studios outside Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK; overdubs added December 2014 at Brighton Electric, Brighton, England, UK; [1] additional recording at Swim Studio, London, England, UK | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 44:01 | |||
Label | Pinkflag | |||
Producer | Colin Newman | |||
Wire chronology | ||||
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Wire is the self-titled fourteenth studio album by British post-punk band Wire. It was released on 13 April 2015 through the band's Pinkflag label. [1]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [2] |
Metacritic | 75/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
The A.V. Club | B [5] |
Consequence of Sound | B− [6] |
The Guardian | [7] |
Mojo | [8] |
MusicOMH | [9] |
Paste Magazine | 8.2/10 [10] |
Pitchfork | 7.0/10 [11] |
PopMatters | 7.0/10 [12] |
Record Collector | [13] |
The material on the album is a combination of songs which were written and performed live on tour preceding the recording and material written by Colin Newman just prior to entering the studio. [1] The band chose eleven songs out of nineteen they’d been preparing, and Newman has stated that the band will issue the remaining material in “… a second release, probably early next year.” [14] Although he later confirmed that this material would be released in April 2016 as Read & Burn 04., [15] the subsequent album was instead entitled Nocturnal Koreans .
According to the band's official webpage for the release, Wire is the first time that guitarist Matthew Simms, who joined in 2012, was heavily involved in the creation of album material. [1] Colin Newman said of Simms: "This is the first album where Matt's been involved in the whole process. It would be overstating to say that we're in a Renaissance, but we are definitely getting somewhere, and I think that Matt is very much part of that." [16]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Blogging" | Graham Lewis | Colin Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:46 |
2. | "Shifting" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:17 |
3. | "Burning Bridges" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:58 |
4. | "In Manchester" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 2:41 |
5. | "High" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 1:52 |
6. | "Sleep-Walking" | Newman | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 7:30 |
7. | "Joust & Jostle" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 2:12 |
8. | "Swallow" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 4:17 |
9. | "Split Your Ends" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:30 |
10. | "Octopus" | Newman | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:16 |
11. | "Harpooned" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 8:23 |
Adapted from the album liner notes. [17]
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] | 92 |
UK Albums (OCC) [19] | 71 |
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