Wire (Wire album)

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Wire
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Studio album by
Released13 April 2015 [1]
Recorded2014 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
Length44:01
Label Pinkflag
Producer Colin Newman
Wire chronology
Change Becomes Us
(2013)
Wire
(2015)
Nocturnal Koreans
(2016)

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]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.4/10 [2]
Metacritic 75/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The A.V. Club B [5]
Consequence of Sound B− [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [9]
Paste Magazine 8.2/10 [10]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [11]
PopMatters 7.0/10 [12]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]

Background

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]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Blogging" Graham Lewis Colin Newman (song) / Wire (music)3:46
2."Shifting"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)3:17
3."Burning Bridges"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)3:58
4."In Manchester"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)2:41
5."High"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)1:52
6."Sleep-Walking"NewmanNewman (song) / Wire (music)7:30
7."Joust & Jostle"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)2:12
8."Swallow"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)4:17
9."Split Your Ends"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)3:30
10."Octopus"NewmanNewman (song) / Wire (music)3:16
11."Harpooned"LewisNewman (song) / Wire (music)8:23

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. [17]

Wire
Production

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 92
UK Albums (OCC) [19] 71

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