| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Pink Flag |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
12/00/1977 |
| Reissue Date |
00/00/1987 |
| Label |
Harvest / EMI Records Ltd. |
| Catalog No |
CD HAR 1 |
| Bar Code No |
none |
| Reissue |
Yes |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Reuters (3:02)
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| 2.
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Field Day (0:28)
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| 3.
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Three Girl Rhumba (1:23)
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| 4.
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Ex Lion Tamer (2:17)
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| 5.
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Lowdown (2:26)
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| 6.
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Start To Move (1:12)
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| 7.
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Brazil (0:40)
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| 8.
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It's So Obvious (0:53)
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| 9.
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Surgeon's Girl (1:17)
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| 10.
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Pink Flag (3:48)
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| 11.
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The Commercial (0:49)
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| 12.
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Straight Line (0:44)
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| 13.
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106 Beats That (1:12)
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| 14.
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Mr. Suit (1:25)
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| 15.
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Strange (3:58)
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| 16.
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Fragile (1:18)
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| 17.
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Mannequin (2:36)
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| 18.
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Different To Me (0:43)
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| 19.
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Champs (1:46)
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| 20.
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Feeling Called Love (1:21)
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| 21.
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1 2 X U (1:55)
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| 22.
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Options R (*) (1:38)
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| Date Acquired |
06/06/1986 |
| Personal Rating |
 |
| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
18.00 |
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Notes |
Notes:
℗ 1977 Original Sound Recording made by EMI Records Ltd.
© 1977 EMI Records Ltd.
Made in Japan
Track 22 is listed as an extra track.
Credits:
Bass – Lewis
Drums – Robert Gotobed
Guitar – B. C. Gilbert
Guitar and Vocals – Colin
Engineer – Paul Hardiman
Art Direction – David Dragon
Design Concept [Sleeve concept] – B. C. Gilbert, Newman
Engineer [Assistant] – Ken Thomas
Photography By [Colin] – Richard Bray
Photography By [Front cover photography, Robert Gotobed, B. C. Gilbert] – Annette Green
Photography By [Lewis] – Lynda House
Producer – Mike Thorne
Composed By – B. Gilbert (tracks: 1 to 17, 19 to 21), C. Newman (tracks: 1 to 17, 19 to 21), G. Lewis (tracks: tracks: 1 to 17, 19 to 22), R. Gotobed (tracks: 1 to 17, 19 to 21)
Companies, etc.:
Recorded At – Advision Studios
Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright © – EMI Records Ltd.
Pressed By – JVC, Japan
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout: HAR - 1 - 1 - U 3 C 1 1
Rights Society: BIEM/JASRAC
SPARS Code: AAD
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Analyzed Folder: Wire - Pink Flag_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR10 -0.00 dB -14.18 dB 01 - Reuters.flac
DR12 -3.47 dB -17.25 dB 02 - Field Day for the Sundays.flac
DR13 -1.56 dB -17.89 dB 03 - Three Girl Rhumba.flac
DR11 -2.43 dB -15.94 dB 04 - Ex Lion Tamer.flac
DR11 -0.12 dB -14.04 dB 05 - Lowdown.flac
DR12 -2.65 dB -16.78 dB 06 - Start to Move.flac
DR11 -4.37 dB -18.52 dB 07 - Brazil.flac
DR11 -2.27 dB -15.87 dB 08 - It's So Obvious.flac
DR10 -2.24 dB -14.52 dB 09 - Surgeon's Girl.flac
DR10 -1.89 dB -15.77 dB 10 - Pink Flag.flac
DR11 -4.62 dB -17.38 dB 11 - The Commercial.flac
DR12 -1.95 dB -15.77 dB 12 - Straight Line.flac
DR11 -1.48 dB -14.77 dB 13 - 106 Beats That.flac
DR12 -1.21 dB -14.51 dB 14 - Mr. Suit.flac
DR11 -2.24 dB -15.16 dB 15 - Strange.flac
DR12 -1.76 dB -16.75 dB 16 - Fragile.flac
DR10 -3.34 dB -15.95 dB 17 - Mannequin.flac
DR11 -1.93 dB -15.41 dB 18 - Different to Me.flac
DR11 -2.27 dB -16.23 dB 19 - Champs.flac
DR10 -3.63 dB -15.73 dB 20 - Feeling Called Love.flac
DR10 -1.23 dB -15.42 dB 21 - 1 2 X U.flac
DR14 -0.00 dB -15.72 dB 22 - Options R.flac
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Number of Files: 22
Official DR Value: DR11
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Steve Huey:
Perhaps the most original debut album to come out of the first wave of British punk, Wire's Pink Flag plays like The Ramones Go to Art School -- song after song careens past in a glorious, stripped-down rush. However, unlike the Ramones, Wire ultimately made their mark through unpredictability. Very few of the songs followed traditional verse/chorus structures -- if one or two riffs sufficed, no more were added; if a musical hook or lyric didn't need to be repeated, Wire immediately stopped playing, accounting for the album's brevity (21 songs in under 36 minutes on the original version). The sometimes dissonant, minimalist arrangements allow for space and interplay between the instruments; Colin Newman isn't always the most comprehensible singer, but he displays an acerbic wit and balances the occasional lyrical abstraction with plenty of bile in his delivery. Many punk bands aimed to strip rock & roll of its excess, but Wire took the concept a step further, cutting punk itself down to its essence and achieving an even more concentrated impact. Some of the tracks may seem at first like underdeveloped sketches or fragments, but further listening demonstrates that in most cases, the music is memorable even without the repetition and structure most ears have come to expect -- it simply requires a bit more concentration. And Wire are full of ideas; for such a fiercely minimalist band, they display quite a musical range, spanning slow, haunting texture exercises, warped power pop, punk anthems, and proto-hardcore rants -- it's recognizable, yet simultaneously quite unlike anything that preceded it. Pink Flag's enduring influence pops up in hardcore, post-punk, alternative rock, and even Britpop, and it still remains a fresh, invigorating listen today: a fascinating, highly inventive rethinking of punk rock and its freedom to make up your own rules. [The original 1989 CD issue by Restless Retro features a bonus track, "Options R.
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