| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
05/16/1988 |
| Label |
Enigma Records/Mute Records Ltd. |
| Catalog No |
D2-73314 |
| Bar Code No |
0 1877-73314-2 5 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Silk Skin Paws (4:53)
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| 2.
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The Finest Drops (5:01)
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| 3.
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The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um (4:03)
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| 4.
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Free Falling Divisions (3:39)
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| 5.
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It's A Boy (4:26)
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| 6.
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Boiling Boy (6:22)
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| 7.
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Kidney Bingos (4:12)
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| 8.
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Come Back In Two Halves (2:43)
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| 9.
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Follow The Locust (4:22)
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| 10.
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A Public Place (4:30)
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| 11.
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The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um (Alternative Version) (4:02)
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| 12.
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Pieta (7:29)
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| 13.
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Over Theirs [Live] (6:36)
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| 14.
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Drill [Live] (8:01)
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| Date Acquired |
06/06/1988 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Northern Lights |
| Purchase Price |
16.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
Packaged in a standard jewel case with a 6-page foldout insert. Track durations are not printed on the release.
Recorded at Preussen Tonstudio.
Live tracks recorded at The Town And Country Club, London, December 1, 1987 with The Manor Mobile.
Printed in Canada.
Credits:
Engineer [Engineered By] – David Heilmann
Engineer [Front Of House Engineer] – Paul Davis
Engineer [Stage Monitor Engineer] – Simon Hardiman
Layout – Slim Smith
Other [Backline] – Ifan Thomas
Performer – Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Lewis, Robert Gotobed
Producer [Produced By] – Gareth Jones
Written-By [All Titles By] – Wire
Companies, etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mute Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Mute Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Preußen Tonstudio
Recorded At – The Town And Country Club, London
Recorded At – Manor Mobile
Published By – Stainless Music
Pressed By – Capitol Jax
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 0 1877-73314-2 5
Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A): 018777331425
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): D2-73314 @ 1:2:2 + CAPITOL JAX 2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): D2-73314 @ 4 :1:1 + CAPITOL JAX 9
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): D2-73314 @ 1:2:1 +
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, mirrored): CAPITOL JAX 4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): D2-73314 @ 3 :1:3 + CAPITOL JAX 8
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): D2-73314 @ 1:2:2 + CAPITOL JAX 5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): D2-73314 @ 1 : 2 : 1 . + CAPITOL JAX 4
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Analyzed Folder: Wire - A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR11 -1.09 dB -14.00 dB 01 - Silk Skin Paws.aif
DR12 -0.64 dB -14.32 dB 02 - The Finest Drops.aif
DR11 -1.42 dB -14.34 dB 03 - The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um.aif
DR12 -0.47 dB -13.71 dB 04 - Free Falling Divisions.aif
DR11 -0.91 dB -13.30 dB 05 - Its A Boy.aif
DR11 -1.05 dB -14.85 dB 06 - Boiling Boy.aif
DR12 -0.14 dB -15.25 dB 07 - Kidney Bingos.aif
DR12 -1.40 dB -14.35 dB 08 - Come Back In Two Halves.aif
DR11 -0.71 dB -14.04 dB 09 - Follow The Locust.aif
DR12 -2.16 dB -19.05 dB 10 - A Public Place.aif
DR12 -1.83 dB -15.81 dB 11 - Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um (Alternative Version).aif
DR12 -0.98 dB -15.95 dB 12 - Pieta.aif
DR12 -0.81 dB -14.92 dB 13 - Over Theirs (Live).aif
DR12 -0.14 dB -15.06 dB 14 - Drill (Live).aif
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Number of Files: 14
Official DR Value: DR12
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Stewart Mason:
Wire's return to full-time active duty came as something of a surprise. Colin Newman, Bruce Gilbert, and Graham Lewis (the latter two both separately and as the duo Dome) had been growing increasingly abstract and non-rock in the six years since the group had split up, but 1988's A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck is, at heart, an album full of pop songs. Admittedly, they're mainly peculiar pop songs full of stream-of-consciousness lyrics ("Money spine paper lung kidney bingos organ fun," goes the chorus of the catchiest song, sung by Newman in a dreamy reverie as if the unrelated non sequiturs were just another love song) and produced in an oddly detached way that emphasizes the atmospheres over the melodies, but they're pop songs nonetheless. Newman and Lewis coat the songs with overdubbed layers of gentle guitars, treated and phased into waves of sound that ebb and flow around the songs over Gilbert's throbbing bass and Robert Gotobed's dancefloor-based rhythms. Arguably Wire's best album and certainly its most accessible, A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck is a work of modern rock genius. The CD includes four bonus tracks, including a thoroughly reworked alternate version of "The Queen of Ur and the King of Um" and a chugging eight-minute live version of "Drill."
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