| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Life In The Manscape |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Art Rock |
| Format |
CD EP |
| Released |
07/10/1990 |
| Label |
Enigma Records/Mute Records Ltd. |
| Catalog No |
7 75553-2 / MUTE 107 |
| Bar Code No |
0 18777 55532 6 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Life In The Manscape (Album Version) (3:50)
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| 2.
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Life In The Manscape (7-Inch Version) (3:54)
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| 3.
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Life In The Manscape (12-Inch Version) (7:54)
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| 4.
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Gravity Workshop (5:12)
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| 5.
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Who Has Nine? (6:03)
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| Date Acquired |
04/11/1994 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Roadrunner Records |
| Purchase Price |
2.75 |
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Notes |
Notes:
Contains four previously unreleased tracks.
The track "Gravity Workshop" is actually titled "Gravity Worship" on all subsequent Wire releases, such as Coatings and the Japancese 2CD edition of Manscape.
The "Album Version" is not actually the version on the album - this is the "Radio Mix" which appears on the Promo 12". The "7 Inch version" is an incongruous title as no 7-Inch exists.
[Printed on disc:]
℗ © 1990 Mute Records Ltd.
Manufactured in USA
[Printed on insert:]
℗ © 1990 Mute Records Ltd. Printed in Canada.
Credits:
Design – Jon Wozencroft, Neville Brody
Engineer [Mixing] – Joe Gibb
Engineer [Recording] – Paul Kendall
Mixed By – David M. Allen
Producer – David M. Allen
Written-By – Gilbert, Newman, Lewis, Gotobed
Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mute Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Mute Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Worldwide Studios
Mixed At – Konk Studios
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus, Virginia
Published By – Dying Art Ltd.
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 018777555326
SPARS Code: AAD
Matrix / Runout: 75553-2 (V) ∙ :MASTERED: ∙BY NIMBUS∙
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Analyzed Folder: Wire - Life in the Manscape_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR13 -0.00 dB -15.47 dB 01 - Life in the Manscape (Album Version).flac
DR12 -0.00 dB -13.76 dB 02 - Life in the Manscape (7-Inch Version).flac
DR13 -0.00 dB -15.53 dB 03 - Life in the Manscape (12-Inch Version).flac
DR11 -0.41 dB -14.08 dB 04 - Gravity Workshop.flac
DR13 -1.72 dB -16.81 dB 05 - Who Has Nine¿.flac
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Number of Files: 5
Official DR Value: DR12
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Wilson Neate:
At the end of the '80s, Wire retired its so-called "beat combo" identity and set about working with synthesizers and sequencers. The result was 1990's Manscape, an album that suffered from overproduction and suggested that the band was not yet entirely at home in its new, digital environment. Life in the Manscape -- three versions of which appear on this EP -- was the album's only single. While a lesser band might have been proud of this admittedly catchy piece of synth-oriented pop, it was far from indispensable Wire fare. Rather, "Life in the Manscape" is the tired and unimaginative sound of a group at its nadir. Not even the extended, cheesy-keyboard-laden 12" remix frees itself from the original's ploddingly anthemic grip and its irritating, stick-in-the-head chorus. Without a doubt, Colin Newman's sneering vocals gave early Wire's angular, minimalist songs an added ironic edge. Here, amid trudging sub-dance beats, they simply render the song's analysis of what the fall of the Berlin Wall would bring to the former East Germany -- "Free speech and more TV" -- trite and cute. These are the last two adjectives one should associate with Wire. Nevertheless, the two other tracks featured here show '90s Wire in a more favorable light. "Who Has Nine?" and "Gravity Workshop" were both recorded during the sessions for Manscape but not included on the album. With their heavier beats, darker grooves, abrasive guitars, and Graham Lewis' deep vocals, these numbers find the band putting its newer technology to more effective use, albeit still in a very '80s way. Wire has always been most compelling when it does the unexpected; with the single Life in the Manscape, the band unfortunately took the path of least resistance and the results are best forgotten.
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