| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Object 47 |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
07/15/2008 |
| Label |
PinkFlag/Mutesong |
| Catalog No |
PF17 |
| Bar Code No |
6 55035 00472 3 |
| Packaging |
Digipack |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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One of Us (3:45)
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| 2.
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Circumspect (3:13)
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| 3.
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Mekon Headman (2:58)
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| 4.
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Perspex Icon (3:16)
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| 5.
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Four Long Years (3:45)
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| 6.
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Hard Currency (3:50)
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| 7.
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Patient Flees (5:23)
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| 8.
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Are You Ready? (4:43)
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| 9.
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All Fours (4:05)
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| Date Acquired |
07/28/2008 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Roadrunner Records |
| Purchase Price |
17.00 |
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All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs Entry: |
Notes |
Notes:
Recorded and mixed at Swim Studio, London. Additional recording at Metropolis 22, Rotterdam and ticktop, Sweden. Mastered at Skye Mastering.
Published by pinkflag/mutesong.
On Rear: ℗ & © 2008 pinkflag.
On CD: ℗ 2008 pinkflag © pinkflag/mutesong
Distribution: Cargo Records (Europe) & Revolver (North America)
Credits:
Art Direction – Jon Wozencroft
Bass, Vocals, Instruments [Various] – Graham Lewis
Drums – Robert Grey
Mastered By – Denis Blackham
Performer [Performed By] – Wire
Photography By – Edvard Graham Lewis
Recorded By [Additional Recording By] – Frank Lievaart
Recorded By, Mixed By – Colin Newman
Vocals, Guitar, Instruments [Various] – Colin Newman
Written-By – Wire
Companies, Etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pinkflag
Copyright © – Pinkflag
Copyright © – Mute Song
Distributed By – Cargo Records
Distributed By – Revolver
Published By – Pinkflag
Published By – Mute Song
Mastered At – Skye Mastering
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text [UPC-A]): 6 55035 00472 3
Barcode (Scanned [UPC]): 655035004723
Matrix / Runout: CD204-050 Wire Object47 PF17 REV/CA 7A3524
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LK02
Mould SID Code: none
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Analyzed Folder: Wire - Object 47_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR07 -0.10 dB -08.25 dB 01 - One of Us.aif
DR07 -0.12 dB -09.46 dB 02 - Circumspect.aif
DR07 -0.10 dB -09.30 dB 03 - Mekon Headman.aif
DR07 -0.10 dB -08.80 dB 04 - Perspex Icon.aif
DR07 -0.10 dB -09.06 dB 05 - Four Long Years.aif
DR09 -0.11 dB -10.36 dB 06 - Hard Currency.aif
DR07 -0.14 dB -08.09 dB 07 - Patient Flees.aif
DR10 -0.14 dB -11.11 dB 08 - Are You Ready¿.aif
DR07 -0.12 dB -08.79 dB 09 - All Fours.aif
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Number of Files: 9
Official DR Value: DR8
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Wilson Neate:
Although a playful, self-referential title marks the 47th entry in Wire's discography, the band definitely isn't looking back. Some familiar motifs inevitably resurface, but there's no such thing as a predictable Wire album: that's especially true of this, their first without guitarist Bruce Gilbert. Overall, Object 47 is the antithesis of Send, its immediate predecessor. Send was wonderfully claustrophobic and compressed, painted mostly in aggressive, industrial-sized brush strokes eschewing nuance and variation and emphasizing surface over depth; Object 47 trades harsh monochrome for expansive wide-screen color and a pronounced melodic sensibility. Across these nine tracks, diverse new textures and dimensions emerge and, despite being typically elliptical, the words communicate a broader emotional range than Send displayed, with its tendency towards terse phrase-clusters. From the outset, Wire is a band reborn and reenergized. The anthemic "One of Us" sets the agenda, propelled by Graham Lewis and Robert Grey's relentless rhythms. Its lyrics stand in tonal contrast to the music (a trademark Wire tactic): "one of us will live to rue the day we met each other" warns Colin Newman, against the grain of the singalong bounce. Regardless of their legendary artistic contrariness, Wire always deliver catchy songs and, in addition to the opener, Object 47 boasts several. On "Perspex Icon," the combination of stop-start buzzsaw guitar rhythms with Newman's bright, tuneful vocal proves highly infectious. Equally memorable are Lewis' turns at the mic -- the funky "Are You Ready?" and "Mekon Headman," a denser, more insistent number accentuating the minimalist cymbal detail Grey minted on Pink Flag. Object 47 highlights Wire's pop credentials, but the band hasn't lost its edge. Tempo changes punctuate Massive Attack-style rolling dread on the hefty "Hard Currency"; by contrast, "All Fours" hammers out rigid, astringent grooves as guest guitarist Page Hamilton plugs in with a feedback squall that adds extra menace to the album's apocalyptic coda.
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