| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Pink Flag |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Old School Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
12/00/1977 |
| Reissue Date |
04/11/2006 |
| Label |
PinkFlag/Mutesong |
| Catalog No |
PF11 |
| Bar Code No |
8 43190 00050 0 |
| Packaging |
Digipack |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Reuters (3:03)
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| 2.
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Field Day For The Sundays (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 (2:19)
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| 5.
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Lowdown (2:26)
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| 6.
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Start To Move (1:13)
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| 7.
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Brazil (0:41)
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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 (1:15)
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| 10.
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Pink Flag (3:47)
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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 (1:24)
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| 15.
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Strange (3:57)
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| 16.
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Fragile (1:18)
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| 17.
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Mannequin (2:37)
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| 18.
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Different To Me (0:43)
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| 19.
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Champs (1:45)
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| 20.
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Feeling Called Love (1:22)
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| 21.
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12 X U (1:55)
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| Date Acquired |
11/29/2012 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
13.99 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
Remastered reissue of this 1977 LP.
Bruce Gilbert is exclusively known as B.C. Gilbert in 70's Wire, Graham Lewis is alternatively known as Lewis & G. Lewis in 70's Wire
Credits conform to the "WIRE 1977-1979" box set edition of the 2006 re-releases & are to be considered to be the most deinitive crediting of the 70's Wire releases [as approved by the band]
Released in a standard Digipak.
Credits:
Bass, Vocals – G. Lewis
Drums – Robert Gotobed
Guitar – B.C. Gilbert
Vocals, Guitar – Colin Newman
Engineer – Paul Hardiman
Engineer [Assistant] – Ken Thomas
Producer – Mike Thorne
Mastered By [Remastered By] – Denis Blackham
Written By [Melody] – B.C. Gilbert (tracks: 12 & 15), Colin Newman (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 21), G. Lewis (tracks: 11)
Written By [Words] – Annette Green (tracks: 18), B.C. Gilbert (tracks: 12, 15 & 21), Colin Newman (tracks: 9, 13, 14, 20, 21), G. Lewis (tracks: 1 , 2, 4 to 8, 10, 13, 16, 17 & 19, 21)
Arranged By – B.C. Gilbert (tracks: 1 to 21), Colin Newman (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 21), G. Lewis* (tracks: 1 to 21), Robert Gotobed (tracks: 1 to 21)
Companies, etc.:
Licensed From – EMI Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Pinkflag
Made By – Reel Picture Productions – CR53146
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text [UPC-A]): 8 43190 00050 0
Barcode (Scanned [UPC]): 843190000500
Matrix / Runout: RPP-CA CR53146 PF-11 - PINK FLAG
Mastering SID Code: none
Mould SID Code: none
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Analyzed Folder: Wire - Pink Flag_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR07 -0.01 dB -09.54 dB 01 - Reuters.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -10.82 dB 02 - Field Day for the Sundays.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -12.90 dB 03 - Three Girl Rhumba.flac
DR07 -0.10 dB -08.81 dB 04 - Ex Lion Tamer.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.80 dB 05 - Lowdown.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.23 dB 06 - Start to Move.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -10.15 dB 07 - Brazil.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -09.60 dB 08 - It’s So Obvious.flac
DR07 -0.10 dB -09.19 dB 09 - Surgeon’s Girl.flac
DR07 -0.10 dB -09.81 dB 10 - Pink Flag.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -09.86 dB 11 - The Commercial.flac
DR07 -0.10 dB -08.55 dB 12 - Straight Line.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -09.74 dB 13 - 106 Beats That.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -09.39 dB 14 - Mr. Suit.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.59 dB 15 - Strange.flac
DR10 -0.10 dB -11.23 dB 16 - Fragile.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.54 dB 17 - Mannequin.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -11.14 dB 18 - Different to Me.flac
DR09 -0.10 dB -10.58 dB 19 - Champs.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -09.49 dB 20 - Feeling Called Love.flac
DR08 -0.10 dB -10.73 dB 21 - 1 2 X U.flac
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Number of Files: 21
Official DR Value: DR8
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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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