| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Snakedrill |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
Vinyl 12" Single |
| Released |
11/00/1986 |
| Label |
Mute |
| Catalog No |
12MUTE53 |
| Bar Code No |
none |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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"A Serious of Snakes" (4:53)
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| A2.
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Drill (5:05)
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| B1.
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Advantage in Height (3:05)
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| B2.
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Up to the Sun (2:50)
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| Date Acquired |
02/02/1987 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
5.99 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
Some copies contain double-sided black and white A4 insert featuring additional photograph and Wire (+ solo) discography.
[Back sleeve]
Dedicated To - Skibb O'D'Oak
Hubert H.R.H. The Black Prince of Burma
℗ & © Mute Records
429 Harrow Road
London W10 4RE
[Labels]
℗ & © Mute Records Ltd 1986
B.C. Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Colin Newman: Dying Art Ltd.
Graham Lewis: Opal Ltd.
Track durations are not listed on the release.
Credits:
Musician – B.C. Gilbert, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Gotobed
Photography By – David Buckland
Plated By – PAG
Producer – Daniel Miller, Gareth Jones
Songwriter [All Titles By] – Wire
Companies, etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Mute Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Mute Records Ltd.
Published By – Dying Art Ltd.
Published By – Opal Ltd.
Mastered At – The Sound Clinic
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 A¹ Sound Clinic A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 B2 PAG Sound Clinic A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 A¹ Sound Clinic B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 B2 PAG Sound Clinic A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 A¹ Sound Clinic MPO
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 B2 P2 PAG Sound Clinic
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 A¹ Sound Clinic F
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 B2 PAG Sound Clinic H
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 A¹ Sound Clinic B ̷M̷P̷O̷
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5 [hand-etched]): 12 MUTE 53 B2 PAG Sound Clinic A
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Wilson Neate:
In 1985, after a five-year layoff, Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Robert Gotobed, and Graham Lewis surprised everyone by reconvening as Wire. The band developed material and honed it in a series of live performances that year, but waited until mid-1986 to venture back into the studio to commit some of their new tracks to vinyl. Produced by Mute Records boss Daniel Miller (with whom Gilbert and Lewis had worked as Duet Emmo), Snakedrill was Wire's comeback EP. In many ways, Snakedrill shows a clear sense of continuity from Wire's late-'70s releases. With its tight, compressed beats, relentless forward motion, and catchy, abstract lyrics, the droning "Drill," for instance, recalls the taut minimalist aspect of some of the band's previous work. At the same time, however, Snakedrill finds Wire moving in a slightly more mainstream, avant-pop direction, particularly on tracks like the bouncy "Advantage in Height" and the hypnotic and appropriately serpentine "A Serious of Snakes." In addition to displaying a more expansive approach to production and paying more attention to melody, these tracks also introduce an electronic, beat-oriented dimension that would become more prevalent over the course of the band's next three albums. Of course, this being Wire, there is one characteristically quirky, tongue-in-cheek moment on Snakedrill; the a cappella duet "Up to the Sun" is a pseudo-mystical incantation that Lewis composed in order to "cure" Newman, who was suffering from hepatitis. (It's also a number that, in performance, tested the patience of audiences.) Novelty fare aside, Snakedrill stands as a pivotal release that picks up where 154 left off and anticipates the sound of subsequent albums like The Ideal Copy and A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck.
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