| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Read & Burn 01 |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
CD EP |
| Released |
06/17/2002 |
| Label |
PinkFlag/Mutesong |
| Catalog No |
PF4 |
| Bar Code No |
5 024545 183825 |
| Packaging |
Digipack |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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In the Art of Stopping (3:34)
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| 2.
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I Don't Understand (3:17)
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| 3.
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Comet (3:17)
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| 4.
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Germ Ship (1:51)
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| 5.
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1st Fast (1:41)
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| 6.
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The Agfers Of Kodack (3:13)
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| Date Acquired |
09/23/2002 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Band's Website |
| Purchase Price |
16.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Notes:
℗ & © pinkflag 2002.
Distribution: Cargo
Made in UK
Comes as a standard Digipak (Digipak manufactured by Van De Steeg, Holland).
Initial copies from the band's website PinkFlag.com come with an autographed print signed by Bruce Gilbert, Robert Grey, Colin Newman and Graham Lewis.
Credits:
Design – David Coppenhall
Mastered By – Denis Blackham
Mixed By – Colin Newman
Photography By [Image] – Graham Lewis
Written-By, Performer – Wire
Companies, etc.:
Distributed By – Cargo
Mixed At – Swim Studio
Mastered At – Country Masters
Manufactured By – Universal M & L, UK
Manufactured By – Van De Steeg
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pinkflag
Copyright © – Pinkflag
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Text): 5 024545 183825
Barcode (Scanned): 5024545183825
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 4): PF4 01 5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 4 - In moulding area): MADE IN THE UK BY UNIVERSAL M & L
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 to 4): IFPI L135
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 04G7
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 04G1
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 04E4
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 04F8
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Analyzed Folder: Wire - Read & Burn 01 EP_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR6 -0.07 dB -7.03 dB 01 - In The Art Of Stopping.aif
DR6 -0.01 dB -7.65 dB 02 - I Don't Understand.aif
DR6 -0.01 dB -6.92 dB 03 - Comet.aif
DR6 -0.01 dB -7.38 dB 04 - Germ Ship.aif
DR6 -0.00 dB -6.85 dB 05 - 1st Fast.aif
DR7 +0.00 dB -7.65 dB 06 - The Agfers Of Kodack.aif
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Number of Files: 6
Official DR Value: DR6
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Wilson Neate:
With the 1990 departure of Robert Gotobed (now Robert Grey), Wire ceased to exist, becoming the trio WIR. A decade later, however, the unpredictable foursome reunited for a series of concerts. Playing together again, the bandmembers realized Wire still had something to say. Tracks from 1999 rehearsals appeared on The Third Day, but the band began recording completely new material in late 2001. That first studio collaboration since Manscape resulted in Read & Burn 01. It's appropriate that this release from British punk's most innovative band should coincide with punk's Silver Jubilee. But although Read & Burn 01 evokes the taut and abrasive, pared-down rush of Pink Flag -- before the more experimental departures of Chairs Missing and 154 -- this isn't empty nostalgia. On the vintage foundation of simple, minimal patterns repeated to often-hypnotic effect, Wire builds a beefed-up, contemporary wall of sound. In keeping with the title, this material is urgent and intense, feelings conveyed by the music's sheer pace. The three-chord wonder "In the Art of Stopping" kicks things off frantically and the band goes into overdrive on the deconstructed speed metal/hardcore onslaught of "Comet," with Grey's characteristically relentless, rigid beat at the center of the sonic maelstrom; aside from Colin Newman's trademark sneer, this could be an outtake from Motörhead's Overkill. Although there's a respite on the shouty "I Don't Understand," with its ominous, lumbering groove recalling "Lowdown," elsewhere Wire sustains the amphetamine pace. They end with a bang on "The Agfers of Kodack," an assaultive number enveloped in Bruce Gilbert's swarm-of-bees guitar. During a 1977 Wire gig at London's Roxy, a heckler shouted at the band after every number, "That's better, now louder and faster." Read & Burn 01 suggests that 25 years later, Wire might still be hearing that voice egging them on.
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