Silver/Lead
by Wire
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. StevenX
    May 11, 2018
    5
    With their last two discs falling between great and amazing, I expected much more from Wire's latest. After an auspicious 2-song start, they drop into monotonous mid-tempo and pretty much stay there. More lead vocals from Graham Lewis would have perhaps added a point - his range and expressiveness outrun Colin Newman's by a long shot, and pull at least a little more interest. They say thisWith their last two discs falling between great and amazing, I expected much more from Wire's latest. After an auspicious 2-song start, they drop into monotonous mid-tempo and pretty much stay there. More lead vocals from Graham Lewis would have perhaps added a point - his range and expressiveness outrun Colin Newman's by a long shot, and pull at least a little more interest. They say this was released to coincide with their 40th anniversary of their first proper gig - I wish that gig had been a year later so they'd have had time to punch this up. Putting a timetable on art can mean forcing it into something it shouldn't be; the result here feels more like an obligation than a celebration. Let's go for more silver than lead next time, please, guys?… Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. The Wire
    Jun 2, 2017
    80
    Wire’s newest material sounds like a figment of where Roxy Music might have gone if Eno had stuck around. This is most evident on the menacing, glamorous swagger of “Forever And A Day”. But the sound, if grounded in the past, is focused on the present. Wire still make distinctly modern, distinctly European music. [Apr 2017, p.59]
  2. AllMusic
    Apr 7, 2017
    80
    As precise as ever yet oddly moving, Silver/Lead reaffirms that Wire are more like mercury, shape-shifting effortlessly while remaining true to the things that have always made them great.
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  3. Alternative Press
    Apr 6, 2017
    70
    Another solid addition to a nearly peerless discography. [May 2017, p.82]
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