Wire
by Wire
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11

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  1. Reedly
    Apr 24, 2015
    9
    This band has been on a serious upward progression since reforming a number of years ago. Red Barked Tree was latter day masterpiece and Change Becomes Us was a great resurrection of old yet never released material. This self titled release is simply outstanding. It hearkens back to what made them great in the first place yet continues their efforts to update and modernize their sound.This band has been on a serious upward progression since reforming a number of years ago. Red Barked Tree was latter day masterpiece and Change Becomes Us was a great resurrection of old yet never released material. This self titled release is simply outstanding. It hearkens back to what made them great in the first place yet continues their efforts to update and modernize their sound. If you're a longtime Wire fan their no way I can see you not enjoying this release from Colin and company. I'll be enjoying this one for quite sometime.… Expand
  2. wig
    May 23, 2015
    10
    Wire's strongest release since the Read and Burn series. About those early 2000's EPs much was said of the band's triumphant return to the stripped down late 70's art-punk roots of Pink Flag. Something similar might be said of Wire by Wire being a revisiting of the post-breakup 80's "pop combo" period spanning The Ideal Copy, A Bell is a Cup...and Manscape. However, in neither case hasWire's strongest release since the Read and Burn series. About those early 2000's EPs much was said of the band's triumphant return to the stripped down late 70's art-punk roots of Pink Flag. Something similar might be said of Wire by Wire being a revisiting of the post-breakup 80's "pop combo" period spanning The Ideal Copy, A Bell is a Cup...and Manscape. However, in neither case has the band been coasting or re-covering familiar ground. Wire has never moved in predictable directions, but one prediction is always a safe bet; forward. This record is Wire at their freshest, most assured and most melodic since Bell. Which is not to say it's a retread of that masterpiece. Wire the record is representative of Wire the band; always new and wholly original. That the most influential of first gen punk era bands is still raising its own bar and everyone else's is cause for celebration.… Expand

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Magnet
    Jun 4, 2015
    70
    Wire needs more of the barbed wit and brute anger that has enabled the band's best post-2000 work stand up to its iconic '70s recordings. [No. 120, p.60]
  2. Under The Radar
    Jun 3, 2015
    65
    So Wire is no great shakes--not even close to the genius of Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, or A Bell is a Cup--but it's still a worthy addition to any music fan's 2015 collection.
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  3. The Wire
    May 15, 2015
    70
    The Wire agenda stays constant in a changing world. [Apr 2015, p.63]
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