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Track Listings
| 1. Ahead |
| 2. Kidney Bingos |
| 3. Serious Of Snakes |
| 4. Eardrum Buzz |
| 5. Drill |
| 6. Ambitious |
| 7. In Vivo |
| 8. Finest Drops |
| 9. Madman's Honey |
| 10. Over Theirs |
| 11. Silk Skin Paws |
| 12. Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um |
| 13. Torch It |
| 14. Advantage In Height |
| 15. Point Of Collapse |
| 16. Feed Me |
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The same folks who turn cartwheels over this English art-punk ensemble's first three albums are left cold by material cut after the 1985 reunion. This second-phase best-of permits an objective reassessment--so done, we'll stick with Pink Flag and 154, thanks. --Jeff Bateman
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After group members pursued solo projects during the early 1980s, Wire returned to the fold with a more ear-friendly, synthesized sound, while still maintaining their signature strangeness. Even with some of its rougher musical edges smoothed down, Wire's music retains its air of menace. This collection surveys the band's albums in the mid- to late '80s, when they flirted with dance beats and flaunted a precision only hinted at in their earlier, more dissonant days.
The emergence of a more dance-friendly Wire is clearly shown in "Ambitious" and the mighty "Ahead", which marries a pronounced New Order feel with absurdist lyrics that nevertheless sound like pronouncements from on high in the context of this propulsive, monolithic track. "Eardrum Buzz" and "Kidney Bingos" are supremely lovely (if slightly odd) pop songs, while "Madman's Honey" and "Silk Skin Paws" with their lush, eerievocals, have a dark majesty. But even as the band gravitated toward a more commercial sound, songs like "Feed Me" show that the dark side was still intact, as does "A Serious of Snakes", which features the line: "I'd rather make furniture than go to Midnight Mass".
The emergence of a more dance-friendly Wire is clearly shown in "Ambitious" and the mighty "Ahead", which marries a pronounced New Order feel with absurdist lyrics that nevertheless sound like pronouncements from on high in the context of this propulsive, monolithic track. "Eardrum Buzz" and "Kidney Bingos" are supremely lovely (if slightly odd) pop songs, while "Madman's Honey" and "Silk Skin Paws" with their lush, eerievocals, have a dark majesty. But even as the band gravitated toward a more commercial sound, songs like "Feed Me" show that the dark side was still intact, as does "A Serious of Snakes", which features the line: "I'd rather make furniture than go to Midnight Mass".
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