Description
Wire - 154
1979's 154 represented the final tableau in Wire's Harvest released 70's triptych and was the first Wire album to be released to a universal set of five star reviews from the British rock weeklies.
Thus it represented the point when the British 'pop culture establishment' publicly recognised Wire's primacy. "154 makes 95 percent of the competition look feeble," wrote Nick Kent in the NME, "Wire are achieving a lot of things other - and more recognised - names have been striving for" wrote Chris Westwood in Record Mirror . "The album is a musical Tour de Force" wrote Jon Savage in Melody Maker.
154 is the Wire album that is the most popular from the 70's albums amongst Wire fans (perhaps perversely Wire fans tend to be the least enamoured with Pink Flag) and has had the most diverse influence, across many genres, of the 3 ...and despite the only slightly less stellar Pitchfork Media rating of 9.1 ("good" Pitchfork reviews rend to get a 7.5 to 8.5 rating) 154 manages to hold it's own - rating a respectable #11 in Rate Your Music's chart of 1979 (voted for by real people rather than music journalists). Chairs Missing made #3 in 1978's chart Pink Flag #9 in 1977's.
Thus it represented the point when the British 'pop culture establishment' publicly recognised Wire's primacy. "154 makes 95 percent of the competition look feeble," wrote Nick Kent in the NME, "Wire are achieving a lot of things other - and more recognised - names have been striving for" wrote Chris Westwood in Record Mirror . "The album is a musical Tour de Force" wrote Jon Savage in Melody Maker.
154 is the Wire album that is the most popular from the 70's albums amongst Wire fans (perhaps perversely Wire fans tend to be the least enamoured with Pink Flag) and has had the most diverse influence, across many genres, of the 3 ...and despite the only slightly less stellar Pitchfork Media rating of 9.1 ("good" Pitchfork reviews rend to get a 7.5 to 8.5 rating) 154 manages to hold it's own - rating a respectable #11 in Rate Your Music's chart of 1979 (voted for by real people rather than music journalists). Chairs Missing made #3 in 1978's chart Pink Flag #9 in 1977's.
Tracklisting
CD Album (Special Edition) (PF13SE)
- I Should Have Known Better
- Two People In a Room
- The 15th
- The Other Window
- Single K.O.
- A Touching Display
- On Returning
- A Mutual Friend
- Blessed State
- Once Is Enough
- Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W
- Indirect Enquiries
- 40 Versions
- A Question Of Degree (Single)
- Former Airline (Single)
- Go Ahead (Single)
- Our Swimmer (Single)
- Midnight Bahnhof Cafe (Single)
- Our Swimmer [2nd Length] (Single)
- Catapult 30 (Single)
- Song 1 (154 EP)
- Get Down 1 + 2 (154 EP)
- Let's Panic Later (154 EP)
- Small Electric Piece (154 EP)
- 40 Versions (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Ignorance No Plea (I Should Have Known Better) (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Blessed State (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- A Touching Display (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- The 15th (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- A Mutual Friend (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Once Is Enough (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- The Other Window (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Stepping Off Too Quick (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Indirect Enquiries v2 (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Single K.O. (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- On Returning (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- A Question Of Degree (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Former Airline (Sixth Demo Sessions)
- Two People In A Room (Sixth Demo Sessions)