Object 47

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Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Script error: No such module "Unsubst-infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Object 47 (Object Forty-Seven) is the eleventh studio album by the English post punk band Wire, named so because it is the 47th item in the Wire discography – a methodology harking back to the name of their 1979 album, 154, which was named after the number of concerts they had played to that point. It is the first Wire album without the participation of guitarist Bruce Gilbert.[1] It was released on 7 July 2008 in the UK and on 15 July in the US through the band's own Pinkflag label.[2]

Background

Object 47 was Wire's first studio album since 2003's Send. Recording for the album began in early 2007 at Metropolis 22 in Rotterdam, where the band mainly recorded drum tracks, and continued until early 2008 at guitarist Colin Newman's Swim Studio in London. Concurrently with Object 47, the band also recorded the Read & Burn 03 EP, which was released in November 2007. Between 2003 and 2007, the band had amassed material which was split between the EP and the album. Tracks selected for the EP was material which the departed Bruce Gilbert had been involved with. Bassist Graham Lewis: "We grouped together anything Bruce had had a hand in, or just waved at, and that was Read & Burn 03; then everything else went onto Object 47."[3]

The track "All Fours" features Page Hamilton of American alternative metal band Helmet on guest guitar.

Critical reception

Template:Album ratings Many reviewers noted the album's melodic sensibility,[4][5][6] with AllMusic writing, "Object 47 highlights Wire's pop credentials, but the band hasn't lost its edge."[7] Stereogum ranked it 12th (out of 15) in their 2015 "Wire Albums from Worst to Best" list, saying that it is "the most normal sounding album from a band interested in being anything but." Despite the album missing "the abstract and artful twist that made Wire's early post-punk records unique," it is "actually pretty good," and with a radio-friendly sound, one of Wire's "catchiest hours."[6]

Guardian Unlimited wasn't impressed, writing, "Wire have consistently proclaimed a dedication to looking forward, yet many of the dance-rock collisions here seem rooted in the late 1980s/early 90s."[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Wire.

  1. "One of Us" – 3:45
  2. "Circumspect" – 3:13
  3. "Mekon Headman" – 2:58
  4. "Perspex Icon" – 3:16
  5. "Four Long Years" – 3:45
  6. "Hard Currency" – 3:50
  7. "Patient Flees" – 5:23
  8. "Are You Ready?" – 4:43
  9. "All Fours" – 4:05

Personnel

Wire
Additional musicians
Production

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Discussion: Bruce?". Pinkflag.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2008.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Object 47 cover and release date". Pinkflag.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Neate, Wilson (2013). Read and Burn: A Book About Wire. London: Jawbone. pp. 354–357. ISBN 978-1-908279-33-0.
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  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Terich, Jeffrey (22 April 2015). "Wire Albums From Worst To Best". Stereogum. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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