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Wire The Peel Sessions 12″

Four tunes from early ’78, in well-done (but a bit toned-down versions) from their studio releases. Still, this material (especially “I Am the Fly” and “106 Beats That”) is mandatory for those who can’t find their first three 12” releases.

• Reviewer Tim Yohannan
• Label Strange Fruit
• Issue MRR #58 • March 1988

Wire Snakedrill 12″

Too many years have elapsed since WIRE’s prime to make this record an event. The four songs here seem more like a rock-ier extension of DOME than the kind of dense, rich songs WIRE and COLIN NEWMAN used to do. Nonetheless, “Drill” has a nice beat and interesting vocal rhythms.

• Reviewer Steve Spinali
• Label Mute
• Issue MRR #45 • February 1987