Pink Flag is a Punk album by Wire, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 62 pressings tracked, owned by 42 collectors.
About
The definitive post-punk record that would come to epitomize a genre, <i>Pink Flag</i> snuck onto the scene when the Sex Pistols and the Clash were playing to their safety-pinned, Mohawk’d crowds. Three of the four members of Wire came from an art-school background, enabling them to take the basic punk esthetic (simplicity and brashness) and mold it into a completely different and more sophisticated form. Enhancing that punk core with white space, meticulously controlled repetition, and pop hooks camouflaged under an abrasive sheen, the songs on <i>Pink Flag</i> threaten to burst apart: sometimes short and explosive, other times rumbling with a slow fuse, they impact the listener with visceral force. Wire’s debut has more than withstood the test of time, especially with tunes like “Three Girl Rhumba,” “Ex Lion Tamer” and “1 2 X U” becoming two-and three-chord cult wonders, covered by blossoming punkers everywhere. <i>Pink Flag</i> is an astounding document of musical evolution that imparts utter timelessness in its perfection.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Reuters
- A2Field Day For The Sundays
- A3Three Girl Rhumba
- A4Ex Lion Tamer
- A5Lowdown
- A6Start To Move
- A7Brazil
- A8It's So Obvious
- A9Surgeon's Girl
- A10Pink Flag
Side B
- B1The Commercial
- B2Straight Line
- B3106 Beats That
- B4Mr. Suit
- B5Strange
- B6Fragile
- B7Mannequin
- B8Different To Me
- B9Champs
- B10Feeling Called Love
- B111 2 X U
Sound DNA
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- brittle
- aggressive
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bruce GilbertBASS GUITAR GUITAR, OTHER
- Colin NewmanLEAD VOCALS VOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR
- Graham LewisBASS BASS, OTHER BASS, VOCALS
- Robert GotobedDRUMS DRUMS, OTHER
- Robert GreyDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS, HANDCLAPS
- Wire
- Dave OberléBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
- Kate LukasFLUTE PERFORMER , FLUTE
- Mike ThornePERFORMER , ARRANGED BY , SOUNDS PERFORMER , BACKING VOCALS PERFORMER , HANDCLAPS
42 collectors on Gatefold own this · 62 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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