Unsurprisingly, I enjoyed this immensely. I always enjoy the sparser end of New Wave and so this really hit the spot. It is a bit like a warm cup of tea though, familiar and comforting when something new and red hot might be just as welcome.
4/5 on grounds that I own it. Haven’t played it for years though and couldn’t find the LP. It must be in the loft with the other yet to be unpacked boxes of vinyl.
I don’t understand how these totally passed me by but I don’t know them and hadn’t (knowingly) heard any of the tracks, though the whole Album is so derivative that I have actually heard them all.
Really enjoyed this though, nice and boppy, in a pseudo punk sort of way and varied enough to keep you interested. I’m not sure that I would go to the effort of tracking down the LP but might be worth investing in the CD.
Good (and safe, knowing the audience) choice though loo and pleasant to hear something that’s new to me.
Completely new band to me; I was only 12 in 1978. I was into Motown/Soul and then added synth bands and this style other than the usual suspects just wasn’t my bag. It just doesn’t do anything for me in the way that say Joy Division do. I did listen to it twice through and I can see why some of you like it but it’s a 2/5 for me.
Finally got round to listening to this.
There’s a worrying lack of screaming guitars or pounding four-to-the-floor beats.
Could maybe do with some references to swords and dragons in the lyrics too. Or drugs.
Its got leopards, a fly and sheep what more do you want?
Glad you found something unknown- as Mibby says the first 3 albums are all classics and worth having.
I wasn’t expecting so many “it was a safe bet” remarks, remember I did pick it on Friday so it was this or, Death of a Ladies Man - Leonard Cohen
As I said not for everyone, Thanks for giving it a fair crack though.
Something like this, randomly being picked off the shelf gets me more excited than the postie with a load of record mailers in hand these days:
Good point, well made.
But are there any goblins?
I didn’t realise until I played this album for AAAC, that I actually knew it, although I’ve probably not heard it in about 25 years.
My best mate at school (and still today) was (is)a big Wire fan and I suppose we must have listened to this a fair bit at his house.
Listening to it now I can definitely hear the influence Wire must have had on some of the indie guitar bands I was into. I’m pretty sure that Belle and Sebastian must have been into them because there’s at least a couple of songs here that remind me of B&S.
I quite enjoyed the nostalgia trip so, while it’s not something I’d rush out and buy, it’s something I might pick up if I saw it. 3/5.
I had a listen to this at 0330 this morning. I’d not heard of them but, considering what was written above, was taken aback. There are some decent parts to it. Some interesting sounds and feel. Sadly, it doesn’t develop any of those themes and becomes very haphazard. It’s all over the place. You just start to get into a drifting, interesting soundscape and it changes direction to some pseudo punk bollocks.
AND THAT SINGER IS APPALLING !!!
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Some interesting sounds and feel. Sadly, it doesn’t develop any of those themes and becomes very haphazard. It’s all over the place. You just start to get into a drifting, interesting soundscape and it changes direction into some pseudo bollocks. AND THAT SINGER IS APPALLING!!![/quote]
Couldn’t you say this about most of your listening?
No. My music is lovely.
I thought “pseudo punk bollocks” summed it up quite nicely!
Give you prog and you’re still not happy, at least it’s flute free ffs.
Me thinks more research is needed 
Good point, well made.
TBF, I’m rarely happy 
I had noticed 
But I do find myself in a similar mood often
All that’s missing from that statement is some Prog and some nice flutes. Adds a lot to music does some nice fluteism.
Pfffft !
You’ve got to respect the influential nature of Wire, but this did less for me in terms of enjoyment than Pink Flag.
They are dragging punk towards electronic and goth influences, but it’s one to admire rather than love.