154 (album)

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154
154 cover
Studio album by Wire
Released September 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Post-punk
Length 58:38
Label Harvest Records, pinkflag
Producer Mike Thorne
Professional reviews
Wire chronology
Chairs Missing
(1978)		 154
(1979)		 Document and Eyewitness
(1981)

154 is the third album from the band Wire, completing their transition from the boisterous punk of Pink Flag, via the more accomplished and melodic Chairs Missing into the seminal "art-punk" genre that has led to their lasting influence. The album was released in 1979 on EMI imprint Harvest Records. It was first reissued on compact disc in 1989. First editions of the vinyl album were accompanied by a "free" EP, the tracks from which are included on the Harvest CD, issued in 1994, along with an additional bonus track. The new remastered release, released by Pinkflag (America) as digipacks on April 11, 2006, does not contain any extra tracks, because, according to the band, such additions dishonour the "conceptual clarity of the original statements." link

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Should Have Known Better" – 3:51
  2. "Two People in a Room" – 2:09
  3. "The 15th" – 3:04
  4. "The Other Window" – 2:07
  5. "Single K.O." – 2:22
  6. "A Touching Display" – 6:55
  7. "On Returning" – 2:05
  8. "A Mutual Friend" – 4:26
  9. "Blessed State" – 3:28
  10. "Once Is Enough" – 3:23
  11. "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" – 3:36
  12. "Indirect Enquiries" – 3:34
  13. "40 Versions" – 3:27

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Song 1" – 3:02 [1989 reissue, 1994 reissue]
  2. "Get Down (Parts 1 and 2)" – 4:27 [1989 reissue, 1994 reissue]
  3. "Let's Panic Later" – 3:20 [1989 reissue, 1994 reissue]
  4. "Small Electric Piece" – 3:33 [1989 reissue, 1994 reissue]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

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