| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Art Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
05/16/1988 |
| Label |
Enigma Records/Mute Records Ltd. |
| Catalog No |
D2-73314 |
| Bar Code No |
0 1877-73314-2 5 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Silk Skin Paws (4:53)
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| 2.
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The Finest Drops (5:01)
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| 3.
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The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um (4:03)
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| 4.
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Free Falling Divisions (3:39)
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| 5.
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It's A Boy (4:26)
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| 6.
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Boiling Boy (6:22)
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| 7.
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Kidney Bingos (4:12)
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| 8.
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Come Back In Two Halves (2:43)
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| 9.
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Follow The Locust (4:22)
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| 10.
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A Public Place (4:30)
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| 11.
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The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um (Alternative Version) (4:02)
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| 12.
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Pieta (7:29)
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| 13.
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Over Theirs [Live] (6:36)
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| 14.
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Drill [Live] (8:01)
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| Date Acquired |
06/06/1988 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Northern Lights |
| Purchase Price |
16.00 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-01-27 03:35:59
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Analyzed: Wire / A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -1.09 dB -14.00 dB 4:53 01/14-Silk Skin Paws
DR12 -0.64 dB -14.32 dB 5:01 02/14-The Finest Drops
DR11 -1.42 dB -14.34 dB 4:04 03/14-The Queen of Ur and the King of Um
DR12 -0.47 dB -13.71 dB 3:40 04/14-Free Falling Divisions
DR11 -0.91 dB -13.30 dB 4:26 05/14-It's a Boy
DR11 -1.05 dB -14.85 dB 6:23 06/14-Boiling Boy
DR12 -0.14 dB -15.25 dB 4:12 07/14-Kidney Bingos
DR12 -1.40 dB -14.35 dB 2:44 08/14-Come Back in Two Halves
DR11 -0.71 dB -14.04 dB 4:22 09/14-Follow the Locust
DR12 -2.16 dB -19.05 dB 4:31 10/14-A Public Place
DR12 -1.83 dB -15.81 dB 4:03 11/14-The Queen of Ur and the King of Um (alternative version)
DR12 -0.98 dB -15.95 dB 7:30 12/14-Pieta
DR12 -0.81 dB -14.92 dB 6:36 13/14-Over Theirs (live)
DR12 -0.14 dB -15.06 dB 8:01 14/14-Drill (live)
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Number of tracks: 14
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 941 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Stewart Mason
Wire's return to full-time active duty came as something of a surprise. Colin Newman, Bruce Gilbert, and Graham Lewis (the latter two both separately and as the duo Dome) had been growing increasingly abstract and non-rock in the six years since the group had split up, but 1988's A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck is, at heart, an album full of pop songs. Admittedly, they're mainly peculiar pop songs full of stream-of-consciousness lyrics ("Money spine paper lung kidney bingos organ fun," goes the chorus of the catchiest song, sung by Newman in a dreamy reverie as if the unrelated non sequiturs were just another love song) and produced in an oddly detached way that emphasizes the atmospheres over the melodies, but they're pop songs nonetheless. Newman and Lewis coat the songs with overdubbed layers of gentle guitars, treated and phased into waves of sound that ebb and flow around the songs over Gilbert's throbbing bass and Robert Gotobed's dancefloor-based rhythms. Arguably Wire's best album and certainly its most accessible, A Bell Is a Cup...Until It Is Struck is a work of modern rock genius. The CD includes four bonus tracks, including a thoroughly reworked alternate version of "The Queen of Ur and the King of Um" and a chugging eight-minute live version of "Drill."
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