| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Nocturnal Koreans |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
04/29/2016 |
| Label |
PinkFlag/Mutesong |
| Catalog No |
PF23 |
| Bar Code No |
5 024545 743029 |
| Packaging |
Digipack |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Nocturnal Koreans (2:58)
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| 2.
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Internal Exile (3:30)
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| 3.
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Dead Weight (3:04)
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| 4.
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Forward Position (4:50)
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| 5.
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Numbered (2:31)
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| 6.
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Still (2:55)
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| 7.
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Pilgrim Trade (3:11)
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| 8.
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Fishes Bones (3:03)
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| Date Acquired |
11/18/2016 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Marvelio (Amazon) |
| Purchase Price |
10.60 |
Web Links |
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Notes |
Acoustic Guitar – Colin Newman (tracks: 2,5,7), Matthew Simms (tracks: 2)
Baritone Guitar – Colin Newman (tracks: 3)
Bass Guitar – Graham Lewis (tracks: 1-3, 5-8)
Drums – Robert Grey (tracks: 1-3, 5-8)
Effects – Matthew Simms (tracks: 4)
Electric Guitar – Colin Newman (tracks: 1-8), Matthew Simms (tracks: 1-8)
Electronic Drums [Beatbox] – Colin Newman (tracks: 1)
Keyboards – Colin Newman (tracks: 1-8)
Lap Steel Guitar – Matthew Simms (tracks: 1,2,4)
Loops – Graham Lewis (tracks: 8)
Mandola – Colin Newman (tracks: 7)
Other [Glass] – Robert Grey
Percussion – Robert Grey (tracks: 8)
Piano – Matthew Simms (tracks: 8)
Synth – Graham Lewis (tracks: 3,5), Matthew Simms (tracks: 5)
Trumpet – Matthew Simms (tracks: 2)
Voice – Colin Newman (tracks: 1-7), Graham Lewis (tracks: 3,4,8)
Published By – Pinkflag
Published By – Mute Song
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pinkflag
Copyright © – Pinkflag
Manufactured By – www.keyproduction.co.uk
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Analyzed: Wire / Nocturnal Koreans
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR6 -0.10 dB -7.92 dB 2:58 01-Nocturnal Koreans
DR6 -0.10 dB -7.53 dB 3:30 02-Internal Exile
DR7 -0.10 dB -8.34 dB 3:04 03-Dead Weight
DR9 -0.10 dB -12.21 dB 4:50 04-Forward Position
DR6 -0.10 dB -7.99 dB 2:31 05-Numbered
DR7 -0.10 dB -8.17 dB 2:55 06-Still
DR7 -0.10 dB -9.07 dB 3:11 07-Pilgrim Trade
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.44 dB 3:03 08-Fishes Bones
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Number of tracks: 8
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 866 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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| Reviews |
AllMusic Review by Heather Phares:
Wire reaped rich creative rewards in the 2010s by revisiting and reinventing their past. On 2013's Change Becomes Us, the band gave a batch of songs from 1979 and 1980 the studio treatment with results that balanced their art-punk heyday and their more contemplative 21st century sound brilliantly. Wire don't look back quite as far on the mini-album Nocturnal Koreans, but their (re)inventive spirit serves them well once again. They developed these songs while working on 2015's Wire, setting them aside to add more elaborate sonics, or as the band put it, "studio trickery." Sometimes this trickery is subtle: "Nocturnal Koreans" takes Wire's whispery intensity in a slightly lusher direction, serving as a bridge between that album and more elaborate tracks like "Internal Exile," which incorporates lap steel and trumpet -- two instruments not usually associated with the band's palette -- into an anthem of futility that imbues Wire's 2010s malaise with a more organic, affecting feel. While Nocturnal Koreans may be more embellished, there's no filler within its 26 minutes. Interestingly, it's also more immediate than its more straightforward predecessor. Wire's songs were so cohesive that they took several listens to penetrate fully, but hearing the band widen its sounds and moods -- and subvert expectations -- offers instant gratification. The jabbing riffs on "Numbered"'s verses (as well as lyrics like “You think I’m a number/Still willing to rhumba”) are classic Wire, and are soon overtaken by a galloping Krautrock beat and droning electronics. Meanwhile, "Still"'s doubled drums and major chords give it a swagger that nevertheless feels of a piece with the band's incisive, questioning attitude. Nocturnal Koreans also finds Wire expressing that attitude with more emotional range than they have in a while, whether on the haunting "Forward Position," where Colin Newman intones “I am black box, I remember/Every promise that you broke,” or on the surreal "Fishes Bones," where Graham Lewis' declamatory vocals lead the rest of the band into increasingly psychedelic territory. Even if Nocturnal Koreans' sound isn't always textbook Wire, its imagery and wit most certainly are, making the album much more than the collection of leftovers its origins might have suggested.
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