In May 1988, “Mute” label released “A Bell Is a Cup… Until It Is Struck”, the fifth Wire studio album. It was recorded in December 1987, and at “Preußen Tonstudio” in Berlin, and was produced by Gareth Jones.
Personnel:
- Colin Newman – vocal, guitars
- Bruce Gilbert – guitar
- Graham Lewis – vocals, bass
- Robert Gotobed – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Graham Lewis and Colin Newman.
- Silk Skin Paws
- The Finest Drops
- The Queen of Ur and the King of Um
- Free Falling Divisions
- It’s a Boy
- Boiling Boy
- Kidney Bingos
- Come Back in Two Halves
- Follow the Locust
- A Public Place
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