In December 1977, “Harvest” label released “Pink Flag”, the debut Wire studio album. It was recorded September – October 1977, at “Advision Studios” in London, and was produced by Mike Thome. In 2009,“Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Pink Flag” at number 412 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. In 2013, “NME” magazine ranked “Pink Flag” at number 378 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Personnel:
- Bruce Gilbert– guitar
- Colin Newman– vocals, guitar
- Graham Lewis– bass guitar
- Robert Gotobed– drums
- Kate Lukas– flute
- Dave Oberlé– backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Bruce Gilbert, Graham Lewis, Colin Newman, and Robert Gotobed, except where noted.
- Reuters
- Field Day for the Sundays
- Three Girl Rhumba
- Ex Lion Tamer
- Lowdown
- Start to Move
- Brazil
- It’s So Obvious
- Surgeon’s Girl
- Pink Flag
- The Commercial
- Straight Line
- 106 Beats That
- Suit
- Strange
- Fragile
- Mannequin
- Different to Me – Annete Green
- Champs
- Feeling Called Love
- 12 X U
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