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85
Whether or not this new sound is a result of Bruce Gilbert’s departure, 47 is best appreciated as a record celebrating the dirty underbelly of shiny digital technology. And it’s got some damn good songs to boot.
11y
80
Object 47 trades harsh monochrome for expansive wide-screen color and a pronounced melodic sensibility.
15y
80
Scuffed-up and brainy, Object 47 finds Wire still beguiling after all these years.
15y
80
Object 47 proves that going out with a whimper doesn't preclude you from coming back with a bang.
8y
75
While none of the other songs share the opener's bracing immediacy, they eventually reveal more subtle charms and innovations on repeated listens.
15y
50
Unfortunately, this just isn’t the same band that gave us all those great records of yore.
15y
40
Wire have consistently proclaimed a dedication to looking forward, yet many of the dance-rock collisions here seem rooted in the late 1980s/early 90s.
10y
Object 47 is yet ANOTHER very distinctive LP from Wire. After a handful of years of pretty mediocre and generic releases, they are back to being one of the most uniquely different post-punk bands. Looking back at their previous album Send, Object 47 isn’t as loud and in your face, but still has a lot of punk energy. It has a lot of good songwriting and catchy lyrics but I don’t quite think it’s as impressionable as albums like Send were.
Wire have delved deeper into the industrial sound from the previous album and as a result, "Object 47" is relatively... good. High-energy and kind of fun.
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Track List
| 1 | One of Us 3:45 | 82 |
| 2 | Circumspect 3:13 | |
| 3 | Mekon Headman 2:58 | |
| 4 | Perspex Icon 3:02 | |
| 5 | Four Long Years 3:44 | |
| 6 | Hard Currency 3:50 | |
| 7 | Patient Flees 5:23 | |
| 8 | Are You Ready? 4:43 | |
| 9 | All Fours 4:04 | 84 |
Total Length: 34 minutes
