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Object 47
Studio albumby
Wire
Released7 July 2008(2008-07-07)
Recorded2007–2008[1]
Studio
Genre
Length35:02
LabelPinkflag
ProducerColin Newman
Wire studio album chronology
Send
(2003) 		Object 47
(2008) 		Red Barked Tree
(2011)

Object 47(Object Forty-Seven) is the eleventhstudio albumby theEnglishpost punkbandWire,named so because it is the 47th item in the Wire discography – a methodology harking back to the name of their 1979 album,154,which was named after the number of concerts they had played to that point. It is the first Wire album without the participation of guitaristBruce Gilbert.[2]It was released on 7 July 2008 in the UK and on 15 July in the US through the band's own Pinkflag label.[3]

Background

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Object 47is Wire's first studio album since 2003'sSend.Recording for the album began in early 2007 at Metropolis 22 inRotterdam,where the band mainly recorded drum tracks, and continued until early 2008 at guitaristColin Newman's Swim Studio inLondon.Concurrently withObject 47,the band also recorded theRead & Burn 03EP, which was released in November 2007. Between 2003 and 2007, the band had amassed material which was split between the EP and the album. Tracks selected for the EP was material which the departed Bruce Gilbert had been involved with. BassistGraham Lewis:"We grouped together anything Bruce had had a hand in, or just waved at, and that wasRead & Burn 03;then everything else went ontoObject 47."[4]

The track "All Fours" featuresPage Hamiltonof Americanalternative metalbandHelmeton guest guitar.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
BBCFavourable[7]
Billboard[8]
Guardian Unlimited[9]
The Observer[10]
Pitchfork Media(7.5/10)[11]
PopMatters(9/10)[12]
Prefix(9/10)[13]
Spin[14]
The Sunday Times[15]

Many reviewers noted the album's melodic sensibility,[7][10][16]withAllMusicwriting, "Object 47highlights Wire's pop credentials, but the band hasn't lost its edge. "[6]Stereogumranked it 12th (out of 15) in their 2015 "Wire Albums from Worst to Best" list, saying that it is "the most normal sounding album from a band interested in being anything but." Despite the album missing "the abstract and artful twist that made Wire's earlypost-punkrecords unique, "it is" actually pretty good, "and with a radio-friendly sound, one of Wire's" catchiest hours. "[16]

Guardian Unlimitedwasn't impressed, writing, "Wire have consistently proclaimed a dedication to looking forward, yet many of thedance-rockcollisions here seem rooted in the late 1980s/early 90s. "[9]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Wire.

  1. "One of Us" – 3:45
  2. "Circumspect" – 3:13
  3. "Mekon Headman" – 2:58
  4. "Perspex Icon" – 3:16
  5. "Four Long Years" – 3:45
  6. "Hard Currency" – 3:50
  7. "Patient Flees" – 5:23
  8. "Are You Ready?" – 4:43
  9. "All Fours" – 4:05

Personnel

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Wire
Additional musicians
Production

References

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  1. ^"Swim Studio - Studio Projects by Year".colinewman.com.Retrieved19 January2023.
  2. ^"Discussion: Bruce?".Pinkflag.com.Retrieved8 July2008.
  3. ^"Object 47 cover and release date".Pinkflag.com. Archived fromthe originalon 19 February 2009.Retrieved10 May2008.
  4. ^Neate, Wilson (2013).Read and Burn: A Book About Wire.London:Jawbone. pp. 354–357.ISBN978-1-908279-33-0.
  5. ^"Critic Reviews for Object 47".Metacritic. 15 July 2008.Retrieved24 April2015.
  6. ^abcWilson Neate (15 July 2008)."Object 47 – Wire | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards".AllMusic.Retrieved24 April2015.
  7. ^ab"Music – Review of Wire – Object 47".BBC.co.uk. 15 July 2008.Retrieved24 April2015.
  8. ^[1]Archived15 July 2008 at theWayback Machine
  9. ^abMaddy Costa (3 July 2008)."CD: Wire, Object 47 | Music | The Guardian".The Guardian.Music.guardian.co.uk.Retrieved24 April2015.
  10. ^abMike Barnes (12 July 2008)."Review: Wire, Object 47 | Music | The Guardian".The Observer.Music.guardian.co.uk.Retrieved24 April2015.
  11. ^Joe Tangari (10 July 2008)."Review: Wire, Object 47".Pitchfork.Retrieved22 December2016.
  12. ^Mathers, Ian."Wire: Object 47".PopMatters.Retrieved24 April2015.
  13. ^Ethan Stanislawski."Album Review: Wire – Object 47 | Prefix".Prefixmag.com.Retrieved24 April2015.
  14. ^Unterberger, Andrew."Wire, 'Object 47' (PinkFlag)".Spin.Retrieved24 April2015.
  15. ^"Arts and Entertainment".The Times.Archived fromthe originalon 16 June 2011.Retrieved24 April2015.
  16. ^abTerich, Jeffrey (22 April 2015)."Wire Albums From Worst To Best".Stereogum.Retrieved19 January2023.
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