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Change Becomes Us

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Released
  
25 March 2013

Producer
  
Wire

Artist
  
Wire

Label
  
Pinkflag

Length
  
48:45

Change Becomes Us (2013)
  
Wire (2015)

Release date
  
25 March 2013

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Recorded
  
2012 spring at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales; Swim Studio

Genres
  
Post-punk, Alternative rock, Art punk

Similar
  
Wire albums, Post-punk albums

Wire doubles trebles


Change Becomes Us is the thirteenth studio album by British post-punk band Wire. It was released on 25 March 2013.

Contents

Album information

The album features songs based on ideas from 1979/1980 that were originally quick sketches for live performances. In particular, "Doubles and Trebles", "Keep Exhaling", "Reinvent Your Second Wheel", "Stealth of a Stork", "Time Lock Fog", "Eels Sang", "Love Bends", "& Much Besides" and "Attractive Space" are reworked versions of "Ally in Exile", "Relationship", "ZEGK HOQP", "Witness to the Fact", "5/10", "Eels Sang Lino", "Piano Tuner (Keep Strumming Those Guitars)", "Eastern Standard" and "Underwater Experiences" respectively, which originally appeared on the 1981 live album Document and Eyewitness. The album was made available on CD and digitally on 25 March, followed by a special edition on vinyl on 20 April 2013 (Record Store Day).

The album cover is a photograph of the red hallway in Seattle's Central Library.

Track listing

All tracks written by Wire.

Personnel

Wire
  • Colin Newman – lead vocals, guitars, mandolin, keyboards, sounds, handclaps on "Stealth of a Stork".
  • Graham Lewis – bass guitar, keyboards, rhythm guitar on "Magic Bullet", handclaps on "Stealth of a Stork", lead vocals on "Re-Invent Your Second Wheel" and "Eels Sang".
  • Robert Grey – drums, percussion, sounds, handclaps on "Stealth of a Stork".
  • Matt Simms – guitars, handclaps on "Stealth of a Stork".
  • Collaborators
  • Jon Wozencroft – art direction and photography
  • Sean Douglas – engineer at Rockfield Studios
  • Denis Blackham – mastering
  • Songs

    1Doubles & Trebles
    2Keep Exhaling
    3Adore Your Island

    References

    Change Becomes Us Wikipedia