154 (album)

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154
Studio album by Wire
Released	September 1979 (1979-09)
Recorded	1979 (1979)
Genre	Post-punk
Length	44:27
Label	Harvest Records, pinkflag
Producer	Mike Thorne
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Pitchfork (9.1/10) link Robert Christgau (B) link Rolling Stone (Very Positive) Jan 24, 1980 Smash Hits Oct 18-31, 1979
Wire chronology
Chairs Missing (1978) 154 (1979) Document and Eyewitness (1981)

154 is the third album from the band Wire, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music) on EMI imprint Harvest Records. It was first issued on CD in 1989 by Restless Records. First editions of the vinyl album were accompanied by an EP, the tracks from which are included on the Harvest CD, issued in 1994, along with an additional bonus track. The new remastered release, released by Pinkflag (America) as digipacks in 2006, does not contain any extra tracks, because, according to the band, such additions dishonour the "conceptual clarity of the original statements." link The album is so named because the band had played 154 gigs in their career at the time of the album's release.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Bonus EP (included on 1989 and 1994 releases) 1.2 Bonus track (1994 release only) 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Colin Newman except as noted.

1. "I Should Have Known Better" (Graham Lewis) – 3:51
2. "Two People in a Room" – 2:09
3. "The 15th"– 3:04
4. "The Other Window" (Lewis) – 2:07
5. "Single K.O." (Lewis, Newman) – 2:22
6. "A Touching Display" (Lewis) – 6:55
7. "On Returning" – 2:05
8. "A Mutual Friend" – 4:26
9. "Blessed State" (B. C. Gilbert) – 3:28
10. "Once Is Enough" – 3:23
11. "Map Ref. 41°N 93°W" – 3:36
12. "Indirect Enquiries" – 3:34
13. "40 Versions" – 3:27

[edit] Bonus EP (included on 1989 and 1994 releases)

14. "Song 1" (Robert Gotobed, Newman, Simmons) – 3:02
15. "Get Down (Parts 1 and 2)" (David, Gotobed, Newman, Simmons, TV Smith) – 4:27
16. "Let's Panic Later" (Lewis) – 3:20
17. "Small Electric Piece" (Gilbert) – 3:33

[edit] Bonus track (1994 release only)

18. "Go Ahead" (Gilbert, Gotobed, Lewis, Newman) - 4:01

[edit] Personnel

• Colin Newman – Vocals, guitar
• Graham Lewis – vocals, bass
• Robert Gotobed – drums
• B. C. Gilbert – guitars, vocals

[edit] Additional personnel

• Hilly Kristal – bass vocals
• Kate Lukas – alto flute
• Tim Souster – electric viola
• Mike Thorne – keyboard, synthesizer
• Joan Whiting – cor anglais

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