Wire Ideal Copy CD

Ideal Copy Music

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Category	Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Alternative, Rock/Pop, Punk
Label	Mute
Orig Year	1987
All Time Sales Rank	52675
CD Universe Part number	1165527
Catalog number	9110
Discs	1
Release Date	Apr 04, 2000
Studio/Live	Mixed
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Gareth Jones
Engineer	Gareth Jones
Recording Time	60 minutes
Personnel	Colin Newman - vocals, guitar Graham Lewis - vocals, bass Robert Gotobed - drums Bruce Gilbert - guitar

Wire Ideal Copy Songs

	1.	Point of Collapse
	2.	Ahead
	3.	Madman's Honey
	4.	Feed Me
	5.	Ambitious
	6.	Cheeking Tongues
	7.	Still Shows
	8.	Over Theirs
	9.	Ahead (II)
	10.	Serious of Snakes, A
	11.	Drill
	12.	Advantage in Height
	13.	Up to the Sun
	14.	Ambulance Chasers
	15.	Feed Me (II)
	16.	Vivid Riot of Red

Ideal Copy Music Review

Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars A new wave masterpiece
It's impossible to describe this work: too much sensations, the energy of punk and the feelings of wave, it's perfect music for me...
Submitted by mseksich (Turin, Italy)
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4 stars Wire's post-punk sound is a better one
I'm not a big fan of their punk sound of the late 70s -when I think of punk I think of Sex Pistols and The Clash, definetly not Wire. I enjoy "The Ideal Copy" equally to "Bell Is A Cup" . Every tune is unique and well done. Not one stinker. "Ahead" was the track that made the airwaves - that's the one i like the least in the bunch for it drags on a bit too long and monotonously.
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