Read & Burn 01
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::data[format=table title="Infobox album"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Read & Burn 01 |
| type | EP |
| artist | Wire |
| cover | Read & Burn 01 album cover.jpg |
| released | 25 June 2002 |
| label | Pink Flag |
| chronology | Wire EP |
| prev_title | The Third Day |
| prev_year | 2000 |
| next_title | Read & Burn 02 |
| next_year | 2002 |
| :: |
| name = Read & Burn 01 | type = EP | artist = Wire | cover = Read & Burn 01 album cover.jpg | alt = | released = 25 June 2002 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = Pink Flag | producer = | chronology = Wire EP | prev_title = The Third Day | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Read & Burn 02 | next_year = 2002 | MC = 78/100 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = BBC Music | rev2score = (favourable) | rev3 = Blender | rev3score = | rev4 = Robert Christgau | rev4score = A− | rev5 = Mojo | rev5score = | rev6 = NME | rev6score = 8/10 | rev7 = Pitchfork | rev7score = 8.0/10 | rev8 = Q | rev8score = | rev9 = Stylus Magazine | rev9score = B | rev10 = Uncut | rev10score = 6/10 Read & Burn 01 is an EP by the English rock band Wire. It is the first in a series of three Read & Burn EPs. It was released on 25 June 2002.
Critical reception
Exclaim! praised "the quality of the material and the genuine fire and raw riffage the band has captured on this recording, invigorating their art with punk yet again." Trouser Press called the EP "fast, loud and hectoring," writing that "more than the sound itself, the attitude and sheer energy of Read & Burn 01 is what gestures back to 1977, as Wire channels the spirit of Pink Flag into a hardcore digital context."
Track listing
| all_writing = Wire | title1 = In the Art of Stopping | length1 = 3:34 | title2 = I Don't Understand | length2 = 3:17 | title3 = Comet | length3 = 3:17 | title4 = Germ Ship | length4 = 1:51 | title5 = 1st Fast | length5 = 1:41 | title6 = The Agfers of Kodack | length6 = 3:13
Personnel
; Production
- Denis Blackham – mastering
- Dave Coppenhall – album design
- Graham Lewis – images
- Colin Newman – engineering, mixing
References
References
- "Read & Burn 01 [EP] - Wire". [[Metacritic]].
- Wilson Neate. "Read & Burn 01". [[Allmusic]].
- Nick Reynolds. (20 November 2002). "Wire Read & Burn 01 Review". bbc.co.uk.
- [[Blender (magazine). Blender]]
- Robert Christgau. "Wire". robertchristgau.com.
- [[Mojo (magazine). Mojo]]. (September 2002)
- Eric Carr. (14 July 2002). "Wire". [[Pitchfork Media.
- [[Q (magazine). Q]]. (October 2002)
- Ed Howard. (1 September 2003). "Wire". [[Stylus Magazine]].
- [[Uncut (magazine). Uncut]]. (October 2002)
- "Wire".
- "Wire Read and Burn 01".
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