Change Becomes Us
Change Becomes Us is the thirteenth studio album by British post-punk band Wire. It was released on 25 March 2013.[1]
| Change Becomes Us | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 25 March 2013[1] | |||
| Recorded | Spring 2012 at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales, UK; Swim Studio, London, England, UK | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, art punk, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 48:45 | |||
| Label | Pink Flag | |||
| Producer | Colin Newman | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Consequence of Sound |  |
| Pitchfork | (8.2/10)[5] |
| Spin | (8/10)[6] |
Album information
The album features songs based on ideas from 1979/1980 that were originally quick sketches for live performances.[1] 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).[7]
The album cover is a photograph of the red hallway in Seattle's Central Library.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Doubles & Trebles" | Graham Lewis | Colin Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Keep Exhaling" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 1:39 |
| 3. | "Adore Your Island" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 2:45 |
| 4. | "Re-Invent Your Second Wheel" | Lewis | Lewis, Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Stealth of a Stork" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 1:54 |
| 6. | "B/W Silence" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 4:40 |
| 7. | "Time Lock Fog" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 5:45 |
| 8. | "Magic Bullet" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:41 |
| 9. | "Eels Sang" | Lewis | Lewis, Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 2:15 |
| 10. | "Love Bends" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 4:01 |
| 11. | "As We Go" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 4:36 |
| 12. | "& Much Besides" | Newman | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 6:13 |
| 13. | "Attractive Space" | Lewis | Newman (song) / Wire (music) | 3:33 |
Personnel
- Wire
- Colin Newman – lead vocals [1-3, 5-8, 10-13], electric guitar [1-6, 8-13], [[Mellotron [1-11], baritone electric guitar [1, 4, 7], acoustic guitar [1, 6], organ [2, 3, 8, 10, 12], piano [4, 9], mandolin [7], bass guitar [9], guitar fx [9], backing vocals [1, 6], handclaps [5], production, mixing.
- Graham Lewis – bass guitar [1-13], lead vocals [4, 9], baritone electric guitar [8], piano [12], Monotron [12], handclaps [5].
- Robert Grey – drums [1-13], floor percussion [7, 12], bottle [7], radiator [7], handclaps [5].
- Matt Simms – electric guitar [1-13], guitar fx [7, 9, 10, 13], Mellotron [11, 13], acoustic guitar [12], handclaps [5].
- Production
- Jon Wozencroft – art direction, photography
- Sean Douglas – engineer (at Rockfield Studios)
- Denis Blackham – mastering
Charts
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] | 165 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] | 23 |
gollark: ?tag create blub Graham considers a hypothetical Blub programmer. When the programmer looks down the "power continuum", he considers the lower languages to be less powerful because they miss some feature that a Blub programmer is used to. But when he looks up, he fails to realise that he is looking up: he merely sees "weird languages" with unnecessary features and assumes they are equivalent in power, but with "other hairy stuff thrown in as well". When Graham considers the point of view of a programmer using a language higher than Blub, he describes that programmer as looking down on Blub and noting its "missing" features from the point of view of the higher language.
gollark: ?tag blub Graham considers a hypothetical Blub programmer. When the programmer looks down the "power continuum", he considers the lower languages to be less powerful because they miss some feature that a Blub programmer is used to. But when he looks up, he fails to realise that he is looking up: he merely sees "weird languages" with unnecessary features and assumes they are equivalent in power, but with "other hairy stuff thrown in as well". When Graham considers the point of view of a programmer using a language higher than Blub, he describes that programmer as looking down on Blub and noting its "missing" features from the point of view of the higher language.
gollark: > As long as our hypothetical Blub programmer is looking down the power continuum, he knows he's looking down. Languages less powerful than Blub are obviously less powerful, because they're missing some feature he's used to. But when our hypothetical Blub programmer looks in the other direction, up the power continuum, he doesn't realize he's looking up. What he sees are merely weird languages. He probably considers them about equivalent in power to Blub, but with all this other hairy stuff thrown in as well. Blub is good enough for him, because he thinks in Blub.
gollark: Imagine YOU are a BLUB programmer.
gollark: Imagine a language which is UTTERLY generic in expressiveness and whatever, called blub.
References
- "Wire to release new album Change Becomes Us". NME. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- https://www.metacritic.com/music/change-becomes-us/wire
- Phares, Heather. "Change Becomes Us review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- Bray, Ryan (28 March 2013). "Album review: Wire – Change Becomes Us". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- Wolk, Douglas (2 April 2013). "Wire - Change Becomes Us". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- Gubbels, Jason (28 March 2013). "Wire, Change Becomes Us (Pink Flag)". Spin. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- "Change Becomes Us (pf19)". Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- "Ultratop.be – Wire – Change Becomes Us" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- "Wire Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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