Send (album)

Send is the tenth studio album by the English rock group Wire, released in 2003. It was their first recording as a 4 piece since Manscape (1990) and the first full-length release by any incarnation of the group since 1991. The album contains seven songs previously released in 2002 on the EPs Read & Burn 01 and Read & Burn 02, and four songs exclusive to this release.

Send
Studio album by Wire
Released	May 2003
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	40:30
Label	Pinkflag
Wire studio album chronology
The First Letter (1991) Send (2003) Object 47 (2008)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Austin Chronicle	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Mojo	[6]
Pitchfork	7.5/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[9]
Uncut	[10]
The Village Voice	A−[11]

Mojo ranked Send at 10 on their best albums of 2003 list.[12] The album also scores 84/100 on Metacritic, signifying "universal acclaim".[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Wire.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"In the Art of Stopping"	3:34
2.	"Mr Marx's Table"	3:02
3.	"Being Watched"	2:57
4.	"Comet"	3:17
5.	"The Agfers of Kodack"	3:11
6.	"Nice Streets Above"	3:45
7.	"Spent"	4:43
8.	"Read & Burn"	2:34
9.	"You Can't Leave Now"	3:41
10.	"Half Eaten"	1:58
11.	"99.9"	7:42

Limited edition

Initial mail-order copies of the album came with a bonus live album WIRE - Metro, Chicago, 14th September 2002. It was reported that this inclusion came about due to concern being raised at the fact that the majority of Send had already been available on the group's two Read & Burn EPs.[13] The live album later became part of the Wire Legal Bootleg series in 2010 as Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago.[14]

Bonus CD: WIRE - Metro, Chicago, 14th September 2002

No.	Title	Length
1.	"99.9"	7:45
2.	"Germ Ship"	1:57
3.	"Mr Marx's Table"	5:57
4.	"First Fast"	1:27
5.	"Read & Burn"	2:15
6.	"The Agfers of Kodack"	3:43
7.	"Comet"	2:41
8.	"In the Art of Stopping"	3:29
9.	"Spent"	4:09
10.	"I Don't Understand"	4:18

Send Ultimate

The album was reissued with a bonus CD and expanded liner notes by Wilson Neate in 2010 as Send Ultimate. It contains material recorded by Wire in the studio between 2000 and 2003. This includes both sides of the "12 Times U" vinyl-only collectors' item; unreleased tracks; alternate versions of tracks from this period that subsequently appeared on 2007s Read & Burn 03; and tracks from the first two Read & Burn EPs that were omitted from the original Send.[14]

Send Ultimate bonus CD

No.	Title	Original release[15][14]	Length
1.	"I Don't Understand"	Read & Burn 01, 2002	3:18
2.	"Trash/Treasure"	Read & Burn 02, 2002	5:08
3.	"Raft Ants"	Read & Burn 02	2:05
4.	"Germ Ship"	Read & Burn 01	1:51
5.	"1st Fast"	Read & Burn 01	1:41
6.	"Artificial Gravity"	previously unreleased	6:14
7.	"DJ Fuckoff"	previously unreleased	5:30
8.	"12 Times U"	from "Twelve Times You" single, 2001	1:40
9.	"Our Time (Minimal Mix)"	previously unreleased; original version from Read & Burn 03, 2007	4:24
10.	"Desert Diving (Alt Mix)"	previously unreleased; original version from Read & Burn 03	5:22
11.	"12 Times X"	from "Twelve Times You" single	1:30

Personnel

Wire

• Colin Newman
• Graham Lewis
• Bruce Gilbert
• Robert Grey

Production

• Colin Newman – mixing
• Denis Blackham – mastering
• David Coppenhall – design

References

1. "Reviews for Send by Wire". Metacritic. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
2. Kellman, Andy. "Send – Wire". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
3. Chamy, Michael (25 April 2003). "Wire: Send (Pink Flag)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
4. "Wire: Send". Entertainment Weekly: 72. 16 May 2003.
5. Sweeting, Adam (9 May 2003). "Wire: Send". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
6. "Wire: Send". Mojo (114): 91. May 2003.
7. Carr, Eric (6 May 2003). "Wire: Send". Pitchfork. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
8. Blashill, Pat (21 August 2003). "Wire: Send". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
9. Gross, Joe (2004). "Wire". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 883–84. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
10. "Wire – Send". Uncut (74): 129. July 2003. Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
11. Christgau, Robert (10 June 2003). "Consumer Guide: Eating Again". The Village Voice. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
12. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/mojoend.html
13. Grannell, Craig (April 2003). "Wire: Send". Reviews. Wireviews. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
14. "Description Wire - Send Ultimate". Pinkflag.com. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
15. "Wire, "Send Ultimate" review". Brainwashed. Retrieved 8 May 2019.