Re: Album of the day (#7548): Pink Flag by Wire

HoldenM — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 20:52:18 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 10/11/2026 00:52

Pretty great!!

Track picks
1. Reuters
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
15. Strange
16. Fragile
21. 1 2 X U

Album of the day (#7548): Pink Flag by Wire

BestEverAlbums — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:00:28 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 10/10/2026 20:00

Today's album of the day

Pink Flag by Wire (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1977.
Country:
Wire discography rank: 1st (out of 29 albums listed on BEA)
1977 rank: 12th
1970s rank: 82nd
Overall rank: 342nd
Average rating: 82/100 (from 814 votes).

Tracks:
1. Reuters
2. Field Day For The Sundays
3. Three Girl Rhumba
4. Ex Lion Tamer
5. Lowdown
6. Start To Move
7. Brazil
8. It's So Obvious
9. Surgeon's Girl
10. Pink Flag
11. The Commercial
12. Straight Line
13. 106 Beats That
14. Mr. Suit
15. Strange
16. Fragile
17. Mannequin
18. Different To Me
19. Champs
20. Feeling Called Love
21. 1 2 X U

indicates a top-rated track.

Top voted comments:

"The greatest punk album of all time in my opinion. It should be noted I have not heard every punk record, but I've heard a lot. And this is the best in my opinion. It narrowly edges out "Never mind the bollocks" for that distinction. This record is loud and abrasive, but the really great thing about it is it's unmatched precision. The band just perfectly and artfully deconstructs rock and puts it back together again with only its most intense and necessary elements. Then it speeds it up and turns it up and spits it back out at us like a blowtorch. Then in the second half after your mind has been thoroughly whitewashed of all prior ideas of rock cliche then the record eases you back into a few unexpected and perfectly executed pop hooks. So genius.

"Our own correspondent is sorry to tell of an uneasy time
that all is not well.""
- @Mercury (Rating: 100/100)
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"I understand why this album was so overlooked it was years ahead of its time. It sounds fresh today. The songs are short in length but they cover a lot of ground musically."
- @Brandon8 (Rating: 100/100)
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Re: Album of the day (#7548): Pink Flag by Wire

Album of the day (#7548): Pink Flag by Wire