Pink Flag
by Wire

From Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/09/2013 18:54 | #91474 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

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."

From Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/08/2013 19:52 | #64506 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

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.

Pink flag, is one of those albums that would still be hailed as a masterpiece if it was released today. Wire obviously decided that the songs were going to be as long, or as in this case, as short as they need to be. One verse/one chorus is enough. It's punchy, energetic, and is still wonderfully fresh. Personally, I prefer, chairs missing, but this record is probably slightly more important and influential. A benchmark record.

From Mercury TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/29/2012 18:57 | #59291 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This is my all time favorite punk album. They really had their own style within that general real description of "Punk" precise, cutting edge to this day.

A middle ground album between both punk and post punk in my opinion that captures the quality of both genres in a single album. It is fast paced, energetic and fun whilst also possessing longer songs which are a bit more in depth and are a bit more complex than most punk music. The record is packed full of quality with every song displaying something new and exciting. Some songs are extinguished a little too soon but for the most part the tracks get across their message or hook and then end and cut out the over complicating that causes so many records to be needlessly elongated. The drum work is phenomenal as well and the vocal is in a classic punk style and works brilliantly with the instrumental backing. The guitar riffs are what dragged me back to this record time and time again however as they slowly get into your head and your start to love this unique take on punk music. Overall, this can be a challenging record at times and I definitely didn't enjoy it on my first listen but with some patience I started to see how phenomenal and intelligent this record is and now it is one of my favourite albums to come back to. (Edited)