Silver/Lead
by Wire
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Wire bestography
Silver/Lead is ranked 9th best out of 29 albums by Wire on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wire is Pink Flag which is ranked number 343 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,918.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Silver/Lead track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Silver/Lead rankings
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Silver/Lead ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/11/2026 02:52 |  MadhattanJack | 5,972 | 66/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 19:50 | TodFitz | 27,378 | 63/100 |
| ! | 06/18/2025 00:44 |  Brandon8 | 1,047 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2024 17:12 | PapaShiz86 | 11,528 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/25/2023 16:13 |  DanielNunes93 | 2,802 | 61/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.3.
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awesomness425 04/07/2017 02:04 | #188811
Now I have not listened to any Wire albums other than the original three. They are in their fucking sixties and they are making some bangers here.
johnner 04/01/2017 12:33 | #188508
After the relatively streamlined sound of 2015's 'Wire', 'Silver/Lead' see's them return to the oddness of last year's 'Nocturnal Koreans'. Wire still sound like Wire (which is no bad thing), it's just that their elbows and ankles are a bit more visible this time round.
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