Pink Flag

I'm another one of those dorks that never heard about this before. My goodness, this is fantastic. From this one album, I can hear dozens of bands influenced. This album was twenty years ahead of its time. I've actually moved down bands I used to love as they sound like late knockoffs of Wire. How this isn't one of the most talked about albums in its genre is beyond me.

Essential album....all three expanded wire albums are must owns!!!!I love the hard cover book packaging!great!

Everyone's heard of the Iggy Pop, The Clash, Ramones, Damned and Sex Pistols, but many of you have probably not heard of Wire. I was very into the punk scene in the 1970s and I loved it all back then. But of all the punk albums that came out between 1976 and 1980, Wire's "Pink Flag" (1977) holds up best for me 30 years on. This album is very raw with a minimum of production, but with some key elements of production here and there. It's been referred to elsewhere as minimalist and taking a deconstructive approach to rock music. Both are true, and Wire does it with intelligence on "Pink Flag". I think they set a standard for what can be done with a few chords that no one else has achieved. The lyrics on "Pink Flag" are mostly imaginative and timeless, certainly better than most of what was written back then. If I had to recommend a few albums that best represent the era, I would include this one. This re-mastered version of "Pink Flag" sounds every bit as good on CD as my original-pressing vinyl LP, maybe even better. I highly recommend it.

The vinyl 4 Men With Beards version of this album is superb. The sound is better than the original Harvest release while the mastering is faithful to the original version. The record itself is very clean sounding with no pops and almost silent between songs (the Beards are good at this). The artwork is beautifully recreated and even improved on in the case of the label. The other two 4 Men With Beards re-releases of the Wire albums Chairs Missing, and 154 are just as good in their magnificent sound and high quaility artwork. Bravo Beards!

this is one of the absolute best of the '70s punk albums, along with the clash debut, sex pistols (which now sounds a bit dated), and the ramones. the sound quality of this disc is a major improvement over the late '80s cd reissue. the only problem is the lack of a lyric sheet, which really puts the album into perspective, and makes it more impressive. i removed the lyrics from my older, flat sounding version, and added it to the new one. THE SOUND AND THE SONGS ARE GREAT, GREAT. I didn't care for some of Wire's later synthesizer styled music, but this 'punky' debut is a classic.

It's great.

Fantastic—a must for fans and collectors. The definitive version

The Sex Pistols came right from 60's and 70's avant-garde confrontational theatre (not that Sid Vicious would understand any of that). Wire represents a co-opting of agi-punk with semi-abstract minimalist lyrics combined with great hooks and maximum overdrive distortion creating at times this enormous wall of pulsating sound. The songs are short aka Minuteman, JFA etc short -- really an album that defined an anti-thesis to progressive rocks worst traits, the endless gratuitous noodling. Many bands would take this formula and run with it. Wire's next albums would further reveal their underlying art school inspiration, abandoning the visceral sound of this album for a cooler, more "studio" sound, which in itself would be just as influential as this essential album.

Everybody already owns Pink Flag,don’t they?We all know how excellent it is.Short sharp blasts of distortion.The question here is whether we need to buy this again,and more importantly do we need to spend £25 on something we own.The answer,quite simply is....YES!!...It’s Wire ffs..included in this stunning package is the album plus various demos,single versions,alternative mixes etc.All sound incredible.And the 7x7” hardcover booklet looks stunning,with lyrics included,an introduction from Sounds resident punk journalist Jon Savage and bio of the album as well as some great photos from the time.The only quibble i would have would be the way the discs themselves are housed,meaning you can’t help but touch the playing surface.Superb package.One of my favourite albums from the era just got the release it deserves.

Excellent expanded edition of a fantastic debut album by one of the best best punk bands ever

Great band nostalgia love it

great remaster ,sound brilliant , pressing good

Great package. Great band. A lot of thought has gone into this for Wire fans. Despite having a lot of the material there are a few surprises in there though.