Silver / Lead

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AlbumMar 31 / 201710 songs, 36m 8s
Post-Punk
Popular
7.1 / 10

As the originators of UK post-punk enter their fifth decade, they write with a natural-born ease—uncomplicated music cruising under lyrics that question progress and our ability to move forward.

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No two Pile albums are alike, and that’s what makes hitting play on a new one so exciting. Those first few notes open a door to a new world, one that could only be created by frontman Rick Maguire. With Pile, Maguire is fearless, willing to take country and bluegrass riffs and twist them around noisy post-hardcore and…

8 / 10

The long-running punk rock shape shifters hit their latest stride.

8.9 / 10

This haunted house of a record is built with every creak and memory of albums gone by definitely put in place on purpose.

A timely reminder of the band's ongoing relevance.

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Discover Silver/Lead by Wire released in 2017. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

As their 16th album demonstrates, Wire always seem to be searching for a certain stylistic innovation to unlock the door to a new musical revolution.

5 / 10

Post-punk mainstays Wire were never likely to rest on their laurels. In the late '70s, they refused to play songs from their triptych of cla...

4.0 / 10

It's not that Silver/Lead is a bad record. It's not. But what is interesting about it—the atmospheric sounds and rhythms—are relegated to the background, if there at all, and then to only certain sections of songs.

8 / 10

40 years on since their landmark debut album, ‘Pink Flag’, Wire may be forever considered a post-punk group given their stature and influence in the genre.

8 / 10

After mapping out post-punk with their first three albums in the 1970s, and taking various excursions since, Wire’s 16th continues the Indian summer that began Change Becomes Us in 2013.

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Wire have nothing to prove, though they could seemingly use a fresh jolt of energy.

A contemplative Wire proves to be a beautiful thing. Review by Javi Fedrick.