The Wire 20 Years 1982–2002

The Wire 20 Years 1982–2002 is a various artists compilation album. The 3-CD box set was released on Mute Records for the 20th anniversary of British music magazine The Wire. The tracks were selected by the magazine's publisher and former editor, Tony Herrington. It is now out of print.[1] Andy Gill at The Independent named it one of the ten best box sets of the year.[2]

The Wire 20 Years 1982–2002
A blue cover with the word "Adventures" embossed.
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released18 November 2002
GenreExperimental music
Length224:50 (3:44:50)
LabelMute
ProducerLenny Kaye

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleArtistLength
1."The Wire"Steve Lacy5:12
2."Seguita"Ennio Morricone with Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza3:12
3."Wrong Eye"Coil5:54
4."Egress (Excerpt)"Hands To4:11
5."Buried Dreams"David Toop and Max Eastley5:22
6."Tubby's Vengeance"King Tubby and Vivian Jackson (Yabby You)2:57
7."Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)"Fennesz4:08
8."M 5"Derek Bailey2:41
9."Cockfight / Trance in Paksabali and Kesiman / Gamelan Beleganjur"Bali traditional musicians5:30
10."Pygmäen"Einstürzende Neubauten1:20
11."After Rapidly Circling the Plaza (Excerpt)"AMM6:33
12."11,000 Volts"Mars3:31
13."Breathe Deep"Cabaret Voltaire5:16
14."The Death of the Composer Was in 1962"Tony Conrad and Faust3:12
15."Vandal"Designer5:13
16."Vandal"Torture2:57
17."Shenshema"Fela Kuti9:08
Total length:76:17
Disc two
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Illistrum"Art Ensemble of Chicago8:13
2."Expressway to Yr Skull"Sonic Youth7:03
3."Salt"Spring Heel Jack and the Blue Series Continuum4:44
4."Paper Hats"This Heat5:58
5."Simple Headphone Mind"Nurse With Wound and Stereolab10:40
6."Rock 'N' Roll Station"Jac Berrocal4:41
7."Ancient Ethiopia"Sun Ra and His Solar-Myth Arkestra2:47
8."Jukebox Capriccio"Christian Marclay3:11
9."Williams Mix"John Cage5:42
10."Cathode #4: Soundcheck Version"Otomo Yoshihide5:22
11."Headphones"Björk5:40
12."I (Excerpt)"Pauline Oliveros9:43
Total length:73:44
Disc three
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Satan Side"Keith Hudson2:14
2."Music For the Gift (Part I)"Terry Riley5:42
3."Silver Smoke of Dreams"William S. Burroughs with Ian Sommerville4:50
4."Rocket U.S.A."Suicide4:16
5."4.2"Supersilent9:08
6."Vaihe (Fön)"Pan Sonic4:46
7."Kebabträume"Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft3:32
8."Khalid of Space (Part 2 - Welcome)"Larry Young12:25
9."Players With Circuits"David Behrman with Gordon Mumma5:50
10."The Caution Appears (Part 5)"Fushitsusha4:39
11."Living Space"John Coltrane with Alice Coltrane10:26
12."Some Summer Day"John Fahey3:26
13."23 Minutes to Go"Diamanda Galás4:35
Total length:75:49

Personnel

  • Tony Herrington – track selection, liner notes
  • Tony Dixon – mastering
  • Non-Format (Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss) – art direction, design, photography

References

  1. Lefebvre, Sam (9 December 2011). "Collateral Damage: Sam Lefebvre on the box set". The Wire. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. Gill, Andy (27 December 2002). "Pop: The 10 Best Box Sets of 2002". The Independent.
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