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mainly in the forms of covers and the dynamic "Eight Days a Week

If Parsons was slowing down a bit as a songwriter

the album has its share of homage to Frank and Dino

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WIRE 154 100% cotton mainly in the forms ofWire: Colin Newman, B. C. Gilbert (vocals, guitars); Graham Lewis (vocals, bass); Robert Gotobed (drums). Additional personnel: Hilly Kristal (vocals); Tim Souster (electric viola); Kate Lucas (alto flute); Joan Whiting (English horn); Mike Thorne (keyboards). Like its predecessor, 1977's CHAIRS MISSING, 154 finds Wire moving away from its punk roots toward darker, more experimental horizons. There is less overt anger and insolence than in the past,