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“1.2.X.U.” by Wire
From the album Pink Flag (1977)
“1.2.X.U.” by Wire appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1977 on the album Pink Flag. Its best result is #1550 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,747 alternative song of all time.
"1.2.X.U." comes off Pink Flag, the debut album Wire put out on Harvest in November 1977, and the four players credited on it share the writing: Colin Newman on vocals, Bruce Gilbert on guitar, Graham Lewis on bass and Robert Gotobed on drums. Mike Thorne produced, Paul Hardiman handled the recording, and the whole album went down at Advision Studios in London over September and October that year.
Pink Flag crams in 21 tracks, and the reviews that followed took it seriously: Robert Christgau called it a punk suite, raw and detached at the same time, and Trouser Press's Ira Robbins reckoned Wire had pushed minimalism further than it had gone before, likening the fragments to beat poetry. The record has since come to stand as a landmark of post-punk.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1550 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1716 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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