Send (album)


Send is the tenth studio album by the English rock group Wire, released in 2003. It was their first recording as a 4 piece since Manscape and the first full-length release by any incarnation of the group since 1991. The album contains seven songs previously released in 2002 on the EPs Read & Burn 01 and Read & Burn 02, and four songs exclusive to this release.

Reception

Mojo ranked Send at 10 on their best albums of 2003 list. The album also scores 84/100 on Metacritic, signifying "universal acclaim".

Track listing

Limited edition

Initial mail-order copies of the album came with a bonus live album WIRE - Metro, Chicago, 14th September 2002. It was reported that this inclusion came about due to concern being raised at the fact that the majority of Send had already been available on the group's two Read & Burn EPs. The live album later became part of the Wire Legal Bootleg series in 2010 as .

''Send Ultimate''

The album was reissued with a bonus CD and expanded liner notes by Wilson Neate in 2010 as Send Ultimate. It contains material recorded by Wire in the studio between 2000 and 2003. This includes both sides of the "12 Times U" vinyl-only collectors' item; unreleased tracks; alternate versions of tracks from this period that subsequently appeared on 2007s Read & Burn 03; and tracks from the first two Read & Burn EPs that were omitted from the original Send.

Personnel

Wire
Production