- electronic, post-punk, rock
- 63 min
- 16 tracks
- Mute
The Ideal Copy is the fourth studio album by the English rock group Wire, released in April 1987 by Mute Records. It was the first full-length recording following the band's hiatus of 1980–1985. The Ideal Copy peaked at number 87 in the UK albums chart.
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Spare, cool, grave and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- 1Point of Collapse3:23
- 2Ahead4:60
- 3Madman’s Honey4:29
- 4Feed Me5:59
- 5Ambitious4:05
- 6Cheeking Tongues2:08
- 7Still Shows4:11
- 8Over Theirs5:23
- 9Ahead (II)3:30
- 10A Serious of Snakes4:42
- 11Drill5:03
- 12Advantage in Height3:03
- 13Up to the Sun2:42
- 14Ambulance Chasers2:55
- 15Feed Me (II)4:28
- 16Vivid Riot of Red2:22
16 tracks, 63 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Wire
- Label
- Mute
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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