1985–1990: The A List

April 2022 1985–1990: The A List compilation Wire 1985-1990- The A List front cover.gif 18 May 1993 1985–1990 Alternative rock alternative dance post-punk 74 30 Mute Gareth Jones Daniel Miller Rico Conning David M. Allen Wire compilation album The Peel Sessions Album 1989 Behind the Curtain 1995 AllMusic 4 5http://www.allmusic.com/album/1985-1990-the-a-list-r169849 1985-1990: The A List Steve Huey AllMusic 23 February 2012 Robert Christgau Ahttp://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Wire Wire Robert Christgau Robert Christgau robertchristgau.com 23 February 2012 Entertainment Weekly BMarisa Fox 21 May 1993 1985-1990: The A List Entertainment Weekly 171 http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306627,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090421084934/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306627,00.html dead 21 April 2009 22 February 2012 1985–1990: The A List is a compilation album by Wire. It was released on 18 May 1993 by Mute Records. It comprises recordings by the band from 1985 to 1990 and is seen as the band's second "best of", complementing 1989's On Returning (1977–1979), the "best of" album for the first era of the band. As the back cover states, the track listing was decided by asking various compilers to name their "Top 21" Wire tracks from the 1985–1990 era in order of preference, which were then arranged on a "football league" basis. The final chosen tracks and running order are based on this chart and the maximum running time of a compact disc, with no edits to songs. Critical reception AllMusic's Steve Huey felt that the compilation could have been sequenced better since "the selections were simply arranged according to which ones received the largest number of votes, meaning that the compilation loses a little steam since many of the best songs appear toward the beginning." Huey called it "a handy overview of the band's uneven comeback albums" and "the best way to hear catchy slices of post-punk avant-pop like "Ahead," "Kidney Bingos," "Eardrum Buzz," and "In Vivo." He concluded that "for all but the most devoted, The A List is probably all that's necessary from this period." Track listing Wire Original release Ahead The Ideal Copy, 1987 5:00 Kidney Bingos A Bell Is a Cup, 1988 4:09 A Serious of Snakes Snakedrill EP, 1986 4:44 Eardrum Buzz single version Single; bonus track on It's Beginning to and Back Again, 1989 4:14 Drill Snakedrill EP 5:03 Ambitious The Ideal Copy 4:11 In Vivo remixed single version Single; bonus track on It's Beginning to and Back Again 3:25 The Finest Drops A Bell Is a Cup 4:56 Madman's Honey The Ideal Copy 4:29 Over Theirs The Ideal Copy 5:27 Silk Skin Paws A Bell Is a Cup 4:51 The Queen of Ur and the King of Um A Bell Is a Cup 4:01 Torch It! Manscape, 1990 7:25 Advantage in Height Snakedrill EP 3:04 Point of Collapse The Ideal Copy 3:24 Feed Me The Ideal Copy 5:58 Personnel Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.1985-1990: The A List CD liner notes Wire Mute 1993 Wire Colin Newman Graham Lewis Bruce Gilbert Robert Gotobed Production Gareth Jones – production, engineering, mixing [1–3, 5, 6, 8–12, 14–16] Daniel Miller – production, mixing [3, 5, 14], remixing [7] Rico Conning – production, engineering, mixing [4, 7] David M. Allen – production, mixing [13] David Heilmann – engineering [2, 8, 11, 12] Roy Spong – engineering [13] André Giere – assistant engineering [1, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16] Giles Martin – remixing [7] Colin Newman – remixing [7], editing, compilation Paul Kendall – editing, compilation Roland Brown – editing, compilation Jon Wozencroft – design References External links 50640 1985-1990: The A List album Category:1993 greatest hits albums Category:Wire (band) compilation albums Category:Mute Records compilation albums