In a Chamber/Between Two Words

Artist: Wire Train
Label: Oglio Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 790058157725
EAN: 0790058157725
ASIN: B000001J6U

Release Date: 1995-01-31

In a Chamber/Between Two Words

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Tracks:

I'll Do You
Everthing's Turning Up Down Again
Never
Like
I Forget It All (When I See You)
Chamber Of Hellos
Slow Down
She's On Fire
I Gotta Go
Love Against Me
Last Perfect Thing
Skills Of Summer
When She Was A Girl
God On Our Side
Love, Love
I Will
No Pretties
The Ocean
Two Persons
Home

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Customer Reviews:

They Should Have Been Bigger Than The Smiths and REM.......2007-03-12

This is one of the greatest CD reissues of all time.These two albums from 1984 and 1985 were not released on CD till 1995 and they quickly went out of print soon after.The digital remastering sounds great(even though it was remastered twelve years ago it still sounds awesome!).Both of these albums are incredible.I do prefer Between Two Words though.Classic songs from that album include:The Last Perfect Thing,Skills of Summer,I Will, God On Our Side(a great Bob Dylan cover version),The Ocean,Love,Love and No Pretties.Their debut album In A Chamber is also fantastic.Standout tracks include:Never,I'll Do You,Chamber Of Hellos,I Gotta Go and Love Against Me.I love their ringing guitars and the alternating lead vocals of Kevin Hunter and Kurt Herr(he was sorely missed after leaving the band after Between Two Words).The first two Wire Train albums were just amazingly great post new wave power pop.They sounded similar to REM but less southern sounding and just a little bit better.These first two albums were two of the best albums of the 80's.This San Francisco band was one of the most underrated of all time(along with another great underapreciated Bay Area band Overwhelming Colorfast). They should have been huge.In my opinion they were(along with C.C.R.) the best Bay Area band ever.To get both of these landmark albums together on one CD is incredible.I just wish they could have included the two great single b-sides(Half A Lifetime and It's Only Dark)as bonus tracks but they probably didn't have any room left since the disc is almost 80 minutes long.Growing up in th Bay Area I got to see them play live numerous times and they were awesome.After these two albums they released three more albums.In 1987 they put out Ten Women which was very good but not great.In 1990 they released a self titled CD that was not good at all and in 1992 they released the CD No Soul No Strain which was fairly good.These two albums on this CD are by far their best.It's probably my favorite CD of all time.

What Can I Say, It's Great Stuff........2002-10-19

This is a classic album (well ok, actually two albums) that somehow got overlooked by many people, and even though I don't dwell on 80s music much anymore, I still love listening to this today. I won't even bother listing the tracks I like because they are ALL good. Seriously. It's amazing how consistently good the songwriting is. Shame they don't make too many albums like this anymore that are good from top to bottom. I also recommend the Wire Train albums NO SOUL NO STRAIN and the self-titled WIRE TRAIN, if you can find them. These came out later (early 90s?), and although very different from this album, they are also solid. I was lucky enough to see these guys live a number of times in the early 90s when I moved to San Francisco, and it's a shame they never quite broke through into the mainstream.

Wire Train is a good train to ride.......2002-01-03

The music world is full of casulties and this band was one of them. They should have been filling large halls and stadiums. What was the friggin record company thinking about? Two words describe this band:GREAT SONGWRITING! Buy this, because you won't be disappointed. Why did all these great bands fall by the wayside during the 80's? Check out The Last Perfect Thing and I Will.Two great songs out of many that this band released.
This band holds a very special place in my heart and I was already thirty years old when I first heard them in the mid-eighties.

Truly a great CD.......2001-12-02

I have read a lot of the reviews and can tell these are fans of Wire Train. And basically for the same reason that I am. I bought the tape of Chamber in 1988. It is 13 years past now. i am buying the double CD for the same reasons I bought the tape so long ago (I still have the tape BTW). This music is undefinable. I cannot place it with anything. It's heavy bass, tight lyrics and great vocals. i love these songs now, as much as I did so long ago. I don't know whateve happened to this band, but this is one of those rare gems that you find and be glad that you have it. My favorite song is Slow Down. I have no idea what it is about - to this day - but its a song that just takes me back. And that's what I want. Why in the hell are you looking to purchase this CD is beyond me - you shouldn't know this band - but if you are thinking about it. This CD stands that test of time. Truly one of the best I have ever heard or owned. Great production. Recommned it highly.

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