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The First Letter

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Track listing
Personnel
References

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| name = The First Letter
| type = studio
| artist = Wir
| cover = The First Letter.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1991|10||df=yes}}
| recorded = 1991
| venue =
| studio = Worldwide International, London
Swanyard Recording Studios, London
| genre = {{flatlist|

Electronic
art punk
alternative dance

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| length = {{Duration|m=54|s=50}}
| language = English
| label = Mute
| producer = Wir, Paul Kendall, Pascal Gabriel
| prev_title = The Drill
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = The A List
| next_year = 1993
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|rev2 = Robert Christgau
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The First Letter is the ninth studio album and the last album released by Wire before their second extended hiatus. It was one of only three releases credited to "Wir", the others being the "So And Slow It Grows" single, and a limited edition two song EP entitled Vien. The band changed their name to "Wir" ^[3] after drummer Robert Gotobed's departure, who quit the band because the musical direction increasingly relied on drum machines and loops. Other than an Erasure remix, the band would not reform until 1999, and not release any new material until 2002's Read and Burn 01 and Read and Burn 02 EPs and 2003's subsequent Send. The album produced the single "So and Slow It Grows."

Track listing

All tracks written by Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman and Graham Lewis, except as indicated.

"Take It (For Greedy)" – 3:13
"So and Slow It Grows" – 5:13
"A Bargain at 3 and 20 Yeah!" – 2:55
"Footsi — Footsi" – 4:55
"Ticking Mouth" – 6:31
"It Continues" – 4:33
"Looking at Me (Stop!) Stop!" – 4:12
"Naked, Whooping and Such-Like (Extended On and On)" (Lewis) – 7:05
"Tailor Made" – 3:48
"No Cows on the Ice" – 4:16
"A Big Glue Canal" – 4:09
"So and Slow It Grows" (Single Mix) – 4:00

Personnel

Wir

Bruce Gilbert – guitar, production
Graham Lewis – bass guitar, production
Colin Newman – vocals, production

Additional personnel

Claude Bessey – reading on "Naked, Whooping and Such-Like (Extended On and On)"
Paul Kendall – production, engineering
Pascal Gabriel – additional production, mixing on "So and Slow It Grows" (Single Mix) (at Swanyard Recording Studios)
George Holt – engineering on "So and Slow It Grows" (Single Mix) (at Swanyard Recording Studios)
Russell Haswell – design and images
Sven – "3w" and "stoneman" images
Red Cloud – layout

References

1. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r22089|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
2. ^Robert Christgau review
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Wir |title=Wir Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-06}}

4 : 1991 albums|Albums produced by Paul Kendall|Mute Records albums|Wire (band) albums

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