Coatings (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Coatings

| type = compilation

| artist = Wire

| cover = Coatings album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 21 October 1997

| recorded = 1985–1990

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative dance, experimental rock, post-punk

| length = {{Duration|m=89|s=15}}

| label = WMO

| producer =

| chronology = Wire compilation album

| prev_title = Turns and Strokes

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = 1977–1979

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/coatings-r317482 |title=Coatings |author=Stewart Mason |work=Allmusic |accessdate=20 February 2012}}

}}

Coatings is a compilation album by English rock band Wire. It was released on 21 October 1997 and compiles studio recordings from the band's second era (1985–90) that appeared only as B-sides, alternate mixes, bonus tracks previously unavailable in the UK and several Peel Session tracks.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Bruce Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Graham Lewis, and Colin Newman

| title1 = Ambulance Chasers

| note1=Original Version

| length1 = 5:09

| title2 = A Serious of Snakes

| note2=Alternate Mix

| length2 = 6:13

| title3 = Ambitious

| note3=Alternate Mix

| length3 = 5:11

| title4 = Madman's Honey

| note4=Alternate Mix

| length4 = 3:03

| title5 = Kidney Bingos

| note5=Original Mix

| length5 = 5:19

| title6 = It's a Boy

| note6=Instrumental

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = German Shepherds

| note7=John Peel Session, May 10, 1988

| length7 = 5:33

| title8 = Boiling Boy

| note8=John Peel Session, May 10, 1988

| length8 = 5:36

| title9 = Drill

| note9=John Peel Session, May 10, 1988

| length9 = 8:33

| title10 = In Vivo

| note10=Club Mix

| length10 = 6:28

| title11 = Who Has Nine?

| length11 = 6:05

| title12 = It Can't Be True Can It?

| length12 = 4:06

| title13 = Gravity Worship

| length13 = 5:09

}}

References

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