| Ten Women | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Wire Train |
| Cover: | Ten Women.jpg |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Recorded: | Oct.–Nov. 1986 |
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| Genre: | Rock, alternative rock |
| Label: | 415/Columbia |
| Producer: | Tim Palmer |
| Prev Title: | Between Two Words |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Wire Train |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Ten Women is an album by the American band Wire Train, released in 1987.[1] [2] The first single was "She Comes On".[3] The band supported the album with North American and European tours.[4] [5]
Recorded over three months in London, the album was produced by Tim Palmer.[6] [7] Guitarist Jeffrey Trott replaced Kurt Herr prior to the recording sessions.[8] The lyrics were written by singer Kevin Hunter.[9] The Alarm's Dave Sharp played guitar on "Breakwater Days", the lyrics to which were inspired by Bob Dylan.[10] [11] Members of World Party and the Waterboys also contributed to the recording sessions.[12]
The Windsor Star praised the "piledriving, blues-rock sound," writing that "the group has tightened up the loose ends of its earlier efforts for a strong record." The Richmond Times-Dispatch called Ten Women "one of the best rock `n' roll albums of the year to date," writing that "Hunter is a passionate vocalist who avoids false sentimentality with his romantic lyrics."[13] Trouser Press noted that, "while the crystalline pop production and Hunter's sandy voice give the record a familiar patina, the slower-paced songs are pretty but routine."[14]
The Houston Chronicle said that "haunting vocals, crisp rock-steady rhythms and delicate guitar work power these cagey melodies." The Omaha World-Herald concluded that the "lack of pretentiousness would doom a lesser band to the bland heap, but it makes Wire Train all the more accessible and enjoyable."[15] The Commercial Appeal opined that, "though Hunter's ephemeral lyrics aren't for every taste, the band's music is too charming to turn from."[16]
AllMusic wrote that "the magic of the band's original sound, a sort of Neil Young-meets-the-Paisley Underground gloss on early-'80s jangle pop, is largely missing here."
Credits are adapted from the Ten Women liner notes.