The Circle (Wipers album) explained

The Circle
Type:Album
Artist:Wipers
Cover:The Circle (Wipers album).jpeg
Released:1988
Genre:Post-punk
Length:32:49
Label:Restless
Producer:Greg Sage
Prev Title:Follow Blind
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Silver Sail
Next Year:1993

The Circle is a studio album by the American band Wipers, released on Restless in 1988.[1] The album was recorded at frontman Greg Sage's studio, 421 Sound, in Portland, Oregon.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "The Circle‘s scorching opener, 'I Want a Way', and its tumultuous title track are red herrings for Wipers' business as usual."[2] The Boston Globe determined that Greg Sage is "less the master of that massive tension/release valve, and more the prisoner of straight-out, churning, semi-preachy post-punk."[3]

The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that "jazzy distorted riffing hadn't sounded this invigorating since Hendrix or Robert Fripp had their heyday."[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Greg Sage.

  1. "I Want a Way" - 2:35
  2. "Time Marches On" - 2:50
  3. "All the Same" - 3:36
  4. "True Believer" - 3:54
  5. "Good Thing" - 2:28
  6. "Make or Break" - 3:40
  7. "The Circle" - 4:33
  8. "Goodbye Again" - 3:19
  9. "Be There" - 2:48
  10. "Blue & Red" - 3:06

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wipers | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Wipers . Trouser Press . 25 February 2021.
  3. News: Fury and a Sense of Dynamics . The Boston Globe . 21 Jan 1989 . Arts and Film . 55.
  4. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. October 30, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.