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Mind Hive is the seventeenth studio album from English art punk band Wire, released on 24 January 2020.[3] The release was preceded by a music video for "Cactused" made up of clips from the forthcoming documentary People in a Film[4] and streaming audio for "Primed and Ready".[5] They also announced a brief tour of North America to promote the recording.[5]

Mind Hive
Studio album by Wire
Released	24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)
Recorded	2019
Studio	Rockfield Studios Swim Studios
Genre	Art punk[1] post-punk[2]
Length	34:52
Label	Pinkflag
Wire chronology
Silver/Lead (2017) Mind Hive (2020) 10:20 (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.7/10[6]
Metacritic	84/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
DIY	[9]
The Guardian	[10]
PopMatters	[2]
Rolling Stone	[1]

Mind Hive received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100, based on 10 reviews.[7] Review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? assess the critical consensus as a 7.7 out of 10.[6] Brooklyn Vegan praised the album saying Wire "have honed a sound that pulls from all periods of the band."[11] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the album four out of five stars and said, "If Mind Hive were the debut by a hot new band, you suspect what's left of the music press would be doing their nut over it."[10]

Accolades

Accolades for Mind Hive

Issuer	Listing	Rank
Rough Trade[12]	Albums of the Year 2020	85

Track listing

All songs written by Colin Newman, except "Oklahoma" by Graham Lewis. All lyrics by Graham Lewis, except "Cactused" and "Unrepentant" by Colin Newman.

1. "Be Like Them" – 3:51
2. "Cactused" – 3:35
3. "Primed and Ready" – 2:44
4. "Off the Beach" – 2:23
5. "Unrepentant" – 5:01
6. "Shadows" – 2:46
7. "Oklahoma" – 3:08
8. "Hung" – 7:54
9. "Humming" – 3:30

Personnel

Wire

• Graham Lewis – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Be Like Them" and "Cactused", synthesizer on "Oklahoma", vocals on "Oklahoma" and "Humming"
• Robert Grey – drums, cymbal on "Unrepentant"
• Colin Newman – vocals, guitar; keyboards; acoustic guitar on "Be Like Them", "Off the Beach", "Unrepentant", and "Shadows"; 12-string acoustic guitar on "Off the Beach" and "Unrepentant"; effects on "Hung"; stylophone on "Hung"; tenor guitar on "Be Like Them" and "Unrepentant"
• Matthew Simms – guitar; synths on "Be Like Them", "Primed and Ready", "Unrepentant", "Oklahoma", and "Hung"; effects on "Hung"; organ on "Humming"

Additional personnel

• Sean Douglas – organ on "Humming"
• Harald Pettersson – hurdy gurdy on "Oklahoma"
• Skye Mastering – mastering

Charts

Sales chart performance for Mind Hive

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	155
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14]	22
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	82

See also

• List of 2020 albums

References

External links

• Official website
• Mind Hive at Discogs (list of releases)
• Mind Hive at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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