Singer: Wire
Title: A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck
Label: Mute ‎– CD STUMM 54
Type: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Date of released:
Category: Rock
Style: New Wave, Indie Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1252 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1600 mb
Rating: 4.6✭
Format: MP3 APE MMF AUD MPC DTS DXD MP3 FLAC

Tracklist

1	Silk Skin Paws	4:53
2	The Finest Drops	5:01
3	The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um	4:03
4	Free Falling Divisions	3:39
5	It's A Boy	4:26
6	Boiling Boy	6:22
7	Kidney Bingos	4:12
8	Come Back In Two Halves	2:43
9	Follow The Locust	4:22
10	A Public Place	4:30
11	The Queen Of Ur And The King Of Um (Alternative Version)	4:02
12	Pieta	7:29
13	Over Theirs (Live)	6:36
14	Drill (Live)	8:01

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mute Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Mute Records Ltd.
• Recorded At – Preußen Tonstudio
• Recorded At – The Town And Country Club, London
• Published By – Dying Art Ltd.
• Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – 3339

Credits

• Engineer – David Heilmann
• Engineer [Front Of House Engineer] – Paul Davis (tracks: 13, 14)
• Engineer [Stage Monitor Engineer] – Simon Hardiman (tracks: 13, 14)
• Layout – Slim Smith
• Performer – Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman, Lewis*, Robert Gotobed
• Producer – Gareth Jones
• Technician [Backline] – Ifan Thomas (tracks: 13, 14)
• Written-By – Wire

Notes

Tray insert:
Recorded at Preussen Tonstudio
Live tracks recorded at the Town and Country Club, London, December 1, 1987, with the Manor Mobile
℗ 1988 Mute Records Limited ■ © 1988 Mute Records Limited ■ 429 Harrow Road London W10 4RE
Made in Great Britain

Released sometime between 1994 and 2000.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed On Artwork): 5 016025 610549
• Barcode (Sticker On Jewel Case): 7 24596-9111-29
• Matrix / Runout: 3339 CD STUMM 54 : IFPI LI23 .MASTERED. BY NIMBUS IFPI LI23
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LI23
• Mould SID Code: ifpi 2335
• SPARS Code: ADD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
STUMM 54	Wire	A Bell Is A Cup... Until It Is Struck ‎(LP, Album)	Mute	STUMM 54	UK	1988
50617	Wire	A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck ‎(Cass)	Mute	50617	France	1988
STUMM 54	Wire	A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck ‎(LP, Album, TP, W/Lbl)	Mute	STUMM 54	UK	1988
32XB-282	Wire	A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck ‎(CD, Album)	Mute	32XB-282	Japan	1988
D2-573314	Wire	A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck ‎(CD, Album, Club)	Enigma Records , Mute	D2-573314	US	1988