The Circle (Wipers album)

1988 studio album by Wipers

The Circle

Studio album by

Wipers

Released| 1988
Genre| Post-punk
Length| 32:49
Label| Restless
Producer| Greg Sage
Wipers chronology
| Follow Blind
(1987)  | The Circle
(1988)  | Silver Sail
(1993)

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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

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography| 6/10[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide| [4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide| 6/10[5]

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."[6] 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."[7]

The Rough Guide to Rock wrote that "jazzy distorted riffing hadn't sounded this invigorating since Hendrix or Robert Fripp had their heyday."[8]

## Track listing

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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

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* Greg Sage – vocals, guitar, harp; producer
* Brad Davidson – bass guitar
* Steve Plouf – drums

## References

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1. ^ "Wipers | Biography & History". AllMusic.
2. ^ Strong, M. C. (Martin Charles) (April 24, 1999). "The great alternative & indie discography". Edinburgh : Canongate - via Internet Archive.
3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8\. MUZE. p. 735.
4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1239.
5. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 435.
6. ^ "Wipers". Trouser Press. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
7. ^ "Fury and a Sense of Dynamics". Arts and Film. The Boston Globe. 21 Jan 1989. p. 55.
8. ^ Buckley, Peter (October 30, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 - via Google Books.

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Wipers

* Greg Sage
* Sam Henry
* Travis McNabb

Albums|

* Is This Real?
* Youth of America
* Over the Edge
* Land of the Lost
* Follow Blind
* The Circle
* Silver Sail
* The Herd
* Power in One

EPs|

* Alien Boy

Compilations|

* Wipers Live
* Wipers Box Set

Singles|

* "Romeo"
* "Silver Sail"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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