of the 1970s". The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album's wide-ranging influence is exemplified by the number of bands which have covered its songs. Hardcore punk and post-hardcore acts that have covered songs from Pink Flag include Henry Rollins ("Ex Lion Tamer", on Drive by Shooting), Minor Threat ("1 2 X U", on Flex Your Head), and Firehose ("Mannequin", on Live Totem Pole), while Minutemen attributed to Pink Flag their approach of recording and releasing briefer songs. American alternative rock band R.E.M. reworked "Strange" on their 1987 album Document. Britpop band Elastica also used a riff similar to that of "Three Girl Rhumba" for their song "Connection". Graham Coxon of Blur cited Pink Flag as an influence on his eighth studio album A+E. Track listing Credits adapted from the 2018 Special Edition. All music written by Colin Newman, except where noted. All lyrics written by Graham Lewis, except where noted.* The bonus tracks were removed from the 2006 remastered reissues, because, according to the band, they did not honour the "conceptual clarity of the original statements". The tracks were also left off both editions of Pink Flags 2018 remaster, but can be found on the 2018 deluxe reissue of Chairs Missing. 2018 Special Edition The first disc of the Special Edition contains the twenty-one tracks from the original album. Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of the 2018 Special Edition.Wire Bruce Gilbert – guitar, sleeve concept Robert Gotobed – drums Graham Lewis – bass guitar, backing vocals, sleeve concept Colin Newman – vocals, guitar, backing vocalsAdditional personnel and production' Kate Lukas – flute on "Strange" Dave Oberlé – backing vocals on "Mannequin" Mike Thorne – production, piano on "Reuters", backing vocals on "Reuters" and "Mr. Suit", flute arrangement on "Strange", electric piano on "Options R" Paul Hardiman – engineer Ken Thomas – assistant engineer David Dragon – art direction Annette Green – front and back cover photography Richard Bray – back cover photography Lynda House – back cover photography Tim Chacksfield – project co-ordination (1994 reissue) Phil Smee – packaging (1994 reissue) Denis Blackham – remastering (2006 and 2018 reissue) Jon Wozencroft – art direction (2018 reissue) Jon Savage – liner notes (2018 reissue) Graham Duff – liner notes (2018 reissue) References Informational notes External links 1977 debut albums Harvest Records albums Restless Records albums Wire (band) albums Albums