{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Ten Women | type = studio | artist = Wire Train | cover = Ten Women.jpg | alt = | released = March 1987 | recorded = Oct.–Nov. 1986 | venue = | studio = *Marcus, London, England *Jam, London, England *Utopia, London, England | genre = Rock, alternative rock | length = | label = 415/Columbia | producer = Tim Palmer | prev_title = Between Two Words | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Wire Train | next_year = 1990 }} '''''Ten Women''''' is an album by the American band Wire Train, released in March 1987.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rene |first1=Sheila |title=Music |work=Santa Cruz Sentinel |date=13 Feb 1987 |department=Spotlight |page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Boehm |first1=Mike |title=Disillusioned but Still in Dylan's Orbit |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 Nov 1990 |page=F1}}</ref><ref name=GJ/> The first single was "She Comes On".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Selvin |first1=Joel |title=Wire Train Unruffled Over Slow Rise |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=April 5, 1987 |department=Sunday Datebook |page=55}}</ref> The band supported the album with North American and European tours.<ref name="AMB">{{cite web |title=Wire Train Biography by Tim Sendra |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/wire-train-mn0000954785 |website=AllMusic |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Cooper |title=Chance to Wire In |work=Paisley Daily Express |date=14 Apr 1987 |page=8}}</ref>
==Production== Recorded over three months in London, the album was produced by Tim Palmer.<ref name=GJ/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Snyder |first1=Michael |title=Fresh Dates |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 18, 1987 |department=Sunday Datebook |page=47}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hawkins |first1=David |title=Wire Train, 'Ten Women' |work=The Sentinel |date=8 May 1987 |location=Carlisle |page=C6}}</ref> Guitarist Jeffrey Trott replaced Kurt Herr prior to the recording sessions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wessel |first1=John |title=Wire Train showing 'No Strain' |work=The Huntsville Times |date=July 26, 1992 |page=H1}}</ref> The lyrics were written by singer Kevin Hunter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Tim |title=Rock |work=Peninsula Times Tribune |date=21 May 1987 |page=D3}}</ref> The Alarm's Dave Sharp played guitar on "Breakwater Days", the lyrics to which were inspired by Bob Dylan.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kraft |first1=Jack |title=Wire Train: Ten Women |work=The Morning Call |date=30 May 1987 |page=A71}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Adams |first1=James |title=Wire Train a Band to Reckon With |work=Edmonton Journal |date=7 May 1987 |page=C4}}</ref> Members of World Party and the Waterboys also contributed to the recording sessions.<ref name="GJ">{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Michael |title=Wire Train's Hippie Conductor |work=Grand Junction Daily Sentinel |date=13 Mar 1987 |department=The Entertainer |page=10}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Ten Women Review by Stewart Mason |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ten-women-mw0000192483 |website=AllMusic |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Houston Chronicle'' |rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="HC">{{cite news |last1=Racine |first1=Marty |title=Records |work=Houston Chronicle |date=April 19, 1987 |department=Zest |page=11}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Windsor Star'' |rev3score = B−<ref name="WS">{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Ted |title=Pop |work=Windsor Star |date=21 Mar 1987 |page=C2}}</ref> }} The ''Windsor Star'' praised the "piledriving, blues-rock sound," writing that "the group has tightened up the loose ends of its earlier efforts for a strong record."<ref name=WS/> The ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'' called ''Ten Women'' "one of the best rock `n' roll albums of the year to date," writing that "Hunter is a passionate vocalist who avoids false sentimentality with his romantic lyrics."<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Patrick |title=Since the '84 debut of Wire Train... |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch |date=May 19, 1987 |page=34}}</ref> ''Trouser Press'' noted that, "while the crystalline pop production and Hunter's sandy voice give the record a familiar patina, the slower-paced songs are pretty but routine."<ref>{{cite web |title=Wire Train |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/wire-train/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref>
The ''Houston Chronicle'' said that "haunting vocals, crisp rock-steady rhythms and delicate guitar work power these cagey melodies."<ref name=HC/> The ''Omaha World-Herald'' concluded that the "lack of pretentiousness would doom a lesser band to the bland heap, but it makes Wire Train all the more accessible and enjoyable."<ref name="OW">{{cite news |last1=Healy |first1=James |title=Wire Train, 'Ten Women' |work=Omaha World-Herald |date=April 19, 1987 |department=Entertainment}}</ref> ''The Commercial Appeal'' opined that, "though Hunter's ephemeral lyrics aren't for every taste, the band's music is too charming to turn from."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dawson |first1=Walter |title=New Records |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=27 Mar 1987 |page=D23}}</ref>
AllMusic wrote that "the magic of the band's original sound, a sort of Neil Young-meets-the-Paisley Underground gloss on early-'80s jangle pop, is largely missing here."<ref name=AM/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | total_length = 34:02 | all_writing = Kevin Hunter, Jeff Trott, Anders Rundblad, and Brian MacLeod. | title1 = She Comes On | length1 = 3:29 | title2 = Take Me Back | length2 = 3:34 | title3 = Diving | length3 = 4:11 | title4 = She's a Very Pretty Thing | length4 = 2:47 | title5 = Breakwater Days | length5 = 5:08 | title6 = She's Got You | length6 = 3:05 | title7 = Mercy Mercy | length7 = 4:35 | title8 = Certainly No One | length8 = 3:34 | title9 = The Hollow Song | length9 = 3:31 | title10 = Too Long Alone | length10 = 3:31 }} {{Track listing | headline = Bonus Tracks | total_length = 43:13 | title11 = Compassion | note11 = B-side; with the Waterboys | length11 = 5:28 | title12 = Flowers | note12 = Outtake; Released on ''Last Perfect Thing... A Retrospective'' | length12 = 3:43 }}
== Personnel == Credits are adapted from the ''Ten Women'' liner notes. * Kevin Hunter – vocals, guitar * Jeff Trott – guitar, backing vocals * Anders Rundblad – bass, harmonica, backing vocals * Brian MacLeod – drums, percussion
'''Additional musicians''' * Olle Nyberg – keyboards * Martin Ditcham – percussion
'''Production''' * Produced by Tim Palmer * Mixed by Tim Palmer, Simon Vinestock * Assisted by Damien Asher, Mark Boyne, and Tim Burrell * Mastered by Greg Calbi * Art Direction/design – Dodie Shoemaker * Photography (Cover) – Trudy Fisher * Photography (Inner Sleeve) – Randee St. Nicholas
==References== {{reflist}} {{Wire Train}} {{authority control}}
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