Bastard is the sixth studio album by Colin Newman, lead singer of post-punk band Wire.

The first pressing of the album was packaged with a free copy of Newman's four-track Voice EP.

Despite Newman's name being on the cover, he has stated that these releases, along with several others on Swim ~, are essentially collaborative efforts with his wife and musical partner, Malka Spigel.

Jim Derogatis and Wilson Neate, writing in Trouser Press, called the album "an attractive, subtle hybrid of melodic electronica and rock".

[3] John Bush, writing for AllMusic, called Bastard "a mighty progression" from the previous album It Seems, "with no concessions to song-based forms, but instead a willingness to use those styles to create diverting music.