Wire
Chairs Missing LP

Released a mere 10 months after the punk blaze of Pink Flag, Chairs Missing from 1978 proved Wire was more than a smart-arse punk band. The abrasive nature of the earlier release is still evident in many of the tracks, but the input of Mike Thorne's keyboard arrangements adds far more depth and atmospheric layers. Standout cuts are the instant pop single Outdoor Miner and the mindless but catchy chant of I Am the Fly. Chairs Missing is full of energy, wit and good songs. Chairs Missing has been often cited as the evolutionary link between punk and post-punk. In general, the lyrics are darker than those on Pink Flag, even morbid at times; images of cold, drowning, pain, and suicide haunt the record, and the title itself is a reference to mental instability.

NEW / Released in 1978 / Reissue 2018

Tracklist:

A1 Practice Makes Perfect

A2 French Film Blurred

A3 Another The Letter

A4 Men 2nd

A5 Marooned

A6 Sand In My Joints

A7 Being Sucked In Again

A8 Heartbeat

B1 Mercy

B2 Outdoor Miner

B3 I Am The Fly

B4 I Feel Mysterious Today

B5 From The Nursery

B6 Used To

B7 Too Late