WIRE – Chairs Missing – LP – Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl

Released a mere 10 months after the punk blaze ofPink Flag, Chairs Missingfrom 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 singleOutdoor Minerand the mindless but catchy chant ofI Am the Fly.Chairs Missingis full of energy, wit and good songs.Chairs Missinghas been often cited as the evolutionary link between punk and post-punk. In general, the lyrics are darker than those onPink 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.

Tracklist:

1. Practice Makes Perfect
2. French Film Blurred
3. Another The Letter
4. Men 2nd
5. Marooned
6. Sand In My Joints
7. Being Sucked In Again
8. Heartbeat
9. Mercy
10. Outdoor Miner
11. I Am The Fly
12. I Feel Mysterious Today –
13. From The Nursery
14. Used To
15. Too Late