Wire Chairs Missing '78 punk harvest Original vinyl UK Print - Very Rare Exc.
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Description
Chairs Missing is the second studio album by English rock band Wire. It was released in August 1978. Although it features some of the minimalist punk rock of the band's debut Pink Flag, it features more developed song structure (taking some cues from '70s prog-rock, psychedelia, and art rock), keyboard and synthesizer elements brought in by producer Mike Thorne, and a broader palette of emotional and intellectual subject matter. The title is said to be a British slang term for a mildly disturbed person, as in "that guy has a few chairs missing in his front room".[1]
In 2004 the US record label Words-on-Music released A Houseguest's Wish, a CD tribute album to the band consisting solely of 19 different versions of the Chairs Missing track "Outdoor Miner".
Critical reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2] BBC Music (favourable)[3] Pitchfork Media 10/10[4] Prefix 9/10[5]In their retrospective review, Allmusic gave the album five stars out of five and wrote "The arty darkness of Chairs Missing, combined with the often icy-sounding synth/guitar arrangements, helps make the record a crucial landmark in the evolution of punk into post-punk and goth, as well as a testament to Wire's rapid development and inventiveness."[2] BBC Music called the album a "glorious avant-pop coup" and (referring to the 2006 edition of the album) "the most satisfying of the three reissues [the others being Pink Flag and 154]."[3]
Pitchfork Media listed Chairs Missing as 33rd best album of the 1970s.[6]
[edit]Track listing
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Practice Makes Perfect" Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman 4:11 2. "French Film Blurred" Graham Lewis, Newman 2:34 3. "Another the Letter" Gilbert, Newman 1:07 4. "Men 2nd" Lewis 1:43 5. "Marooned" Gilbert, Lewis, Newman 2:21 6. "Sand in My Joints" Lewis 1:50 7. "Being Sucked in Again" Newman 3:14 8. "Heartbeat" Newman 3:16 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 9. "Mercy" Lewis, Newman 5:46 10. "Outdoor Miner" Lewis, Newman 1:44 11. "I Am the Fly" Lewis, Newman 3:09 12. "I Feel Mysterious Today" Lewis, Newman 1:57 13. "From the Nursery" Lewis, Newman 2:58 14. "Used To" Gilbert, Lewis 2:23 15. "Too Late" Gilbert 4:14 [show]price rating
