ARTIST: Wire
TITLE: Chairs Missing
LABEL: Pink Flag Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 203kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42m total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-04-11
RIP DATE: 2006-07-11
Track List
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1. Practise Makes Perfect 4:11
2. French Film Blurred 2:35
3. Another the Letter 1:07
4. Men 2nd 1:44
5. Marooned 2:21
6. Sand in My Joints 1:50
7. Being Sucked in Again 3:14
8. Heartbeat 3:18
9. Mercy 5:46
10. Outdoor Miner 1:44
11. I Am the Fly 3:09
12. I Feel Mysterious Today 1:58
13. From the Nursery 2:59
14. Used To 2:23
15. Too Late 4:12
Release Notes:
http://www.pinkflag.com/
As it says in the last line of this review, this was digitally remastered from
the original recordings in the year of 2006.
By the time of their sophomore effort, Wire had notched plenty of live gigs off
the incredible strength of their debut Pink Flag. Where its predecessor had been
awash in herky jerks and jagged guitars, Chairs was rife with what must've
seemed like downright longform musical essays. The dirge-like "Mercy," after
all, clocks in at an unheard-of five minutes and 46 seconds, and the
synth-surrounded "Another the Letter" is the only song that spans just over a
minute, sirening and getting nervy and portending 1979's third Wire outing, 154.
It's a silly phrase given the stature of Wire's debut, but compared to Pink Flag
(see how silly it is to compare things to Pink Flag?), what's here is diffuse.
It's also brilliant: claustrophobic and rich in post-punk detail, furious and
floating, anthemic ("Sand in My Joints") and pop-laden ("Outdoor Miner"). And
now it's back, in a gatefold digipak, remastered and rich in color.