Wire discography
| Wire discography | |
|---|---|
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| Studio albums | 17 |
| Live albums | 26 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| EPs | 11 |
| Singles | 24 |
| Box sets | 3 |
The discography of Wire, an English rock band, consists of seventeen studio albums, twenty-six live albums, eleven compilation albums, eleven EPs, and twenty-four singles.
Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] |
BEL (FL) [3] |
SCO |
US [4] |
US Heat. [5] | ||
| Pink Flag | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chairs Missing |
|
48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 154 |
|
39 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Ideal Copy | 87 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck |
|
— | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| It's Beginning to and Back Again |
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— | 3 | — | — | 135 | — |
| Manscape |
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— | 5[8] | — | — | — | — |
| The Drill |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| The First Letter |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Object 47 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — |
| Red Barked Tree |
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— | — | — | — | — | 49 |
| Change Becomes Us |
|
— | 44[9] | 165 | — | — | 23 |
| Wire |
|
71 | 12[10] | 92 | 61[11] | — | — |
| Nocturnal Koreans |
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98 | 9[12] | 181 | 50[13] | — | — |
| Silver/Lead |
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96 | 8[14] | 124 | 54[15] | — | — |
| Mind Hive |
|
82 | 6[16] | 155 | 22[17] | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
Live albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2] | ||
| Document and Eyewitness |
|
3 |
| It's All in the Brochure |
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| Wire on the Box: 1979 |
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| The Scottish Play: 2004 |
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| Live at the Roxy, London – April 1st & 2nd 1977/Live at CBGB Theatre, New York – July 18th 1978 |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 25 Oct 1978 Bradford University |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 21 Jul 1988 Astoria, London |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 08 Dec 2000 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 01 Dec 1987 The Town & Country, London |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 19 April 2002 Fleece & Firkin, Bristol |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 12 Nov 1978, SO36, Berlin |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 17 Dec 1985 Paradiso, Amsterdam |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 02 May 2000 Great American, San Francisco |
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| The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011 |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 23 February 2000 Nottingham Social (Recycling Sherwood Forest) |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 04 April 2011 WFMU, Jersey City – 13 April 2011 KEXP, Seattle |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 10 Nov 1979 Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 June 1987 Maxwell's, Hoboken |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 21 May 1990 Hibernian, London |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 17 February 1978 West Runton Pavilion, Cromer |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 July 1991 Mean Fiddler, London |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 05 March 1979 Carre, Amsterdam |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 August 2009 Off Festival, Myslowice |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 March 1979 Pavilion, Montreux |
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 19 July 1979 Notre Dame Hall, London |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Compilation albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2][19] | ||
| And Here It Is...Again... |
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| Wire Play Pop |
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4 |
| In the Pink |
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| On Returning (1977–1979) |
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| The Peel Sessions Album |
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| 1985–1990: The A List |
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| Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78 |
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| Turns and Strokes |
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| Coatings |
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| PF456 Redux |
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| Send |
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| Send Ultimate |
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| 10:20 |
|
23 |
| PF456 Deluxe |
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| Not About To Die |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Box sets[edit]
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Drill |
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| Wire: 1977–1979 |
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| Nine Sevens |
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EPs[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2] | ||
| Snakedrill |
|
3 |
| Ahead |
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| The Peel Sessions |
|
18 |
| Silk Skin Paws |
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| The Third Day |
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| Read & Burn 01 |
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| Read & Burn 02 |
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| Read & Burn 03 |
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| Daytrotter Session |
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| Strays |
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| Daytrotter Session |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
UK Indie [2] |
US Alt [20] | |||
| "Mannequin" | 1977 | — | — | — | Pink Flag |
| "I Am the Fly" | 1978 | — | — | — | Chairs Missing |
| "Dot Dash" | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Outdoor Miner" | 1979 | 51 | — | — | Chairs Missing |
| "A Question of Degree" | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Map Ref. 41˚N 93˚W" | — | — | — | 154 | |
| "Our Swimmer" | 1981 | — | 13 | — | Document & Eyewitness |
| "Crazy About Love" | 1983 | — | 28 | — | Non-album single |
| "Ahead" | 1987 | — | 2 | — | The Ideal Copy |
| "Kidney Bingos" | 1988 | 88 | 8 | — | A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck |
| "Silk Skin Paws" | — | 4 | — | ||
| "Eardrum Buzz" | 1989 | 68 | 5 | 2 | It's Beginning to and Back Again |
| "In Vivo" | — | 11 | 24 | ||
| "Life in the Manscape" (US-only release) | 1990 | — | — | — | Manscape |
| "In Every City?" (US promo-only release) | 1991 | — | — | — | The Drill |
| "So and Slow It Grows" (as Wir) | — | — | — | The First Letter | |
| "The First Letter" (as Wir) | 1997 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Twelve Times You" (limited release) | 2000 | — | — | — | |
| "Short Elevated Period" | 2017 | — | — | — | Silver/Lead |
| "Joust & Jostle" | — | — | — | Wire | |
| "Cactused" | 2019 | — | — | — | Mind Hive |
| "Primed and Ready" | 2020 | — | — | — | |
| "Small Black Reptile" | — | — | — | 10:20 | |
| "The Art of Persistence" | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Wire | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989'. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
- ^ "Discografie Wire". Ultratop. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Wire – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Wire – Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "News" (PDF). Music Week. 16 September 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "UK music news" (PDF). The Hard Report. 13 May 1988. p. 35. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Indie 33". Number One. 26 May 1990.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "PostEverything: Artists: Wire". 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Wire Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". musicvf.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
External links[edit]
- Discography on Wire's official website
- Discography discography at Discogs