I'm listening to this know for the first time in a while, and it truly is one of the best records ever. I keep expecting to turn around and see little chunks of my brain splattered on the wall behind me. I haven't really got anything new to say that justifies bringing this thread back from the dead, but I will comment that Mercy, especially in the second half, is one of the greatest things that could ever possibly exist, and that the immediate transition into Outdoor Miner KILLS me.

Also, is it just me, or do the last 2 minutes or so of Mercy seriously sound like something from Branca's The Ascension?

Hahha you're right.

I love Chairs Missing but its worth checking out 154 as well. Currently my favorite Wire album. They are still going strong as a live band too, worth catching if they do another tour.

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Adam, did you hear The Lemonheads' cover of "Fragile" from VARSHONS this year?

Love WIRE. Love pink flag, chairs missing, all of it. They did what they wanted to do and oh so well.

no I did not!

I grabbed these two Wire albums from a friend the other week but I haven't had much of a listen to either just yet. This thread has inspired me to get to it sooner than later.

you should.

The first three Wire records are pretty much perfect in their own warped way, I think.

This one might be my personal favorite.

~Jeremy~

You know, I am listening to object 47 for the first time since it came out.

I love it! What was I thinking before? I wrote it off as "one of the worst albums I've ever heard." If you're expecting anything fast or adventurous, it's not that..
it's just good little songs.. good little SLOW songs.. still, tons of great simple bass riffs and overprocessed guitar hooks. Great stuff. It's no send, pink flag, chairs missing, 154, read and burn ep 1-3, behind the curtain.. but it's better than all the other stuff.

Pink Flag is my favorite but Chairs Missing is seriously close, it has my favorite Wire song ever, "Outdoor Miner".

There's some tribute cd released a few years back with like 20 covers of outdoor miner. I've never heard it.

Wire are incredibly boring. Not one interesting song.

pleasant but unchallenging

You bob your head to this, don't you.

I think Pink Flag and Charis Missing are flawless albums. Need to listen to 154 very soon. They laid the very foundation for great post-punk music with those two albums. Untouchable really. I think Wire, Gang of Four, Mission of Burma, The Pop Group, and The Feelies, make post-punk one solid genre, so varied in sound/method but always the same delicious recipe.

I'll go with Practice Makes Perfect for my favourite track.

Co-signed. Wire's fourth album shoulda sounded like this. So many pop hooks on this but Newman's voice is insane.

yeah colin has some GREAT stuff, especially a-z. wire albums 4 through... uhhh... i dunno.. suck. READ AND BURN picked up the quality.

BELL IS A CUP is a bit underrated though. I just think their experimentation with electronics was lame, and I think that about quite a few songs by the Fall, too, back when they experimented with electronics a lot, in uninteresting ways.