Wire discography
| Wire discography | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio albums | 17 |
| EPs | 11 |
| Live albums | 26 |
| Compilation albums | 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
Studio albums
| 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 |
| — | 3 | — | — | 135 | — |
| Manscape |
| — | 5[9] | — | — | — | — |
| The Drill |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The First Letter |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Object 47 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Red Barked Tree |
| — | — | — | — | — | 49 |
| Change Becomes Us |
| — | 44[10] | 165 | — | — | 23 |
| Wire |
| 71 | 12[11] | 92 | 61[12] | — | — |
| Nocturnal Koreans |
| 98 | 9[13] | 181 | 50[14] | — | — |
| Silver/Lead |
| 96 | 8[15] | 124 | 54[16] | — | — |
| Mind Hive |
| 82 | 6[17] | 155 | 22[18] | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2] | ||
| Document and Eyewitness |
| 3 |
| It's All in the Brochure |
| — |
| Wire on the Box: 1979 |
| — |
| The Scottish Play: 2004 |
| — |
| 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 |
| — |
| 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
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2][20] | ||
| And Here It Is...Again... |
| — |
| Wire Play Pop |
| 4 |
| In the Pink |
| — |
| On Returning (1977–1979) |
| — |
| The Peel Sessions Album |
| — |
| 1985–1990: The A List |
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| Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78 |
| — |
| Turns and Strokes |
| — |
| Coatings |
| — |
| PF456 Redux |
| — |
| Send |
| — |
| Send Ultimate |
| — |
| 10:20 |
| 23 |
| PF456 Deluxe |
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| Not About To Die |
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| Nine Sevens |
| |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Box sets
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| The Drill |
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| Wire: 1977–1979 |
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| Nine Sevens |
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EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2] | ||
| Snakedrill |
| 3 |
| Ahead |
| — |
| The Peel Sessions |
| 18 |
| Silk Skin Paws |
| — |
| The Third Day |
| — |
| Read & Burn 01 |
| — |
| Read & Burn 02 |
| — |
| Read & Burn 03 |
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| Daytrotter Session |
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| Strays |
| — |
| Daytrotter Session |
| — |
| Vien+ |
| — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | UK Indie [2] | US Alt [21] | |||
| "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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shearlaw, John, ed. (9 September 1978). "News" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: United Newspapers. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Burbeck, Rodney, ed. (16 November 1978). "News" (PDF). Music Week. London: Morgan-Grampian. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2024.
- ^ "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
- Discography on Wire's official website
- Discography discography at Discogs