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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
Title	Album details	UK ^[1]	UK Indie ^[2]	BEL (FL) ^[3]	SCO	US ^[4]	US Heat. ^[5]
Pink Flag	Released: November 1977 Label: Harvest Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	—	—	—	—	—	—
Chairs Missing	Released: 8 September 1978^[6]^[7] Label: Harvest Formats: LP, MC	48	—	—	—	—	—
154	Released: 21 September 1979 Label: Harvest Formats: LP, MC, 8-track	39	—	—	—	—	—
The Ideal Copy	Released: April 1987 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	87	1	—	—	—	—
A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck	Released: 16 May 1988^[8] Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	2	—	—	—	—
It's Beginning to and Back Again	Released: May 1989 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	3	—	—	135	—
Manscape	Released: May 1990 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	5^[9]	—	—	—	—
The Drill	Released: April 1991 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC	—	—	—	—	—	—
The First Letter	Released: 14 October 1991 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC As Wir	—	—	—	—	—	—
Object 47	Released: 7 July 2008 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—
Red Barked Tree	Released: 20 December 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	49
Change Becomes Us	Released: 18 March 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download	—	44^[10]	165	—	—	23
Wire	Released: 13 April 2015 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download	71	12^[11]	92	61^[12]	—	—
Nocturnal Koreans	Released: 22 April 2016 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download	98	9^[13]	181	50^[14]	—	—
Silver/Lead	Released: 31 March 2017 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download	96	8^[15]	124	54^[16]	—	—
Mind Hive	Released: 24 January 2020 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download	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
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[2]
Document and Eyewitness	Released: July 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 2xLP, MC	3
It's All in the Brochure	Released: May 2000 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD Limited release	—
Wire on the Box: 1979	Released: 4 October 2004 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD+DVD	—
The Scottish Play: 2004	Released: 28 March 2005 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD+DVD	—
Live at the Roxy, London – April 1st & 2nd 1977/Live at CBGB Theatre, New York – July 18th 1978	Released: 13 November 2006^[19] Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 25 Oct 1978 Bradford University	Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 21 Jul 1988 Astoria, London	Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 08 Dec 2000 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh	Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago	Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 01 Dec 1987 The Town & Country, London	Released: 29 November 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 19 April 2002 Fleece & Firkin, Bristol	Released: 29 November 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 12 Nov 1978, SO36, Berlin	Released: 27 April 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 17 Dec 1985 Paradiso, Amsterdam	Released: 27 April 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 02 May 2000 Great American, San Francisco	Released: 27 April 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011	Released: 14 February 2012 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 23 February 2000 Nottingham Social (Recycling Sherwood Forest)	Released: 16 January 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 04 April 2011 WFMU, Jersey City – 13 April 2011 KEXP, Seattle	Released: 16 January 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: 10 Nov 1979 Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London	Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 June 1987 Maxwell's, Hoboken	Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 21 May 1990 Hibernian, London	Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 17 February 1978 West Runton Pavilion, Cromer	Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 July 1991 Mean Fiddler, London	Released: 21 October 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 05 March 1979 Carre, Amsterdam	Released: 21 October 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 August 2009 Off Festival, Myslowice	Released: 21 October 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 March 1979 Pavilion, Montreux	Released: 23 June 2014 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 19 July 1979 Notre Dame Hall, London	Released: 23 June 2014 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[2]^[20]
And Here It Is...Again...	Released: November 1984 Label: Sneaky Pete Formats: LP Germany-only release	—
Wire Play Pop	Released: March 1986 Label: The Pink Label Formats: LP	4
In the Pink	Released: August 1986 Label: Dojo Formats: LP	—
On Returning (1977–1979)	Released: July 1989 Label: Harvest/EMI Formats: CD, LP, MC	—
The Peel Sessions Album	Released: January 1990 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD, LP, MC	—
1985–1990: The A List	Released: 17 May 1993 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC	—
Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78	Released: 5 May 1995 Label: EMI Formats: CD	—
Turns and Strokes	Released: May 1996 Label: WMO Formats: CD, 2xLP	—
Coatings	Released: 21 October 1997 Label: WMO Formats: CD	—
PF456 Redux	Released: 28 April 2003 (LP) Rereleased: 13 August 2021 (CD) Label: Pinkflag Formats: LP, CD Limited release LP	—
Send	Released: 28 April 2003^[19] Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—
Send Ultimate	Released: 1 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—
10:20	Released: 19 June 2020 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download	23
PF456 Deluxe	Released: 12 June 2021 Label: Pinkflag Formats: LP, digital download
Not About To Die	Released: 23 April 2022 (LP) Released: 24 June 2022 (CD) Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Title	Album details
The Drill	Released: 1991 Label: Mute Formats: 3xLP+7" Limited release
Wire: 1977–1979	Released: 14 May 2006 Label: Pinkflag Formats: 5xCD US-only limited release
Nine Sevens	Released: 21 April 2018 Label: Pinkflag Formats: 9x7"

EPs

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK Indie ^[2]
Snakedrill	Released: November 1986 Label: Mute Formats: 12"	3
Ahead	Released: March 1987 Label: Mute Formats: 12"	—
The Peel Sessions	Released: November 1987 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: 12", MC	18
Silk Skin Paws	Released: June 1989 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 12"	—
The Third Day	Released: 1 February 2000^[19] Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—
Read & Burn 01	Released: 17 June 2002^[19] Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—
Read & Burn 02	Released: 1 October 2002^[19] Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—
Read & Burn 03	Released: 5 November 2007^[19] Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD	—
Daytrotter Session	Released: 10 November 2008 Label: Daytrotter Formats: digital download	—
Strays	Released: January 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, digital download Limited release with Red Barked Tree Rereleased as part of 10:20	—
Daytrotter Session	Released: 23 January 2013 Label: Daytrotter Formats: digital download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
Title	Year	UK ^[1]	UK Indie ^[2]	US Alt ^[21]	Album
"Mannequin"	1977	—	—	—	Pink Flag
"I Am the Fly"	1978	—	—	—	Chairs Missing
"Dot Dash"	1978	—	—	—	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"	1988	—	4	—	A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck
"Eardrum Buzz"	1989	68	5	2	It's Beginning to and Back Again
"In Vivo"	1989	—	11	24	It's Beginning to and Back Again
"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)	1991	—	—	—	The First Letter
"The First Letter" (as Wir)	1997	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Twelve Times You" (limited release)	2000	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Short Elevated Period"	2017	—	—	—	Silver/Lead
"Joust & Jostle"	2017	—	—	—	Wire
"Cactused"	2019	—	—	—	Mind Hive
"Primed and Ready"	2020	—	—	—	Mind Hive
"Small Black Reptile"		—	—	—	10:20
"The Art of Persistence"		—	—	—	10:20
"—" 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

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Robert Grey Graham Lewis Colin Newman Matthew Simms Bruce Gilbert George Gill Margaret Fiedler McGinnis (touring only)
Studio albums	Pink Flag Chairs Missing 154 The Ideal Copy A Bell Is a Cup IBTABA Manscape The Drill The First Letter Object 47 Red Barked Tree Change Becomes Us Wire Nocturnal Koreans Silver/Lead Mind Hive
Live albums	Document and Eyewitness 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 Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011
Compilations	On Returning (1977–1979) The Peel Sessions Album 1985–1990: The A List Behind the Curtain Turns and Strokes Coatings Send 10:20
EPs	Snakedrill Kidney Bingos Silk Skin Paws The Third Day Read & Burn 01 Read & Burn 02 Read & Burn 03
Songs	"The 15th" "Heartbeat" "Outdoor Miner"
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