Chairs missing

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Chairs missing
Wire studio album

Publication
(s)

7th August 1978

Label (s) Harvest Records

Format (s)

LP , CD , MC

Genre (s)

Post-punk , art-punk

Title (number)

15th

running time

42:27

occupation
  • Graham Lewis - bass
  • Robert Gotobed ​​- drums

production

Mike Thorne

Studio (s)

Advision Studios, London

chronology
Pink Flag
(1977) 		Chairs missing 154
(1979)
Single releases
1978 I am the fly
1979 Outdoor miners
1979 A Question of Degree

Chairs Missing is the second studio album by the British rock band Wire . It was released in August 1978 on the Harvest Records label.

background

Chairs Missing was released in August 1978, just eight months after the debut album Pink Flag . The recordings took place again in the Advision Studios in London . Chairs Missing marked the departure from the minimalism of the debut, instead the songs became more complex and the synthesizer played by producer Thorne played a key role. Wire's stated goal was to be "progressive". The experiments with electronic sounds and the influences of ambient caused the trade press to compare the album with the music of Brian Eno . Chairs missing is considered an early example of post-punk . Wire continued the approach to electronic music on later albums.

reception

source rating
Allmusic
Music Express
Pitchfork Media

Like its predecessor Pink Flag , the album Chairs Missing was received very positively by the trade press. Above all, the band's further development and innovative energy were praised.

The New Musical Express voted the album at number 394 of the 500 best albums of all time. In the list of 100 best albums of 1970 by Pitchfork Media has Chairs Missing Place 33rd

"A euphemism for insanity, Chairs Missing is an apt summation of Wire's disturbing music. A product of London's punk scene, the quartet nonetheless owed a debt to the art-school experimentation of the mid-60s, a contrast that gave their craft originality. "

- Colin Larkin

“On Chairs Missing , the music fits the cerebral to closed content. No longer the quick punk of Pink Flag , but rather Pink Floyd . The crazy, early Pink Floyd, not the smug stadium rock dinosaurs. This is mainly due to the fact that Wire dared to try an instrument that was an absolute no-go for punks because of its prog past in 1977: the synthesizer. Crazy - which in turn fits the album title, a slang expression for someone who no longer has all the cups in their closet. What's missing now is a hit. Appearance: Outdoor Miner . "

- Daniel Gehret

Track list

page 1
  1. Practice Makes Perfect (Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman) - 4:06
  2. French Film Blurred (Graham Lewis, Colin Newman) - 2:35
  3. Another the Letter (Bruce Gilbert, Colin Newman) - 1:06
  4. Men 2nd (Graham Lewis) - 1:43
  5. Marooned (Gilbert, Lewis, Newman) - 2:21
  6. Sand in my Joints (Lewis) - 1:57
  7. Being Sucked in Again (Newman) - 3:12
  8. Heartbeat (Newman) - 3:15
Page 2
  2. Mercy (Lewis, Newman) - 5:46
  3. Outdoor Miner (Lewis, Newman) - 1:45
  4. I Am the Fly (Lewis, Newman) - 3:06
  5. I Feel Mysterious Today (Lewis, Newman) - 1:56
  6. From the Nursery (Lewis, Newman) - 3:00
  7. Used To (Gilbert, Lewis) - 2:21
  8. Too Late (Gilbert) - 4:16

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Buckley, Peter (ed.): Rock Rough Guide, 2nd edition, Verlag JB Metzler Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, p. 902.
  2. ↑ a b Review by Joe Tangari on pitchfork.com (accessed September 13, 2017)
  3. ↑ a b Review by Steve Huey on allmusic.com (accessed September 13, 2017)
  4. ↑ Review by Ingeborg Schober , in: Musikexpress 12/1978, issue 275, p. 50.
  5. ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on nme.com, accessed September 13, 2017
  6. ↑ Top 100 Albums of the 1970s on pitchfork.com, accessed September 13, 2017
  7. ↑ Colin Larkin , (ed.): The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, p. 668.
  8. ↑ Daniel Gehret: BR Ruhmeshalle: Wire 'Chairs Missing' on br.de, accessed on September 13, 2017