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Chairs Missing [Original recording remastered]

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4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (18 Jul 1994)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B000024E09
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 88,355 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Practice Makes Perfect
2. French Film Blurred
3. Another The Letter
4. Men 2nd
5. Marooned
6. Sand In My Joints
7. Being Sucked In Again
8. Heartbeat
9. Mercy
10. Outdoor Miner
11. I Am The Fly
12. I Feel Mysterious Today
13. From The Nursery
14. Used To
15. Too Late
16. Outdoor Miner
17. Question Of Degree
18. Former Airline

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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. Oblique pop songs, including 'Outdoor Miner'and 'I Am The Fly', exemplify Wire's development from the abrasive minimalism of earlier releases, while their wideningmusical perspectives are reflected in the edgy 'Practice Makes Perfect'. Producer Mike Thorne adds keyboards and synthesizer to the group's guitar-based attack as Chairs Missing established Wire as one of the most innovative bands of theirera.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great atmospheric album, 2 April 2001
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This is a great and influential record - ever wondered where Elastica got their sound from ? Something tells me they listened to this record a few times!!! It has a good mix of punk pop and atmospheric longer tracks - among the best are Practice makes Perfect, Marooned and Outdoor Miner. The lyrics are intelligent, the music veers between an atmospheric mix of synths and guitars to a few guitar driven tracks. This came out over 20 years ago and still sounds good now unlike a lot of its contemporaries. If you wanted a good introduction to Wire, or this period of music I'd say this is an essential part of anyones record collection.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wire In A Punk Overcoat, 17 Aug 2004
By Laurence Upton (Wilts, UK) - See all my reviews
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Although Wire wore a punk overcoat, sonically speaking, on their first three albums, there is no doubt that theirs was a creativity that would have surfaced whatever the current vogue, as their relevance today shows. Chairs Missing was their Harvest follow up to the arty 21-track debut, Pink Flag, but boasting a mere 15 tracks, which ranged from just over a minute long, to an epic 5.45 for Mercy. The lyrics, printed prose fashion in the booklet, make an interesting and stimulating read even divorced from the musical settings contained in the grooves. Producer Mike Thorne adds extra coloration and texture with his synths and keyboards and Kate Lukas adds flute to one tune. 
Chairs Missing included the single I Am The Fly, although as it had been released 7 months earlier than the album and had a B-side from Pink Flag, it may be older than the rest of the album. Outdoor Miner was extracted as a single along with its flipside, Practice Makes Perfect, in January 1979. A longer version of Outdoor Miner is included as a bonus track, along with both sides of a non-album single that was released in June 1979. 
The appearance of Chairs Missing on CD in 1990 proved influential on indie and Britpop bands such as Elastica and Blur, and still sounds fresh and vital today
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly best ever 'difficult second album' ever, 10 Aug 2001
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I recall two tracks on John Peel's show in the late 70s that really made me sit up and think 'I've never heard anything like that before'. One was 'Nag Nag Nag' by Cabaret Voltaire, the other was 'Practice Makes Perfect', the opener to this LP. There's nothing much to say - this is excellent from start to finish and, with Used To, has one of the finest evocations of paranoia ever recorded. If you buy just one Wire CD, though the first three are all classics, this isthe best of the bunch.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Oddly compelling
Somewhere between pop, punk and art, Wire continued to pursue a vision uncontaminated by anything else that was going on in 1978. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Practice Made Perfect....
Wire were one of the few pioneers who took punk as an ethos rather than a fashionable uniform, 1977's classic debut 'Pink Flag' is remembered for the minimal songs which lasted a... Read more
Published on 21 April 2006 by Jason Parkes

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark,disturbing,brilliant.
'Chairs Missing',the follow up to Wire's adrenalin rush of a debut album 'Pink Flag' is a challenging yet rewarding listen. Read more
Published on 15 April 2006 by nm1270

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