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154 is the third album by the English post-punk band Wire, released in 1979 on EMI imprint Harvest Records in the UK and Europe and Warner Bros. Records in America. Branching out even further from the minimalist punk rock style of their earlier work, 154 is considered a progression of the sounds displayed on Wire's previous album Chairs Missing, with the group experimenting with slower tempos ...
Robert Pollard once declared Wire's 154 to be "the greatest album of all time", [30] and has stated that "There's always some Wire influence in my stuff." [31] Numerous other bands and artists have cited Wire as an influence, including Soundgarden, [32] Manic Street Preachers, [33] Hüsker Dü, [34] Quicksand, [35] Mary Timony, [36] and Mission ...
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 [ edit ]
On Returning (1977–1979) is a compilation album by English rock band Wire.It was released in 1989 and comprises recordings of the band from 1977 to 1979 (the albums Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154, which are also each represented graphically on the album cover), and is seen as the band's first "best of" album, complemented four years later by 1985–1990: The A List which is the "best of ...
Chairs Missing is the second studio album by the English rock band Wire.It was released on 8 September 1978 through Harvest Records. [1] The album peaked at number 48 in the UK Albums Chart.
Topics about Wire (band) albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains albums by Wire . See also: Category:Wire (band) songs , Category:Wire (band) album covers , and Category:Wire (band) members
Wire on the Box: 1979 is a live album and DVD by English rock band Wire. Whilst recorded in 1979, it was released on 4 October 2004 as the first in a series of archival releases on Wire's own Pinkflag label. [1] It features the complete live television recording for the German Rockpalast music television show, broadcast by Westdeutscher ...
Many reviewers noted the album's melodic sensibility, [7] [10] [16] with AllMusic writing, "Object 47 highlights Wire's pop credentials, but the band hasn't lost its edge." [6] Stereogum ranked it 12th (out of 15) in their 2015 "Wire Albums from Worst to Best" list, saying that it is "the most normal sounding album from a band interested in being anything but."