Wire discography

The discography of Wire, an English rock band, consists of seventeen studio albums, seventeen live albums, seven compilation albums, thirteen EPs, and eighteen singles.

Wire discography
Studio albums	17
Live albums	17
Compilation albums	7
EPs	13
Singles	18

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	BEL (FL) [2]	US [3]	US Heat. [4]
1977	Pink Flag	—	—	—	—
1978	Chairs Missing	48	—	—	—
1979	154	39	—	—	—
1987	The Ideal Copy	87	—	—	—
1988	A Bell Is a Cup	—	—	—	—
1989	IBTABA	—	—	135	—
1990	Manscape	—	—	—	—
1991	The Drill	—	—	—	—
	The First Letter	—	—	—	—
2003	Send	—	—	—	—
2008	Object 47	—	—	—	—
2010	Red Barked Tree	—	—	—	49
2013	Change Becomes Us	—	165	—	23
2015	Wire	71	92	—	—
2016	Nocturnal Koreans	98	181	—	—
2017	Silver/Lead	96	124	—	—
2020	Mind Hive	82	155	—	—

Live albums

• Document and Eyewitness (1981)
• It's All in the Brochure (2000)
• Wire on the Box: 1979 (2004)
• The Scottish Play: 2004 (2005)
• Live at the Roxy, London – April 1st & 2nd 1977/Live at CBGB Theatre, New York – July 18th 1978 (2006)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 25 Oct 1978 Bradford University (2010)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 21 Jul 1988 Astoria, London (2010)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 08 Dec 2000 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh (2010)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago (2010)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 10 Nov 1979 Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London (2010)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 01 Dec 1987 The Town & Country, London (2010)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 19 April 2002 Fleece & Firkin, Bristol (2010)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 12 Nov 1978, SO36, Berlin (2011)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 17 Dec 1985 Paradiso, Amsterdam (2011)
• Legal Bootleg Series: 02 May 2000 Great American, San Francisco (2011)
• The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011 (2012)

Compilation albums

• Play Pop (1986) The Pink Label – Pinky 7
• On Returning (1977–1979) (1989)
• The Peel Sessions Album (1989)
• 1985–1990: The A List (1993)
• Behind the Curtain (1995)
• Turns and Strokes (1996)
• Coatings (1997)
• 1977–1979 (2006)
• 10:20 (2020)

EPs

• Snakedrill (1986)
• Ahead (1987)
• The Peel Sessions (1987)
• Kidney Bingos (1988)
• Silk Skin Paws (1988)
• Eardrum Buzz (1989)
• In Vivo (1989)
• The Third Day (2000)
• Read & Burn 01 (2002)
• Read & Burn 02 (2002)
• Read & Burn 03 (2007)
• Strays (2011)

Singles

• "Mannequin" / “Feeling Called Love”, ”12XU” (1977)
• "I Am the Fly" / “Ex-Lion Tamer” (1978)
• "Dot Dash" / “Options R” (1978)
• "Outdoor Miner" / “Practice Makes Perfect” (1979)
• "A Question of Degree" / “Former Airline” (1979)
• "Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW" / “Go Ahead” (1979)
• "Our Swimmer" / “Midnight Bahnhof Cafe” (1981)
• "Crazy About Love" / “Second Length (Our Swimmer)”, “Catapult 30” (1983)
• "Ahead" / "Feed Me (Live)" (1987)
• "Kidney Bingos" / “Pieta” (1988)
• "Silk Skin Paws" / “German Shepherds” (1988)
• "Eardrum Buzz" / “The Offer” (1989)
• “In Vivo (7” mix)" / “Illuminated”(7” mix) (1989)
• “Life in the Manscape” (3 versions), “Gravity Worship”, “Who Has Nine?” (1990)
• "So and Slow It Grows" / “Nice From Here” (1991)
• "The First Letter" / “Sexy and Rich (Janet)” (1997)
• "Twelve Times You" / “X U Version (Remix)” (2000)

Singles chart placings

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
		US Modern Rock	UK Singles Chart[1]
1979	"Outdoor Miner"	—	51	Chairs Missing
1988	"Kidney Bingos"	—	88	A Bell Is a Cup
1989	"Eardrum Buzz"	2	68	It's Beginning to and Back Again
	"In Vivo"	24	—

References

1. "Wire | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
2. "Discografie Wire". Ultratop. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
3. "Wire – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
4. "Wire – Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

External links

• Discography on Wire's official website
• Discography discography at Discogs