Chairs Missing

Chairs Missing
Studio album by
Wire
Released8 September 1978 (1978-09-08)
RecordedMay 1978
StudioAdvision Studios, London, England, UK
Genre
Length42:27
LabelHarvest
ProducerMike Thorne
Wire studio album chronology
Pink Flag
(1977) 		Chairs Missing
(1978) 		154
(1979)
Singles from Chairs Missing
  1. "I Am the Fly"
    Released: 1978
  2. "Outdoor Miner"
    Released: 1979
  3. "A Question of Degree"
    Released: 1979

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.[2]

Although it features some of the minimalist punk rock of the band's debut Pink Flag, Chairs Missing contains more developed song structure (taking some cues from 1970s prog-rock, psychedelia, and art rock), keyboard and synthesizer elements brought in by producer Mike Thorne, and a broader palette of emotional and intellectual subject matter. The title is said to be a British slang term for a mildly disturbed person, as in "that guy has a few chairs missing in his front room".[3] The single "Outdoor Miner" was a minor hit, peaking at number 51 in the UK singles chart.[4]

  1. ^ Burbeck, Rodney, ed. (16 November 1978). "News" (PDF). Music Week. London: Morgan-Grampian. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Chairs Missing | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. ^ DeRogatis, Jim; Neate, Wilson. "Wire". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Outdoor Miner | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 April 2018.