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 Studio albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UK UK Indie BEL(FL) SCO US US Heat. Pink Flag Released: November 1977 Label: Harvest Formats: LP, MC, 8-track—————— Chairs Missing Released: 8 September 1978 Label: Harvest Formats: LP, MC48—————154 Released: 21 September 1979 Label: Harvest Formats: LP, MC, 8-track39————— The Ideal Copy Released: April 1987 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC871———— A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck Released: 16 May 1988 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC—2———— It's Beginning to and Back Again Released: 30 May 1989 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC—3——135— Manscape Released: May 1990 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC—5———— The Drill Released: April 1991 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC—————— The First Letter Released: 14 October 1991 Label: Mute Formats: CD, LP, MC As Wir—————— Object 47 Released: 7 July 2008 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD—————— Red Barked Tree Released: 20 December 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD—————49 Change Becomes Us Released: 18 March 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download—44165——23 Wire Released: 13 April 2015 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download71129261—— Nocturnal Koreans Released: 22 April 2016 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download98918150—— Silver/Lead Released: 31 March 2017 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download96812454—— Mind Hive Released: 24 January 2020 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download82615522——"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Live albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndie Document and Eyewitness Released: July 1981 Label: Rough Trade Formats: 2xLP, MC3 It's All in the Brochure Released: May 2000 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD Limited release—Wire on the Box: 1979 Released: 4 October 2004 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD+DVD— The Scottish Play: 2004 Released: 28 March 2005 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD+DVD— Live at the Roxy, London – April 1st & 2nd 1977/Live at CBGB Theatre, New York – July 18th 1978 Released: 13 November 2006 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD— Legal Bootleg Series: 25 Oct 1978 Bradford University Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 21 Jul 1988 Astoria, London Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 08 Dec 2000 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago Released: 5 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download—Legal Bootleg Series: 01 Dec 1987 The Town & Country, London Released: 29 November 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 19 April 2002 Fleece & Firkin, Bristol Released: 29 November 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 12 Nov 1978, SO36, Berlin Released: 27 April 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 17 Dec 1985 Paradiso, Amsterdam Released: 27 April 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 02 May 2000 Great American, San Francisco Released: 27 April 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011 Released: 14 February 2012 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 23 February 2000 Nottingham Social (Recycling Sherwood Forest) Released: 16 January 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 04 April 2011 WFMU, Jersey City – 13 April 2011 KEXP, Seattle Released: 16 January 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: 10 Nov 1979 Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 June 1987 Maxwell's, Hoboken Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 21 May 1990 Hibernian, London Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 17 February 1978 West Runton Pavilion, Cromer Released: 18 February 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 July 1991 Mean Fiddler, London Released: 21 October 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 05 March 1979 Carre, Amsterdam Released: 21 October 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 August 2009 Off Festival, Myslowice Released: 21 October 2013 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 March 1979 Pavilion, Montreux Released: 23 June 2014 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download— Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 19 July 1979 Notre Dame Hall, London Released: 23 June 2014 Label: Pinkflag Formats: digital download—"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndie And Here It Is...Again... Released: November 1984 Label: Sneaky Pete Formats: LP Germany-only release— Wire Play Pop Released: March 1986 Label: The Pink Label Formats: LP4In the Pink Released: August 1986 Label: Dojo Formats: LP— On Returning (1977–1979) Released: July 1989 Label: Harvest/EMI Formats: CD, LP, MC— The Peel Sessions Album Released: January 1990 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD, LP, MC— 1985–1990: The A List Released: 17 May 1993 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC— Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78 Released: 5 May 1995 Label: EMI Formats: CD— Turns and Strokes Released: May 1996 Label: WMO Formats: CD, 2xLP— Coatings Released: 21 October 1997 Label: WMO Formats: CD— PF456 Redux Released: 28 April 2003 (LP) Rereleased: 13 August 2021 (CD) Label: Pinkflag Formats: LP, CD Limited release LP— Send Released: 28 April 2003 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD— Send Ultimate Released: 1 July 2010 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD— 10:20 Released: 19 June 2020 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download23 PF456 Deluxe Released: 12 June 2021 Label: Pinkflag Formats: LP, digital download Not About To Die Released: 23 April 2022 (LP) Released: 24 June 2022 (CD) Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, LP, digital download Nine Sevens Released: 13 April 2025 Label: Pinkflag Formats: 2xLP, digital download Rerelease of Nine Sevens box set"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Box sets Title Album details The Drill Released: 1991 Label: Mute Formats: 3xLP+7" Limited release Wire: 1977–1979 Released: 14 May 2006 Label: Pinkflag Formats: 5xCD US-only limited release Nine Sevens Released: 21 April 2018 Label: Pinkflag Formats: 9x7"
EPs Title Album detailsPeak chart positions UKIndie Snakedrill Released: November 1986 Label: Mute Formats: 12"3 Ahead Released: March 1987 Label: Mute Formats: 12"— The Peel Sessions Released: November 1987 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: 12", MC18 Silk Skin Paws Released: June 1989 Label: Mute Formats: CD, 12"— The Third Day Released: 1 February 2000 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD— Read & Burn 01 Released: 17 June 2002 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD— Read & Burn 02 Released: 1 October 2002 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD— Read & Burn 03 Released: 5 November 2007 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD— Daytrotter Session Released: 10 November 2008 Label: Daytrotter Formats: digital download— Strays Released: January 2011 Label: Pinkflag Formats: CD, digital download Limited release with Red Barked Tree Rereleased as part of 10:20— Daytrotter Session Released: 23 January 2013 Label: Daytrotter Formats: digital download— Vien+ Released: 12 April 2025 (2 of 3 tracks first released on Touch label CD EP "Vien" in 1997) Label: Pinkflag Formats: 12" As Wir Record Store Day 2025—"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
Singles Title YearPeak chart positionsAlbum UK UKIndie US Alt "Mannequin"1977———Pink Flag "I Am the Fly"1978———Chairs Missing "Dot Dash"——— "Outdoor Miner"197951——Chairs Missing "A Question of Degree"——— "Map Ref. 41˚N 93˚W"———154 "Our Swimmer"1981—13—Document & Eyewitness "Crazy About Love"1983—28— "Ahead"1987—2—The Ideal Copy "Kidney Bingos"1988888—A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck "Silk Skin Paws"—4— "Eardrum Buzz"19896852It's Beginning to and Back Again "In Vivo"—1124 "Life in the Manscape" (US-only release)1990———Manscape "In Every City?" (US promo-only release)1991———The Drill "So and Slow It Grows" (as Wir)———The First Letter "The First Letter" (as Wir)1997——— rowspan="2" "Twelve Times You" (limited release)2000——— "Short Elevated Period"2017———Silver/Lead "Joust & Jostle"———Wire "Cactused"2019———Mind Hive "Primed and Ready"2020——— "Small Black Reptile"———10:20 "The Art of Persistence"———"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
References
External links Discography on Wire's official website