Pink Flag / Chairs Missing / 154

by Wire

Pink Flag / Chairs Missing / 154 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:33:45
  • Community rating: 4.25/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: David, Annette Green, Brian Palmer, Desmond Simmons, Dave Oberl茅, Kate Lukas, TV Smith, Dave Dragon

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A three-disc set of Wire's first three albums for Harvest: 'Pink Flag', 'Chairs Missing' and '154'. Made in under three years, the records trace the fastest evolution in British post-punk, from minute-long punk miniatures to synthesizer-led art rock.

Genres

Descriptors: guitars, minimal, rhythmic, male-vocals, textured

Tracklist

  1. Reuters (3:03)
  2. Field Day For The Sundays (0:28)
  3. Three Girl Rhumba (1:23)
  4. Ex Lion Tamer (2:19)
  5. Lowdown (2:26)
  6. Start To Move (1:13)
  7. Brazil (0:41)
  8. It's So Obvious (0:53)
  9. Surgeon's Girl (1:15)
  10. Pink Flag (3:47)
  11. The Commercial (0:49)
  12. Straight Line (0:44)
  13. 106 Beats That (1:12)
  14. Mr. Suit (1:24)
  15. Strange (3:57)
  16. Fragile (1:18)
  17. Mannequin (2:37)
  18. Different To Me (0:43)
  19. Champs (1:45)
  20. Feeling Called Love (1:22)
  21. 12 X U (1:55)
  22. Dot Dash (2:25)
  23. Options R (1:36)
  24. Practice Makes Perfect (4:06)
  25. French Film Blurred (2:34)
  26. Another The Letter (1:07)
  27. Men 2nd (1:42)
  28. Marooned (2:21)
  29. Sand In My Joints (1:50)
  30. Being Sucked In Again (3:13)
  31. Heartbeat (3:15)
  32. Mercy (5:46)
  33. Outdoor Miner (1:44)
  34. I Am The Fly (3:07)
  35. I Feel Mysterious Today (1:56)
  36. From The Nursery (2:58)
  37. Used To (2:20)
  38. Too Late (4:13)
  39. Outdoor Miner (Long Version) (2:54)
  40. A Question Of Degree (3:09)
  41. Former Airline (3:20)
  42. I Should Have Known Better (3:52)
  43. Two People In A Room (2:10)
  44. The 15th (3:04)
  45. The Other Window (2:08)
  46. Single K.O. (2:23)
  47. A Touching Display (6:56)
  48. On Returning (2:05)
  49. A Mutual Friend (4:27)
  50. Blessed State (3:27)
  51. Once Is Enough (3:23)
  52. Map Ref. 41掳N 93掳 W (3:37)
  53. Indirect Enquiries (3:34)
  54. 40 Versions (3:27)
  55. Song 1 (3:02)
  56. Get Down (Parts I & II) (4:27)
  57. Let's Panic Later (3:20)
  58. Small Electric Piece (3:32)
  59. Go Ahead (4:01)

Credits

  • Hilly Kristal - bass vocals [bass voice]
  • Joan Whiting - cor anglais
  • Kate Lukas - flute, flute [alto flute]
  • Tim Souster - viola [electric viola]
  • Ken Thomas - engineer [assistant engineer], engineer [assistant], engineer [asst. engineer]
  • Annette Green - photography, photography [front cover photography], written-by
  • Dave Dragon - art direction, art direction [original art direction]
  • Phil Smee - design [compact disc package design], design [compact disc package]
  • Brian Palmer - art direction
  • Paul Hardiman - engineer
  • Chris Blair - mastered by [cutting]
  • David - written-by
  • Desmond Simmons - written-by
  • TV Smith - written-by
  • Dan Priest - engineer

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