Taking Sides: Pink Flag vs. Chairs Missing vs. 154

It would be weird if your favorite was The Other Window, or A Touching Display.

chairs missing
tie for 2nd

that stereosociety link was most informative, gave me new appreciation for how they got some of those sounds

love all three

Off the nut I have to say Chairs Missing but now I have to go back and listen to them all again to really decide.

"French Film Blurred" = my favourite Wire song, usually.

154 beats Pink Flag by just a hair. Their my #23 and #26 favorites of all time. Chairs Missing is #194. Certainly not bad, but I always felt like it was a transitional album.

they're, not their. I'm going senile. And what am I saying, my top 200 of all time is more than not bad, they're all awesome. Ever have a beer when you're almost over a cold and feel like crap again?

1) pink flag
2) 154
3) chairs missing

I love pink flag cuz it plays like a compilation. there are so many moves on it that bunches of punk/indie/pop bands would pull over the next decade, except wire probably did them better and what's more all at once in '77.

my favorite song on 154 *is* "a touching display". I guess that makes me weird? that guitar at the end! it eats the universe.

honestly I have a hard time listening to chairs missing all the way through. I get bored and turn it off.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/RuNU0oyRNUI/AAAAAAAADys/XbIiRjGbwrE/s400/Wire-Chairs_Missing_%2528album_cover%2529.jpeg

I'm getting that new deluxe Chairs Missing w book (not bookLET) etc in mail today. Can't wait to see/hear it. PF should be here tomorrow. And next payday i will order 154. I love them all really but 154 contains the only dud out of all three afaiac and that is I Should've Known Better. Whew! That thing sounds so off putting (the awful speaking parts) and it starts the fucking record, it put me off 154 for literally years. A Touching Display is awesome however. Also got the cd/dvd of Wire On The Box which is also amazing and highly recommended to fans.

Took me years to accept Lewis' vocals.

Yeah, he can sound very pretentious. Hi, Alfred!

hi!

And yes I like queer too. And i used to like beer but i haven't drank in years.

"I Should Have Known Better" is great, the real dud is "Once Is Enough".

"Ambitious" recorded years later has a laughable part too

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my last post is gonna look awfully funny when yr screen name changes. Lol!!

Lol alfred that does sound funny. Don't know that one at all.

On the On The Box dvd the version of Once Is Enough smokes!

I Should've Known Better wouldn't smoke if it was on fire!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKWynGorQto

I Should've Known Better is fantastic. You pepole are insane. The turkey of all turkeys is The Other Window.

154 contains the only dud out of all three afaiac and that is I Should've Known Better

this is probably the wrongest thing posted to ILX in 2018

but hey, opinions!

at least we agree Graham Lewis' doomy doggerel and funeral camp were duds!

I don't! Go and listen to 23 Years Too Late until you recant

Unless I'm wrong, Lewis sings Sand In My Joints which has always been among my very favorite Wire songs.

I like it too.

I should point out, for fairness' sake, that Lewis was for many years the hottie in the band.

chairs, missing

A-Z won, 'f I've four.