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Wire<\/strong>‘s three Harvest released albums in the 70’s are often referred to as a kind of “accelerated development triptych”. The differences between the reductive minimalism of 1977’s Pink Flag and the layered baroque (albeit still minimalistic) of 1979’s 154 show a staggering turn over of ideas, yet each album remains iconic.<\/p>\n

1978’s “Chairs Missing<\/strong>” represented perhaps the biggest conceptual leap made during this period of Wire<\/strong> and was widely misunderstood at the time yet it remains to the band and production crew, Wire<\/strong>‘s favourite 70’s album. The clarity of vision of the band at the time has been rewarded with a large appreciation in it’s standing in hindsight the album also having been awarded (alonside Pink Flag) the distinction of a 10.0 rating by Pitchfork Media amongst many other plaudits.<\/p>\n

“Chairs Missing<\/strong>” has been influential on the British wave of the late 70’s & early 80’s, Britpop and 21st C art & post punk and provided Wire biggest “nearly hit” in “Outdoor Miner”.<\/p>\n

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Wire<\/strong>‘s three Harvest released albums in the 70’s are often referred to as a kind of “accelerated development triptych”. The differences between the reductive minimalism of 1977’s Pink Flag and the layered baroque (albeit still minimalistic) of 1979’s 154 show a staggering turn over of ideas, yet each album remains iconic.<\/p>\n

1978’s “Chairs Missing<\/strong>” represented perhaps the biggest conceptual leap made during this period of Wire<\/strong> and was widely misunderstood at the time yet it remains to the band and production crew, Wire<\/strong>‘s favourite 70’s album. The clarity of vision of the band at the time has been rewarded with a large appreciation in it’s standing in hindsight the album also having been awarded (alonside Pink Flag) the distinction of a 10.0 rating by Pitchfork Media amongst many other plaudits.<\/p>\n

“Chairs Missing<\/strong>” has been influential on the British wave of the late 70’s & early 80’s, Britpop and 21st C art & post punk and provided Wire biggest “nearly hit” in “Outdoor Miner”.<\/p>\n

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