May 19, 2015 Playlist

"Chairs Missing" by Wire (1978)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Wire  "Chairs Missing"  1978 (UK)
Wire's first album Pink Flag was released in 1977 alongside the debuts of peers like Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. But while those bands all had a certain "shock value" rooted in art school thinking, Wire always displayed an aesthetic more directly inspired by the "art rock" pretensions of outside icons like Eno and even Captain Beefheart. Their first record was notorious for including many dada-esque minimalist pop rockers that clock in at 90 seconds or less - which immediately inspired the "shorter/faster" school of North American "hardcore" punk (Black Flag, Minutemen, etc.)  But like true artistes, for Wire's second album Chairs Missing they ditched the short songs and produced a uniquely modern-sounding record that was basically "post-punk" while punk was still happening (Sid Viscious was still alive even) and arguably set the standard for all their recordings since. For Wire has never broken up, and still records and performs today with 3/4 of their original lineup - their self-titled 2015 release sounds absolutely like the same band that recorded this classic album more than a generation ago.
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
Eric Burdon & The AnimalsSan Franciscan NightsWinds Of Change 1967
UK
Tom JonesLove Me Tonight (live)Live In Las Vegas1968
UK (Wales)
The Sonics Spend The NightThis Is The Sonics (N)2015 (Re: Vox)USA
Love Midnight SunBlack Beauty (N)rec. 1974 (2013 High Moon)USA
Mondo Drag The DawnMondo Drag (N)2015 (Riding Easy)USA
 
 
Built To Spill SoUntethered Moon (N)2015 (Warner Bros)USA
Wand Cave InGolem (N)2015 (In The Red)USA
Tarot Life And DeathThe Warrior's Spell (N)2015 (Heavy Chain)USA
The Charlatans (UK) Let The Good Times Be Never EndingModern Nature (N)2015 (BMG)UK
   
 
Claude DenjeanNights In White Satin (The Moody Blues)Moog!1970
France/Canada
The Electronic Concept OrchestraJe T'aime...Moi Non Plus (Serge Gainsbourg)Electric Love1973
USA
Martin DennyLove Me Tonight (Tom Jones)Exotic Moog1969
USA
Don VoegeliCock o' The WalkOscillations1972
USA
   
 
WirePractice Makes PerfectChairs Missing
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1978
UK
WireI Am The FlyChairs Missing
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1978
UK
WireMercyChairs Missing
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1978
UK
Wire BloggingWire (N)2015 (Pink Flag)UK
Death The TimesN.E.W. (N)2015 (Tryangle/Drag City)USA
Sleater-Kinney Fade
No Cities To Love (N)2015 (Sub Pop)USA
   
 
Of Montreal Monolithic EgressAureate Gloom (N)2015 (Polyvinyl)USA
Dengue Fever Vacant LotThe Deepest Lake (N)2015 (Tuk Tuk)USA/Cambodia
Calexico Cumbia De DondeEdge Of The Sun (N)2015 (Anti)USA
The Pop Group St. Outrageous
Citizen Zombie (N)2015 (Victor)UK
The Cult Of Dom Keller Dead Sea
   / Into The Sky Volcano - Beyond Burning Skies
The Second Bardo (N)2014 (Cardinal Fuzz)UK
 
  
Moon Duo In A CloudShadow Of The Sun (N)2015 (Sacred Bones)USA
Eternal Tapestry Lace FernWild Strawberries (N)2015 (Thrill Jockey)USA
John Carpenter WraithLost Themes (N)2014 (Sacred Bones)USA
Suuns & Jerusalem In My Heart Gazelles In FlightSuuns And Jerusalem In My Heart (N)2015 (Secretly Canadian)Canada (Quebec)
& Lebanon/Canada
 
  
Amon Düül IILuzifers GhilomPhallus Dei1969
Germany
VangelisStuffed TomatoThe Dragonrec. 1971 rel. 1978
Greece
The Soft Machine Lefty / Penny Hitch (live) Switzerland 1974 (N)rec. 1974 (2015 Cuneiform)UK
 
  
Miles DavisRed China BluesGet Up With It1974
USA
      
   
   
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