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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare, with lyrics that dealt with psychological rather than political themes. As with its predecessor, the album was very well-received upon release, and has been considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which as a single was expanded from the original album version and almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare, with lyrics that dealt with psychological rather than political themes.

As with its predecessor, the album was very well-received upon release, and has been considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which as a single was expanded from the original album version and almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare, with lyrics that dealt with psychological rather than political themes. As with its predecessor, the album was very well-received upon release, and has been considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare, with lyrics that dealt with psychological rather than political themes. As with its predecessor, the album was very well-received upon release, and has been considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which as a single was expanded from the original album version and almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. As with its predecessor, the album was very well-received upon release, and has been considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare.fare, with lyrics that dealt with psychological rather than political themes. As with its predecessor, the album was very well-received upon release, and has been considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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* OneWordTitle: "Marooned", "Heartbeat" and "Mercy".
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In 2013, ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' ranked it their [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 394th Greatest Album of All Time]].
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album found the group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. The As with its predecessor, the album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, release, and is has been considered one of the pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of found the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, group eschewing their original MinisculeRocking approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier pioneering PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous MinisculeRocking tendencies for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous original MinisculeRocking tendencies approach for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous tendencies of MinisculeRocking for slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous tendencies of MinisculeRocking tendencies for more fully-formed and slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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* BlackSheepHit: "Outdoor Miner" is far poppier than the rest of the album, hence why it was released as a single and almost charted.

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* MadnessMantra: "Practice Makes Perfect" has "Waiting, waiting, waiting for us... Waiting, waiting, waiting for us...". Colin only repeats it [[SanitySlippage louder and more]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe unhinged each time]].

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* MadnessMantra: MadnessMantra:
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"Practice Makes Perfect" has "Waiting, waiting, waiting for us... Waiting, waiting, waiting for us...". Colin only repeats it [[SanitySlippage louder and more]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe unhinged each time]].



* NonAppearingTitle: "French Film Blurred", "Men 2nd", and "Outdoor Miner"[[note]]though it gets close with the line ''Face worker, a serpentine miner''[[/note]].

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* NonAppearingTitle: "French Film Blurred", "Men 2nd", and "Outdoor Miner"[[note]]though it gets close with the line ''Face worker, a serpentine miner''[[/note]].miner''[[/note]].
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* BoundAndGagged: Mentioned (metaphorically) in "Being Sucked in Again."



* NewSoundAlbum: This album is far more interested in developing musical ideas than its predecessor ''Pink Flag'', with songs more in the vein of its tracks "Strange" and "Reuters." Nonetheless, it still paid tribute to it on songs such as "Another the Letter" and "Sand in My Joints." Longest track "Mercy" even has a bridge, which had not been found on any of their songs before.

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* NewSoundAlbum: This album is far more interested in developing musical ideas than its predecessor ''Pink Flag'', with songs more in the vein of its tracks "Strange" and "Reuters." Nonetheless, it still paid tribute to it on songs such as "Another the Letter" and Letter," "Sand in My Joints.Joints," and "Too Late." Longest The longest track "Mercy" even has a bridge, which had not been found on any of their songs before.
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous tendencies of MinusculeRocking for slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous tendencies of MinusculeRocking MinisculeRocking for slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous tendencies of MinusculeRocking for slower fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:''I remark, I am mesmerized, by my own beat, like a heartbeat.'']]

''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous tendencies of MinusculeRocking for slower slower-paced fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].
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In 2013, ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' ranked it their [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 394th Greatest Album of All Time]].



# "I Feel Mysterious Today" (

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# "I Feel Mysterious Today" (

(1:57)
# "From the Nursery" (2:58)
# "Used To" (2:23)
# "Too Late" (4:14)

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** "Heartbeat" also repeats its chorus line "Like a heartbeat" all throughout the latter half of the song.


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* NewSoundAlbum: This album is far more interested in developing musical ideas than its predecessor ''Pink Flag'', with songs more in the vein of its tracks "Strange" and "Reuters." Nonetheless, it still paid tribute to it on songs such as "Another the Letter" and "Sand in My Joints." Longest track "Mercy" even has a bridge, which had not been found on any of their songs before.
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''Chairs Missing'' is the sophomore effort by Music/{{Wire}}, released in 1978. It is by far a NewSoundAlbum--while its predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'' was proto-HardcorePunk, this album was one of the founding albums of the PostPunk movement, eschewing their previous tendencies of MinusculeRocking for slower fare. The album was very well-received upon release, as with its predecessor, and is considered one of the premier PostPunk albums. It also spawned the band's biggest hit, "Outdoor Miner," which almost charted as it was [[BlackSheepHit one of their poppiest songs to date]].

!!Tracklist:

[[AC:Side One]]
# "Practice Makes Perfect" (4:11)
# "French Film Blurred" (2:34)
# "Another the Letter" (1:07)
# "Men 2nd" (1:43)
# "Marooned" (2:21)
# "Sand in My Joints" (1:50)
# "Being Sucked in Again" (3:14)
# "Heartbeat" (3:16)

[[AC:Side Two]]
# "Mercy" (5:46)
# "Outdoor Miner" (1:44)
# "I Am the Fly" (3:09)
# "I Feel Mysterious Today" (

!!We are the tropes in the, tropes in the, trope list!

* BlackSheepHit: "Outdoor Miner" is far poppier than the rest of the album, hence why it was released as a single and almost charted.
* EpicRocking: By Wire standards up to this point, "Mercy" is an epic at 5:46.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Practice Makes Perfect" has overtones of this, but the tone of the track and [[NoodleImplements some of the odder references]] imply something [[BlackMagic much more sinister]].
* MadnessMantra: "Practice Makes Perfect" has "Waiting, waiting, waiting for us... Waiting, waiting, waiting for us...". Colin only repeats it [[SanitySlippage louder and more]] [[CarefulWithThatAxe unhinged each time]].
* MinisculeRocking: While not to the extent of predecessor ''Music/PinkFlag'', there are still songs that run under two minutes, "Another the Letter" being the shortest at 1:07. "Outdoor Miner," being a brisk 1:44, was rerecorded and extended to 2:51.
* NonAppearingTitle: "French Film Blurred", "Men 2nd", and "Outdoor Miner"[[note]]though it gets close with the line ''Face worker, a serpentine miner''[[/note]].

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