Wire discography

{{Short description|Discography of the English Post-punk band Wire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = Wire | Image = Wire-band.jpg | Studio = 17 | Live = 26 | Compilation = 11 | Video = | Music videos = | Tribute = | EP = 11 | Singles = 24 | B-sides = | Soundtrack = |1Option=3 |1Option name=Box sets }}

The discography of Wire, an English rock band, consists of seventeen studio albums, twenty-six live albums, eleven compilation albums, eleven EPs, and twenty-four singles.

==Albums== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details ! colspan="6" |Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK <ref name="UK Chart Company">{{cite web |title=Wire {{!}} full Official Chart history |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17412/wire/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=14 January 2020}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK Indie <ref name=":32">{{cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980–1989' |publisher=Cherry Red Books |year=1997 |isbn=0-9517206-9-4}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | BEL (FL) <ref name="Belgium">{{cite web |title=Discografie Wire |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Wire |publisher=Ultratop |accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | SCO ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US <ref name="Billboard Charts">{{cite magazine |title=Wire – Chart history (Billboard 200) |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=wire |chart=Billboard 200}} |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=15 February 2012}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US Heat. <ref name="Billboard Heatseekers">{{cite magazine |title=Wire – Chart history (Heatseekers Albums) |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=wire |chart=Heatseekers Albums}} |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=15 April 2016}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''Pink Flag'' | * Released: November 1977 * Label: Harvest * Formats: LP, MC, 8-track |— |— |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Chairs Missing'' | * Released: 8 September 1978<ref name=RmSep78>{{cite news |title=News |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/Record-Mirror-1978-09-09-IDX-5.pdf |access-date=2 November 2021 |work=Record Mirror|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024230058/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/Record-Mirror-1978-09-09-IDX-5.pdf|archive-date=24 October 2022|url-status=live|page=5|publisher=United Newspapers|location=London|editor-last=Shearlaw|editor-first=John|date=9 September 1978}}</ref><ref name=MwSep78>{{cite news |title=News|editor-last=Burbeck|editor-first=Rodney|page=2|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920035638/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1978/Music-Week-1978-09-16-IDX-2.pdf|archive-date=20 September 2024|url-status=live|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1978/Music-Week-1978-09-16-IDX-2.pdf |work=Music Week |publisher=Morgan-Grampian |date=16 November 1978}}</ref> * Label: Harvest * Formats: LP, MC |48 |— |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" |''154'' | * Released: 21 September 1979 * Label: Harvest * Formats: LP, MC, 8-track |39 |— |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The Ideal Copy'' | * Released: April 1987 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |87 |1 |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck'' | * Released: 16 May 1988<ref>{{cite magazine |date=13 May 1988 |title=UK music news |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Hard-Report/1988/Hard-1988-05-13.pdf |magazine=The Hard Report |page=35 |access-date=11 March 2022 }}</ref> * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |— |2 |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''It's Beginning to and Back Again'' | * Released: 30 May 1989 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |— |3 |— |— |135 |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Manscape'' | * Released: May 1990 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |— |5<ref>{{cite magazine |date=26 May 1990 |title=Indie 33 |magazine=Number One}}</ref> |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The Drill'' | * Released: April 1991 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC |— |— |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The First Letter'' | * Released: 14 October 1991 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, LP, MC * As Wir |— |— |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Object 47'' | * Released: 7 July 2008 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |— |— |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Red Barked Tree'' | * Released: 20 December 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |— |— |— |— |49 |- ! scope="row" | ''Change Becomes Us'' | * Released: 18 March 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download |— |44<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20130331/131/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |165 |— |— |23 |- ! scope="row" | ''Wire'' | * Released: 13 April 2015 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, LP, digital download |71 |12<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20150419/131/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |92 |61<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20150419/40/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Nocturnal Koreans'' | * Released: 22 April 2016 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, LP, digital download |98 |9<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20160429/131/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |181 |50<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20160429/40/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Silver/Lead'' | * Released: 31 March 2017 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, LP, digital download |96 |8<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20170407/131/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |124 |54<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20170407/40/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |— |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Mind Hive'' | * Released: 24 January 2020 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, LP, digital download |82 |6<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20200131/131/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |155 |22<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20200131/40/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |— |— |- | colspan="8" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

===Live albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details !Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK Indie <ref name=":32" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Document and Eyewitness'' | * Released: July 1981 * Label: Rough Trade * Formats: 2xLP, MC |3 |- ! scope="row" | ''It's All in the Brochure'' | * Released: May 2000 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD * Limited release |— |- ! scope="row" |''Wire on the Box: 1979'' | * Released: 4 October 2004 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD+DVD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The Scottish Play: 2004'' | * Released: 28 March 2005 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD+DVD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Live at the Roxy, London – April 1st & 2nd 1977/Live at CBGB Theatre, New York – July 18th 1978'' | * Released: 13 November 2006<ref name=":4" /> * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 25 Oct 1978 Bradford University'' | * Released: 5 July 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 21 Jul 1988 Astoria, London'' | * Released: 5 July 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 08 Dec 2000 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh'' | * Released: 5 July 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago'' | * Released: 5 July 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" |''Legal Bootleg Series: 01 Dec 1987 The Town & Country, London'' | * Released: 29 November 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 19 April 2002 Fleece & Firkin, Bristol'' | * Released: 29 November 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 12 Nov 1978, SO36, Berlin'' | * Released: 27 April 2011 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 17 Dec 1985 Paradiso, Amsterdam'' | * Released: 27 April 2011 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 02 May 2000 Great American, San Francisco'' | * Released: 27 April 2011 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011'' | * Released: 14 February 2012 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 23 February 2000 Nottingham Social (Recycling Sherwood Forest)'' | * Released: 16 January 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 04 April 2011 WFMU, Jersey City – 13 April 2011 KEXP, Seattle'' | * Released: 16 January 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: 10 Nov 1979 Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London'' | * Released: 18 February 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 June 1987 Maxwell's, Hoboken'' | * Released: 18 February 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 21 May 1990 Hibernian, London'' | * Released: 18 February 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 17 February 1978 West Runton Pavilion, Cromer'' | * Released: 18 February 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 July 1991 Mean Fiddler, London'' | * Released: 21 October 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 05 March 1979 Carre, Amsterdam'' | * Released: 21 October 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 August 2009 Off Festival, Myslowice'' | * Released: 21 October 2013 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 March 1979 Pavilion, Montreux'' | * Released: 23 June 2014 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 19 July 1979 Notre Dame Hall, London'' | * Released: 23 June 2014 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: digital download |— |- | colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |}

===Compilation albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details !Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK Indie <ref name=":32" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20200626/131/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | ''And Here It Is...Again...'' | * Released: November 1984 * Label: Sneaky Pete * Formats: LP * Germany-only release |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Wire Play Pop'' | * Released: March 1986 * Label: The Pink Label * Formats: LP |4 |- ! scope="row" |''In the Pink'' | * Released: August 1986 * Label: Dojo * Formats: LP |— |- ! scope="row" | ''On Returning (1977–1979)'' | * Released: July 1989 * Label: Harvest/EMI * Formats: CD, LP, MC |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The Peel Sessions Album'' | * Released: January 1990 * Label: Strange Fruit * Formats: CD, LP, MC |— |- ! scope="row" | ''1985–1990: The A List'' | * Released: 17 May 1993 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78'' | * Released: 5 May 1995 * Label: EMI * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Turns and Strokes'' | * Released: May 1996 * Label: WMO * Formats: CD, 2xLP |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Coatings'' | * Released: 21 October 1997 * Label: WMO * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''PF456 Redux'' | * Released: 28 April 2003 (LP) * Rereleased: 13 August 2021 (CD) * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: LP, CD * Limited release LP |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Send'' | * Released: 28 April 2003<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2008-01-30 |title=PostEverything: Artists: Wire |url=http://www.posteverything.com/wire |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130130236/http://www.posteverything.com/wire |archive-date=30 January 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Send Ultimate'' | * Released: 1 July 2010 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''10:20'' | * Released: 19 June 2020 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, LP, digital download |23 |- |- ! scope="row" | ''PF456 Deluxe'' | * Released: 12 June 2021 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: LP, digital download |- |- ! scope="row" | ''Not About To Die'' | * Released: 23 April 2022 (LP) * Released: 24 June 2022 (CD) * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, LP, digital download |- |- ! scope="row" | ''Nine Sevens'' | * Released: 13 April 2025 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: 2xLP, digital download * Rerelease of ''Nine Sevens'' box set |- |- | colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart. |}

===Box sets=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details |- ! scope="row" | ''The Drill'' | * Released: 1991 * Label: Mute * Formats: 3xLP+7" * Limited release |- ! scope="row" | ''Wire: 1977–1979'' | * Released: 14 May 2006 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: 5xCD * US-only limited release |- ! scope="row" | ''Nine Sevens'' | * Released: 21 April 2018 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: 9x7" |}

==EPs== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:15em;" | Album details !Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK Indie <ref name=":32" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''Snakedrill'' | * Released: November 1986 * Label: Mute * Formats: 12" |3 |- ! scope="row" | ''Ahead'' | * Released: March 1987 * Label: Mute * Formats: 12" |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The Peel Sessions'' | * Released: November 1987 * Label: Strange Fruit * Formats: 12", MC |18 |- ! scope="row" | ''Silk Skin Paws'' | * Released: June 1989 * Label: Mute * Formats: CD, 12" |— |- ! scope="row" | ''The Third Day'' | * Released: 1 February 2000<ref name=":4" /> * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Read & Burn 01'' | * Released: 17 June 2002<ref name=":4" /> * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Read & Burn 02'' | * Released: 1 October 2002<ref name=":4" /> * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Read & Burn 03'' | * Released: 5 November 2007<ref name=":4" /> * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Daytrotter Session'' | * Released: 10 November 2008 * Label: Daytrotter * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Strays'' | * Released: January 2011 * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: CD, digital download * Limited release with ''Red Barked Tree'' * Rereleased as part of ''10:20'' |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Daytrotter Session'' | * Released: 23 January 2013 * Label: Daytrotter * Formats: digital download |— |- ! scope="row" | ''Vien+'' | * Released: 12 April 2025 (2 of 3 tracks first released on Touch label CD EP "Vien" in 1997) * Label: Pinkflag * Formats: 12" * As Wir * Record Store Day 2025 |— |- | colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

==Singles== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:17em;" | Title ! rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:2em;" | Year ! colspan="3" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK <ref name="UK Chart Company" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | UK Indie <ref name=":32" /> ! scope="col" style="width:2em;font-size:90%;" | US Alt <ref>{{Cite web |title=Wire Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts |url=https://www.musicvf.com/Wire.art |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=musicvf.com}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Mannequin" |1977 |— |— |— |''Pink Flag'' |- ! scope="row" | "I Am the Fly" | rowspan="2" |1978 |— |— |— |''Chairs Missing'' |- ! scope="row" | "Dot Dash" |— |— |— |{{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Outdoor Miner" | rowspan="3" |1979 |51 |— |— |''Chairs Missing'' |- ! scope="row" | "A Question of Degree" |— |— |— |{{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Map Ref. 41˚N 93˚W" |— |— |— |''154'' |- ! scope="row" | "Our Swimmer" |1981 |— |13 |— |''Document & Eyewitness'' |- ! scope="row" | "Crazy About Love" |1983 |— |28 |— |{{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row" | "Ahead" |1987 |— |2 |— |''The Ideal Copy'' |- ! scope="row" | "Kidney Bingos" | rowspan="2" |1988 |88 |8 |— | rowspan="2" |''A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck'' |- ! scope="row" | "Silk Skin Paws" |— |4 |— |- ! scope="row" | "Eardrum Buzz" | rowspan="2" |1989 |68 |5 |2 | rowspan="2" |''It's Beginning to and Back Again'' |- ! scope="row" | "In Vivo" |— |11 |24 |- ! scope="row" | "Life in the Manscape" (US-only release) |1990 |— |— |— |''Manscape'' |- ! scope="row" | "In Every City?" (US promo-only release) | rowspan="2" |1991 |— |— |— |''The Drill'' |- ! scope="row" | "So and Slow It Grows" (as Wir) |— |— |— |''The First Letter'' |- ! scope="row" | "The First Letter" (as Wir) |1997 |— |— |— | rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Twelve Times You" (limited release) |2000 |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | "Short Elevated Period" | rowspan="2" |2017 |— |— |— |''Silver/Lead'' |- ! scope="row" | "Joust & Jostle" |— |— |— |''Wire'' |- ! scope="row" | "Cactused" |2019 |— |— |— | rowspan="2" |''Mind Hive'' |- ! scope="row" | "Primed and Ready" | rowspan="3" |2020 |— |— |— |- ! scope="row" | "Small Black Reptile" |— |— |— | rowspan="2" |''10:20'' |- ! scope="row" | "The Art of Persistence" |— |— |— |- | colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://pinkflag.com/read.php Discography] on Wire's official website * {{Discogs artist |Wire |Discography}}

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