| Wire discography | |
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| Studio albums | 17 | 
| Live albums | 26 | 
| Compilation albums | 11 | 
| EPs | 11 | 
| Singles | 24 | 
| Box sets | 3 | 
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
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1]  | 
UK Indie [2]  | 
BEL (FL) [3]  | 
SCO | 
US [4]  | 
US Heat. [5]  | ||
| Pink Flag | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chairs Missing | 
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48 | — | — | — | — | — | 
| 154 | 
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39 | — | — | — | — | — | 
| The Ideal Copy | 87 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
| A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck | 
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— | 2 | — | — | — | — | 
| It's Beginning to and Back Again | 
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— | 3 | — | — | 135 | — | 
| Manscape | 
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— | 5[8] | — | — | — | — | 
| The Drill | 
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 
| The First Letter | 
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 
| Object 47 | 
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 
| Red Barked Tree | 
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— | — | — | — | — | 49 | 
| Change Becomes Us | 
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— | 44[9] | 165 | — | — | 23 | 
| Wire | 
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71 | 12[10] | 92 | 61[11] | — | — | 
| Nocturnal Koreans | 
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98 | 9[12] | 181 | 50[13] | — | — | 
| Silver/Lead | 
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96 | 8[14] | 124 | 54[15] | — | — | 
| Mind Hive | 
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82 | 6[16] | 155 | 22[17] | — | — | 
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | 
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2]  | ||
| Document and Eyewitness | 
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3 | 
| It's All in the Brochure | 
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— | 
| Wire on the Box: 1979 | 
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— | 
| The Scottish Play: 2004 | 
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| Live at the Roxy, London – April 1st & 2nd 1977/Live at CBGB Theatre, New York – July 18th 1978 | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 25 Oct 1978 Bradford University | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 21 Jul 1988 Astoria, London | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 08 Dec 2000 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 01 Dec 1987 The Town & Country, London | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 19 April 2002 Fleece & Firkin, Bristol | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 12 Nov 1978, SO36, Berlin | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 17 Dec 1985 Paradiso, Amsterdam | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 02 May 2000 Great American, San Francisco | 
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| The Black Session: Paris, 10 May 2011 | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 23 February 2000 Nottingham Social (Recycling Sherwood Forest) | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 04 April 2011 WFMU, Jersey City – 13 April 2011 KEXP, Seattle | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: 10 Nov 1979 Jeannetta Cochrane Theatre, London | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 June 1987 Maxwell's, Hoboken | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 21 May 1990 Hibernian, London | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 17 February 1978 West Runton Pavilion, Cromer | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 12 July 1991 Mean Fiddler, London | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 05 March 1979 Carre, Amsterdam | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 August 2009 Off Festival, Myslowice | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 09 March 1979 Pavilion, Montreux | 
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| Legal Bootleg Series: Set 2 – 19 July 1979 Notre Dame Hall, London | 
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | 
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2][19]  | ||
| And Here It Is...Again... | 
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— | 
| Wire Play Pop | 
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4 | 
| In the Pink | 
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— | 
| On Returning (1977–1979) | 
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— | 
| The Peel Sessions Album | 
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— | 
| 1985–1990: The A List | 
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| Behind the Curtain: Early Versions 1977 & 78 | 
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| Turns and Strokes | 
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| Coatings | 
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| PF456 Redux | 
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| Send | 
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— | 
| Send Ultimate | 
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— | 
| 10:20 | 
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23 | 
| PF456 Deluxe | 
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| Not About To Die | 
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Box sets
| Title | Album details | 
|---|---|
| The Drill | 
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| Wire: 1977–1979 | 
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| Nine Sevens | 
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EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | 
|---|---|---|
| UK Indie [2]  | ||
| Snakedrill | 
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3 | 
| Ahead | 
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— | 
| The Peel Sessions | 
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18 | 
| Silk Skin Paws | 
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— | 
| The Third Day | 
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— | 
| Read & Burn 01 | 
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| Read & Burn 02 | 
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| Read & Burn 03 | 
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| Daytrotter Session | 
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| Strays | 
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| Daytrotter Session | 
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— | 
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1]  | 
UK Indie [2]  | 
US Alt [20]  | |||
| "Mannequin" | 1977 | — | — | — | Pink Flag | 
| "I Am the Fly" | 1978 | — | — | — | Chairs Missing | 
| "Dot Dash" | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Outdoor Miner" | 1979 | 51 | — | — | Chairs Missing | 
| "A Question of Degree" | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Map Ref. 41˚N 93˚W" | — | — | — | 154 | |
| "Our Swimmer" | 1981 | — | 13 | — | Document & Eyewitness | 
| "Crazy About Love" | 1983 | — | 28 | — | Non-album single | 
| "Ahead" | 1987 | — | 2 | — | The Ideal Copy | 
| "Kidney Bingos" | 1988 | 88 | 8 | — | A Bell Is a Cup... Until It Is Struck | 
| "Silk Skin Paws" | — | 4 | — | ||
| "Eardrum Buzz" | 1989 | 68 | 5 | 2 | It's Beginning to and Back Again | 
| "In Vivo" | — | 11 | 24 | ||
| "Life in the Manscape" (US-only release) | 1990 | — | — | — | Manscape | 
| "In Every City?" (US promo-only release) | 1991 | — | — | — | The Drill | 
| "So and Slow It Grows" (as Wir) | — | — | — | The First Letter | |
| "The First Letter" (as Wir) | 1997 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | 
| "Twelve Times You" (limited release) | 2000 | — | — | — | |
| "Short Elevated Period" | 2017 | — | — | — | Silver/Lead | 
| "Joust & Jostle" | — | — | — | Wire | |
| "Cactused" | 2019 | — | — | — | Mind Hive | 
| "Primed and Ready" | 2020 | — | — | — | |
| "Small Black Reptile" | — | — | — | 10:20 | |
| "The Art of Persistence" | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
References
- 1 2 "Wire | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989'. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
 - ↑ "Discografie Wire". Ultratop. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
 - ↑ "Wire – Chart history (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
 - ↑ "Wire – Chart history (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
 - ↑ "News" (PDF). Music Week. 16 September 1978. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "UK music news" (PDF). The Hard Report. 13 May 1988. p. 35. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Indie 33". Number One. 26 May 1990.
 - ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 "PostEverything: Artists: Wire". 30 January 2008. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 - ↑ "Wire Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". musicvf.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
 
External links
- Discography on Wire's official website
 - Discography discography at Discogs
 
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