Summary from 49 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Wire’s catalog across 20 albums from 49 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Wire album is Pink Flag (1977) with a 8.3/10 average from 6 ratings, followed by Chairs Missing and 154. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1977 to 2020. Ex Lion Tamer (2006 Remastered Version) ranks as the highest-rated Wire song on Rate.fm with a 8.3/10 average.
Ex Lion Tamer (2006 Remastered Version)
Wire • 1977
Outdoor Miner (Single Version)
Wire • 1977
Straight Line (2006 Remastered Version)
Wire • 1977
Pink Flag
“Wire were born at the dawn of punk, but they became the quintessential art band. In the three closing years of the 1970s, the English quartet had one of the greatest opening runs of any band, shifting to post-punk before punk began to go stale and forging three masterpieces in a creative furnace so hot it burned out by the end of 1980. Those albums-- *Pink Flag*, *Chairs Missing*, and *154*-- stil”
Pink Flag
“Few, if any, other rock bands experienced the rapid, exponential artistic growth that Wire did over the course of three years and three groundbreaking, masterful albums. That was evident from the start of their peerless early run. The band went into the studio all of seven months after recording their 1977 debut, the agitated and spiky Pink Flag, to lay down the tracks for its follow-up, 1978’s Ch”
Read & Burn 02 - EP
“What band could have released not one, not two, but three historic albums (in as many years), each so different from the one that came before, simultaneously spelling out the brittle aesthetics of England's burgeoning punk movement and, in nearly the same breath, eclipsing them while the rest of the pack was still busy learning to tune their guitars? What band would be willing to then walk away fr”