Wire's first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classics upon which Wire's reputation is built. They are also the recordings that defined the post-punk genre. The sound has subsequently been adapted by other bands, but Wire were there first. These are the definitive reissues. It's been several years since these albums were regularly available. The aim of these new vinyl and CD releases is to be as close as possible to the original form and message, but with remastered audio. The vinyl releases have the same covers and interiors as the originals (minus the Harvest logo). The track listings on the digipack CDs and vinyl LPs are identical. The Wire classics from the seventies - pure and undiluted. Released in 1978, "Chairs Missing," with its Eno-esque synthesizer textures, is often cited as the evolutionary link between punk and post-punk. In general, the lyrics are darker than those on "Pink Flag," sometimes even morbid; images of cold, drowning, pain, and suicide haunt the record, and the title itself is a reference to mental instability.
