Tracklist

1	Practice Makes Perfect	4:05
2	French Film Blurred	2:34
3	Another The Letter	1:06
4	Men 2nd	1:42
5	Marooned	2:20
6	Sand In My Joints	1:50
7	Being Sucked In Again	3:13
8	Heartbeat	3:15
9	Mercy	5:46
10	Outdoor Miner	1:44
11	I Am The Fly	3:06
12	I Feel Mysterious Today	1:56
13	From The Nursery	2:57
14	Used To	2:19
15	Too Late	4:13
16	Outdoor Miner (Long Version)	2:53
17	A Question Of Degree	3:09
18	Former Airline	3:19
19	Dot Dash	2:19
20	Options R	1:50
21	From The Nursery	2:51
22	Finistaire	2:15
23	No Romans	1:11
24	Another The Letter	1:06
25	40 Versions	3:18
26	Blessed State	3:12
27	A Touching Display	5:17
28	Once Is Enough	2:37

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Arranged By – Gilbert*, Newman*, Lewis*, Thorne*, Gotobed*
• Art Direction – Brian Palmer
• Artwork [Compact Disc Package] – Phil Smee
• Bass, Vocals – Lewis*
• Drums – Robert Gotobed
• Engineer – Paul Hardiman
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ken Thomas
• Flute – Kate Lukas (tracks: 8)
• Guitar – B.C. Gilbert*
• Other [Project Coordination] – Tim Chacksfield
• Photography – Annette Green
• Producer, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Mike Thorne
• Sleeve [Original Sleeve Concept] – Gilbert*, Lewis*
• Technician [Cutting] – Chris Blair
• Vocals, Guitar – Colin Newman
• Written-By – Gilbert* (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 14, 15, 18, 21, 23 to 26), Newman* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7 to 13, 16, 17, 19, 21 to 24, 28), Lewis* (tracks: 2, 4 to 6, 9 to 14, 16, 17, 19 to 23, 27), Gotobed* (tracks: 21, 23)

Notes

Tracks 1 to 16 originally released 1978.
Tracks 17 & 18 originally released 1979.
Tracks 19 to 24 recorded 14th April 1978.
Tracks 25 to 28 recorded 11th December 1978.

Tracks 1 to 18 Digital Remasters 1994.
Tracks 19 to 24 Digital Remasters 1995
The Copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.
©1995 EMI Records Ltd.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SHSP 4093, OC 062-06 801	Wire	Chairs Missing ‎(LP, Album)	Harvest, Harvest	SHSP 4093, OC 062-06 801	UK	1978
SHSP 4093	Wire	Chairs Missing ‎(LP, Album, Unofficial, Mar)	Harvest	SHSP 4093	Unknown
SHSP 4093	Wire	Chairs Missing ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Harvest	SHSP 4093	UK	1987
4M 509	Wire	Chairs Missing ‎(LP, Album, RP, 180)	4 Men With Beards	4M 509	US	2006
SHSP 4093	Wire	Chairs Missing ‎(LP, Album, 4th)	Harvest	SHSP 4093	UK	Unknown

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