Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago

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Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago
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Live album by
Released2010
Recorded14 September 2002 at Metro, Chicago
Label Pinkflag
Wire live album chronology
Legal Bootleg Series: 08 Dec 2000 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
(2010)
Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago
(2010)
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(2010)
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Legal Bootleg Series: 14 Sept 2002 Metro, Chicago is a live album by English rock band Wire. It was released in 2010.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "99.9"
  2. "Germ Ship"
  3. "Mr. Marx's Table"
  4. "1st Fast"
  5. "Read & Burn"
  6. "The Agfers of Kodack"
  7. "Comet"
  8. "In the Art of Stopping"
  9. "Spent"
  10. "I Don't Understand"

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References

  1. Robert Christgau. "Wire". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.