Wire & Glass

Wire & Glass
Wire & Glass
EP by The Who
Released	17 July 2006
Genre	Rock
Length	11:28
Label	Polydor
Producer	Pete Townshend
The Who chronology
The Who EP chronology

Wire & Glass (subtitled "Six songs from a mini-opera") is the only EP^[1] released from The Who's 2006 album, Endless Wire. The EP was released exclusively to the iTunes Music Store on 17 July 2006 but a Maxi-CD/12" was released a week later in Australia and the United Kingdom. The EP was released as a "mini-opera" in six songs. No North American distribution was secured prior to the release of Endless Wire, but promo copies were pressed in France, Germany, Ireland, and Ukraine.

The EP reached the top three on the Canadian Singles Chart. The songs from this album were used in the rock musical adaptation of The Boy Who Heard Music which debuted in July 2007 as part of Vassar College's Powerhouse Summer Theater workshop series.

The songs

"Sound Round" was reportedly written for the 1971 album Who's Next but not recorded. "Mirror Door" was released ahead of the rock opera for radio play in June 2006, but initial reaction was lukewarm due to a questionable mix. Between dates on the 2006 UK and European tour, Townshend remixed the track, adding echo to Daltrey's vocals and giving it a punchier sound.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written by Pete Townshend

*Wire & Glass* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wire & Glass I. Sound Round – 1:22 II. Pick Up the Peace – 1:28 III. Endless Wire – 1:51 IV. We Got a Hit – 1:18 V. They Make My Dream Come True – 1:13"	7:12
2.	"Mirror Door"	4:16

Upon release as a CD/12", all six songs were presented as a single track.

Personnel

The Who

Roger Daltrey – vocals
Pete Townshend – guitars, vocals, mandolin, ukulele, banjo

Additional musicians

John "Rabbit" Bundrick – keyboards, organ
Peter Huntington – drums^[a]
Billy Nicholls – backing vocals
Pino Palladino – bass guitar
Simon Townshend – backing vocals

Production

Myles Clarke – engineering
Bob Pridden – engineering

Design

Richard Evans – design and art direction
Ross Halfin – cover photograph

Charts

Chart performance for *Wire & Glass*
Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	51
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	31
Denmark (Tracklisten)^[4]	3
Germany (GfK)^[5]	58
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	39
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[7]	9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[8]	83

References

^ "Home".
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 301.
^ "The Who – Wire & Glass" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "The Who – Wire & Glass". Tracklisten. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "The Who – Wire & Glass" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "The Who – Wire & Glass". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "The Who – Wire & Glass" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
^ "The Who – Wire & Glass". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

^ Peter Huntington, the drummer for Pete Townshend's girlfriend, Rachel Fuller, plays drums on the EP due to the absence of regular Who drummer Zak Starkey as he was touring with Oasis.