Album · Jeff Beck
Wired by Jeff Beck
Wired is an album by Jeff Beck, released in 1976. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Blue Wind”, on 1 list with a best position of #26.
Wired, Jeff Beck's second solo album, came out on Epic in 1976 with George Martin producing, and it proves the guitarist's instrumental turn on Blow by Blow was no one-off. There isn't a vocal in sight. Beck lets the guitar do the singing, the snarling and the sulking, over jazz fusion grooves that swing hard and then stomp even harder.
"Blue Wind" is the showpiece, a rocketing workout where Beck bends notes into shapes nobody else would try. It's music for players that somehow didn't scare off everybody else: Wired reached number 16 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum, the second of the two solo albums that gave Beck real commercial success.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Wired on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Wind | 1 | #26 | – | 1977 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.