The Mission discography
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This is a list of all recordings released by British gothic rock band the Mission (known as the Mission UK in the US for legal reasons).
Studio albums[]
- Released: November 1986
- Format: CD / LP / MC
- Label: Mercury Records
- Producer: Tim Palmer and the Mission
- Chart position: UK: #14[1]
- Certification: UK: Gold
- Singles: Stay With Me, Wasteland, Severina
- Released: 1988
- Format: CD / LP / MC
- Label: Mercury Records
- Producer: John Paul Jones
- Chart position: UK: #2[1]
- Singles: Tower of Strength, Beyond the Pale
- Released: February 1990
- Format: CD / LP / MC
- Label: Mercury Records
- Chart position: UK: #7[1]
- Singles: Butterfly on a Wheel, Deliverance, Into the Blue, Hands Across the Ocean/Amelia
- Released: November 1990
- Format: CD / LP / MC
- Label: Mercury Records
- Chart position: UK: #28[1]
- Released: January 1992
- Format: CD / LP / MC
- Label: Vertigo Records
- Chart position: UK: #23[1]
- Singles: Never Again, Like a Child Again, Shades of Green Pt. 2
- Released: February 1995
- Format: CD / 2xLP / MC
- Label: Equator/Sony Records
- Chart position: UK: #58[1]
- Singles: Raising Cain (1), Swoon (2)
- Released: June 1996
- Format: CD / LP / MC
- Label: Equator/Sony Records
- Chart position: UK: #73[1]
- Singles: Coming Home
- Released: November 2001
- Format: CD / 2CD / 2LP
- Singles: Evangeline, Shine Like the Stars
- Released: April 2007
- Format: CD / Digital / 2LP
- Label: SPV GmbH/Cooking Vinyl
- Singles: Keep It in the Family, Blush
- Released: 20 September 2013 in the UK, 23 September 2013 in France
- Format: CD / LP / Digital
- Label: SPV / Verycords
- Singles: Swan Song
- Released: 30 September 2016
- Format: CD / LP / Digital
- Label: Eyes Wide Shut
- Chart position: UK: #38
- Singles: Met-Amor-Phosis, Tyranny of Secrets
Live albums[]
No Snow, No Show for the Eskimo
- Released: 1993
- Format: CD / LP / Cassette
- Label: Windsong
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD
- Label: Trojan / Receiver
Live MMVII (CD-R)
- Released: 2008
- Format: 2CD
- Label: Concert Live
Live & Last
- Released: 2009
- Format: 2CD Box Set
- Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
The First Chapter - Live
- Released: 2009
- Format: CD
- Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings / Cherry Red
God's Own Medicine - Live
- Released: 2009
- Format: CD
- Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings / Cherry Red
Children - Live
- Released: 2009
- Format: CD
- Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings / Cherry Red
Carved in Sand - Live
- Released: 2009
- Format: CD
- Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings / Cherry Red
Bending the Arc[2]
- Released: 11 December 2017
- Format: Double CD, Triple Vinyl, Digital Download
- Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
- Producer: The Mission
Compilation albums[]
- Released: January 1987
- Label: Mercury Records
- Producer: CD / LP / MC
- Chart position: UK: #35[1]
- Singles: Serpents Kiss, Garden of Delight/Like a Hurricane
Magnificent Pieces
- Released: January 1991 (Japan Only)
- Format: 4CD Box Set
- Released: 1994
- Format: LP/CD/Cassette
- Label: Vertigo Records
Salad Daze (The BBC Radio One Sessions)
- Released: 1994
- Format: CD
- Label: Nighttracks Music Ltd.
Resurrection
- Released: November 1999
- Format: CD
- Label: Cleopatra Records / Eagle
Tower of Strength
- Released: 2000
- Format: CD
- Label: Spectrum Music
Aural Delight
- Released: September 2002
- Format: CD
- Label: Playground Recordings
Anthology (The Phonogram Years)
- Released: March 2006
- Format: CD
- Label: Mercury Records
Live at the BBC
- Released: 2008
- Format: 3CD Box Set
- Label: Mercury Records
Best of the BBC Recordings
- Released: 2008
- Format: CD
- Label: Mercury Records
Singles[]
Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |||||||||
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UK [1] |
IRE | NED [3] |
BEL (FLA) [4] |
GER [5] |
NZ [6] |
US Main Rock [7] |
US Alt [8] | |||||
1986 | "Serpents Kiss" or I | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The First Chapter | ||
"Garden of Delight" / "Like a Hurricane" or II | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Stay With Me" or III | 30 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | God's Own Medicine | |||
1987 | "Wasteland" or IV | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Severina" or V | 25 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1988 | "Tower of Strength" | 12 | 10 | 60 | 32 | 50 | 49 | — | — | Children | ||
"Beyond the Pale" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1990 | "Butterfly on a Wheel" | 12 | 13 | 48 | — | — | 36 | — | 23 | Carved in Sand | ||
"Deliverance" | 27 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 6 | ||||
"Into the Blue" | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Hands Across the Ocean" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | Grains of Sand | |||
1992 | "Never Again" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masque | ||
"Like a Child Again" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"Shades of Green" | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1993 | "Tower of Strength" (remix) | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sum and Substance | ||
1994 | "Afterglow" | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Raising Cain" (entitled "1") | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Neverland | |||
1995 | "Swoon" (entitled "2") | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Lose Myself in You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
1996 | "Coming Home" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue | ||
2001 | "Evangeline" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Aura | ||
2002 | "Shine Like the Stars" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2005 | "Breathe Me In" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | single only | ||
2007 | "Keep It in the Family" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | God Is a Bullet | ||
"Blush" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
2013 | "Swan Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Brightest Light | ||
2014 | "Different Colours" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | EP only | ||
2016 | "Met-Amor-Phosis" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Fall From Grace | ||
"Tyranny of Secrets" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 370. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Townsend Music Online Record Store - Vinyl, CDs, Cassettes and Merch". Townsendmusic.store. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "The Mission - Dutch chart". Dutchcharts.nl. 23 September 2014.
- ^ "The Mission - Belgian Chart". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "The Mission - German Chart". Charts.de. Retrieved 23 September 2014.[dead link]
- ^ "The Mission - New Zealand Chart". Charts.nz. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
- ^ "The Mission U.K. Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 26 May 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "The Mission U.K. Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 26 May 2019.[dead link]
External links[]
Categories:
- Discographies of British artists
- Rock music group discographies