God Is a Bullet (album) explained

God Is a Bullet
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Mission
Cover:	Mission_godisabullet.jpg
Released:	April 2007
Recorded:	September – November 2006, NAM Studios, Wiltshire, Ghostroom Studios (strings) and the Green Room, Brazil.^[1]
Genre:	Gothic rock
Length:	67:46
Label:	Cooking Vinyl
Producer:	Wayne Hussey
Prev Title:	Aura
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	The Brightest Light
Next Year:	2013

God Is a Bullet is the eighth studio album by The Mission. It was released at the end of April 2007^[2] by SPV Records in Germany and Cooking Vinyl in the UK.^[3] The album features guest appearances by Julianne Regan, Tim Bricheno and Simon Hinkler. It was preceded by the single "Keep It in the Family" which was followed by "Blush". "Running with Scissors" reuses the music Wayne Hussey composed for Atsushi Sakurai's 2004 song "Sacrifice".^[4]

Personnel

Wayne Hussey – lead vocals, guitars, piano
Mark Gemini Thwaite – guitar
Rich Vernon – bass
Steve Spring – drums and percussion
Julianne Regan – backing vocals on "Still Deep Waters" and "Aquarius & Gemini"
Tim Bricheno – guitar on "Running with Scissors", "Absolution" and "Blush"
Simon Hinkler – guitar on "Grotesque"
Caroline Dale – cello and strings arrangement on "Draped in Red", "Aquarius & Gemini", "Dumb" and "Grotesque"
Cathy Thompson – violin on "Draped in Red", "Aquarius & Gemini", "Dumb" and "Grotesque"

Technical personnel

Wayne Hussey – engineering, mixing and production
Greg Freeman – engineer and mixing
Andy Baldwin – mastering
John Reynolds – engineer (strings)

Design

Cinthya Hussey - Design/Photography

Notes and References

CD Booklet with the album
Web site: Photographic image of promo disc. JPG. And-the-dance-goes-on.de. 2016-08-30.
Web site: Mission, The - God Is a Bullet at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2012-02-18.
Web site: Atsushi Sakurai & Wayne Hussey. themissionuk.com. 2006-09-24. 2023-10-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20071120060311/http://forum.themissionuk.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2522&whichpage=1. 2007-11-20. [...]I was asked to write a tune for Sakurai's solo album, which I did, and Sakurai wrote the lyrics. [...] Sakurai is, apparently, a fan of the earlier Mission albums and wanted me to write a tune for him in the style of....... I did, indeed, play all the instruments on the original version of the song but I have just recorded a new version of this song with The Mission that we will probably use as a 'b' side or an extra track sometime......