The Mission discography explained

Artist:The Mission
Studio:10
Live:11
Compilation:14
Video:10
Ep:5
Singles:30
1Option:3
1Option Name:Box sets

This is a list of all recordings released by English gothic rock band the Mission (known as the Mission UK in the US for legal reasons).

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
UK Indie
[2] [3] [4]
AUT
[5]
BE (WA)
[6]
GER
[7]
NL
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWE
[10]
SWI
[11]
US
[12]
God's Own Medicine
  • Released: 10 November 1986
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
145930108
Children
  • Released: 29 February 1988
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2332920126
  • UK: Gold
Carved in Sand
  • Released: 5 February 1990
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
725163334177101
  • UK: Gold
Masque
  • Released: 22 June 1992
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
234049733840
Neverland
  • Released: 13 February 1995
  • Label: Equator/Neverland
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
58594242
Blue
  • Released: 3 June 1996
  • Label: Equator
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
73
Aura
  • Released: 5 November 2001
  • Label: Playground Recordings
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD, 2xLP, MC
85
God Is a Bullet 14
The Brightest Light
  • Released: 20 September 2013
  • Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download
4992
Another Fall from Grace
  • Released: 30 September 2016
  • Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
381218149
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
"No Snow, No Show" for the Eskimo
Ever After – Live
  • Released: August 2000
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Live MMVII
The First Chapter: Live at London Shepherds Bush Empire
  • Released: 21 April 2008
  • Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: CD
God's Own Medicine: Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
Children: Live at Shepherds Bush Empire
Carved in Sand: Live at London Shepherds Bush Empire
Live & Last
  • Released: 2 March 2009
  • Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: 2xCD
XXV Live at Brixton Academy
  • Released: 22 October 2011
  • Label: Abbey Road Live Here Now
  • Formats: 2xCD-R
Bending the Arc
  • Released: 11 December 2017
  • Label: Live Here Now/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, digital download
Live at Rockpalast
  • Released: 27 April 2018
  • Label: MIG
  • Formats: 2xCD+DVD

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
BE (WA)
GER
SWI
The First Chapter
  • Released: 22 June 1987
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
35
Grains of Sand
  • Released: 22 October 1990
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2861
Sum and Substance
  • Released: 7 February 1994
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
4943
Salad Daze
Resurrection – Greatest Hits
  • Released: November 1999
  • Label: Eagle/Cleopatra
  • Formats: CD
  • Consists of re-recordings specifically for this release
Tower of Strength
Aural Delight
  • Released: 2 December 2002
  • Label: Playground Recordings
  • Formats: CD
Anthology – The Phonogram Years
  • Released: 13 March 2006
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 2xCD
Best of the BBC Recordings
Dum-Dum Bullet
  • Released: 28 June 2010
  • Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: CD
Serpents Kiss – The Very Best Of
  • Released: 19 May 2014
  • Label: Universal/Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Singles A's & B's
  • Released: 1 May 2015
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
A Garden of Earthly Delights: The Mercury Years
  • Released: 3 September 2021
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: digital download
Collected
  • Released: 22 October 2021
  • Label: Music on CD/Universal
  • Formats: 3xCD, 3xLP, digital download
10134
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
Magnificent Pieces
  • Released: 25 June 1991
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 4xCD
  • Japan-only release
London Shepherd's Bush Empire
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: 4xCD
Live at the BBC
  • Released: 4 August 2008
  • Label: Mercury/Universal Music
  • Formats: 3xCD

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Crusade
From Dusk to Dawn
  • Released: October 1988
  • Label: Channel 5
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
South America
  • Released: October 1989
  • Label: Mish Productions
  • Formats: VHS
Waves Upon the Sand
  • Released: 12 February 1990[15]
  • Label: Channel 5
  • Formats: VHS, LaserDisc
Absolutely Live
(as the Metal Gurus)
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Mish Productions
  • Formats: VHS
Sum and Substance
Lighting the Candles
  • Released: 26 September 2005
  • Label: Oblivion
  • Formats: 2xDVD+CD
Gold – The Videos
The Final Chapter
  • Released: 2 March 2009
  • Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: 3xDVD
Silver
  • Released: 27 October 2012
  • Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings/Echozone
  • Formats: 2xDVD+CD, 2xBlu-ray

EPs

TitleAlbum details
Severina
  • Released: March 1987
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: 2x12", MC
  • Canada-only release
Tower of Strength
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: 12"
  • Canada-only limited release
Absolutely Live
(as the Metal Gurus)
  • Released: 3 December 1990
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: 12"
  • Limited release
Swan Song
  • Released: 16 December 2013
  • Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: CD-R
Different Colours
  • Released: 30 May 2014
  • Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: 2x7", digital download

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
[16] [17]
UK Indie
[18] [19]
BE (FL)
[20]
GER
IRE
[21]
NL
[22]
NZ
[23]
SPA
[24]
US Alt
[25]
US Main
[26]
"Serpents Kiss" 1986702The First Chapter
"Garden of Delight"/"Like a Hurricane" 491
"Stay with Me" 3023God's Own Medicine
"Wasteland" 19871110
"Severina" 2521
"Tower of Strength"1988123250106049Children
"Beyond the Pale"32
"Butterfly on a Wheel"19901213483623Carved in Sand
"Deliverance"2725627
"Into the Blue"3218
"Hands Across the Ocean"287Grains of Sand
"Merry Xmas Everybody" (as the Metal Gurus)55Absolutely Live EP
"Never Again"199234Masque
"Like a Child Again"30
"Shades of Green"49
"Tower of Strength" (remix)199433Sum and Substance
"Afterglow"53
"Raising Cain" 92Neverland
"Swoon"199573
"Lose Myself in You" (Germany-only release)
"Coming Home" (Europe-only release)1996Blue
"Evangeline"200111532Aura
"Shine Like the Stars"2002
"Breathe Me In" (Germany-only limited release)2005Lighting the Candles
"Keep It in the Family"2007God Is a Bullet
"Blush"
"Sometimes the Brightest Light Comes from the Darkest Place"2013The Brightest Light
"Atomic Heart"2014Different Colours EP
"Met-Amor-Phosis"2016Another Fall From Grace
"Tyranny of Secrets"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MISSION full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . 2022-06-28 . www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Web site: Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company . 2022-06-28 . www.officialcharts.com . en.
  3. Web site: Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company . 2022-06-28 . www.officialcharts.com . en.
  4. Web site: Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company . 2022-06-28 . www.officialcharts.com . en.
  5. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal . 2022-06-28 . austriancharts.at.
  6. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS . 2022-06-28 . www.ultratop.be.
  7. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts . 2022-06-28 . www.offiziellecharts.de.
  8. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl . 2022-06-28 . dutchcharts.nl.
  9. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal . 2022-06-28 . charts.nz.
  10. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal . 2022-06-28 . swedishcharts.com.
  11. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch . 2022-06-28 . swisscharts.com.
  12. The Mission U.K. . 2022-06-28 . Billboard . en-US.
  13. United Kingdom. Mission. 29 June 2022.
  14. 23 May 1987 . Music Video . . 44 . 28 June 2022.
  15. 3 February 1990 . Sounds . . 3.
  16. Web site: METAL GURUS full Official Chart History Official Charts Company . 2022-06-28 . www.officialcharts.com.
  17. Web site: Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol . 2022-06-28 . www.zobbel.de.
  18. Book: Lazell, Barry . Indie Hits 1980–1989 . Cherry Red Books . 1997 . 0-9517206-9-4.
  19. Web site: Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company . 2022-06-28 . www.officialcharts.com . en.
  20. Web site: ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS . 2022-06-28 . www.ultratop.be.
  21. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know . 2022-06-28 . irishcharts.ie.
  22. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl . 2022-06-28 . dutchcharts.nl.
  23. Web site: charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal . 2022-06-28 . charts.nz.
  24. Book: Salaverri, Fernando . Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 . 2015 . Fundación Autor-SGAE . 978-84-8048-866-2 . 1st . Spain.
  25. The Mission U.K. . 2022-06-28 . Billboard . en-US.
  26. The Mission U.K. . 2022-06-28 . Billboard . en-US.