The Mission discography

The Mission discography
Studio albums10
EPs5
Live albums11
Compilation albums14
Singles30
Video albums10
Box sets3

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

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
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 14 59 30 108
Children
  • Released: 29 February 1988
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2 33 29 20 126
Carved in Sand
  • Released: 5 February 1990
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
7 25 16 33 34 17 7 101
Masque
  • Released: 22 June 1992
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
23 40 49 73 38 40
Neverland
  • Released: 13 February 1995
  • Label: Equator/Neverland
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
58 59 42 42
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
49 92
Another Fall from Grace
  • Released: 30 September 2016
  • Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
38 12 181 49
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album 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

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
BE (WA)
[6]
GER
[7]
SWI
[11]
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
28 61
Sum and Substance
  • Released: 7 February 1994
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC
49 43
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
101 34
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album 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

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Title Album 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

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Title Album 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

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[1][16][17]
UK Indie
[18][19]
BE (FL)
[20]
GER
[7]
IRE
[21]
NL
[22]
NZ
[23]
SPA
[24]
US Alt
[25]
US Main
[26]
"Serpents Kiss" [A] 1986 70 2 The First Chapter
"Garden of Delight"/"Like a Hurricane" [B] 49 1
"Stay with Me" [C] 30 23 God's Own Medicine
"Wasteland" [D] 1987 11 10
"Severina" [E] 25 21
"Tower of Strength" 1988 12 32 50 10 60 49 Children
"Beyond the Pale" 32
"Butterfly on a Wheel" 1990 12 13 48 36 23 Carved in Sand
"Deliverance" 27 25 6 27
"Into the Blue" 32 18
"Hands Across the Ocean" 28 7 Grains of Sand
"Merry Xmas Everybody" (as the Metal Gurus) 55 Absolutely Live EP
"Never Again" 1992 34 Masque
"Like a Child Again" 30
"Shades of Green" 49
"Tower of Strength" (remix) 1994 33 Sum and Substance
"Afterglow" 53
"Raising Cain" [F] 92 Neverland
"Swoon" 1995 73
"Lose Myself in You" (Germany-only release)
"Coming Home" (Europe-only release) 1996 Blue
"Evangeline" 2001 115 32 Aura
"Shine Like the Stars" 2002
"Breathe Me In" (Germany-only limited release) 2005 Lighting the Candles
"Keep It in the Family" 2007 God Is a Bullet
"Blush"
"Sometimes the Brightest Light Comes from the Darkest Place" 2013 The Brightest Light
"Atomic Heart" 2014 Different Colours EP
"Met-Amor-Phosis" 2016 Another Fall From Grace
"Tyranny of Secrets"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

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  1. ^ Also known as the Roman numeral I, as this is the title on the single's sleeve.
  2. ^ Also known as the Roman numeral II, as this is the title on the single's sleeve.
  3. ^ Also known as the Roman numeral III, as this is the title on the single's sleeve.
  4. ^ Also known as the Roman numeral IV, as this is the title on the single's sleeve.
  5. ^ Also known as the Roman numeral V, as this is the title on the single's sleeve.
  6. ^ The release that features "Raising Cain" as the lead track was entitled 1 or Mission 1.

References

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  2. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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  11. ^ a b "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  12. ^ "The Mission U.K." Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  13. ^ a b c "British certifications – Mission". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 June 2022. Type Mission in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  14. ^ "Music Video" (PDF). Music Week. 23 May 1987. p. 44. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Sounds". Sounds. 3 February 1990. p. 3.
  16. ^ "METAL GURUS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  17. ^ "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  18. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980–1989. Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-9517206-9-4.
  19. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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  21. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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  24. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
  25. ^ "The Mission U.K." Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  26. ^ "The Mission U.K." Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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