The Mission discography

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).

The Mission discography
Studio albums11
Live albums11
Compilation albums13
Video albums10
EPs5
Singles30
Box sets3

Albums

Studio albums

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
Grains of Sand
  • Released: 22 October 1990
  • Label: Mercury
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
28 61
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

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

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
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

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

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

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

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" [upper-alpha 1] 1986 70 2 The First Chapter
"Garden of Delight"/"Like a Hurricane" [upper-alpha 2] 49 1
"Stay with Me" [upper-alpha 3] 30 23 God's Own Medicine
"Wasteland" [upper-alpha 4] 1987 11 10
"Severina" [upper-alpha 5] 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" [upper-alpha 6] 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

  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.

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