Masque (The Mission album)

Masque
Studio album by The Mission
Released	January 1992 February 2008 (re-issue)
Genre	Gothic rock
Length	51:36
Label	Mercury
Producer	Mark Saunders / The Mission
The Mission chronology
Grains of Sand (1990) Masque (1992) "No Snow, No Show" for the Eskimo (1993)

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Allmusic	[1]

Masque is the title of the sixth (or fifth, if excluding the outtakes compilation Grains of Sand) studio album by The Mission. It was released in January 1992 on the Vertigo sub-label of Mercury Records. Peaking at #23 in the UK albums chart,^[2] it failed to repeat the commercial success of the previous two official studio albums and marked the beginning of The Mission's decline in popularity; it was also the band's last album to achieve a UK top 40 position. Masque included the singles "Never Again" (UK #34), "Like a Child Again" (#UK 30) and "Shades of Green Pt. 2".

The album was reissued in February 2008. The expanded release had four bonus tracks including the cover of Blondie's "Atomic" recorded for the NME's Ruby Trax compilation, released in November 1992.

Track listing

1992 release

1. "Never Again" – 5:05
2. "Shades of Green, Pt. 2" – 3:59
3. "Even You May Shine" – 4:41
4. "Trail of Scarlet" – 3:43
5. "Spider and the Fly" – 4:49
6. "She Conjures Me Wings" – 2:48
7. "Sticks and Stones" – 4:45
8. "Like a Child Again" – 3:38
9. "Who Will Love Me Tomorrow?" – 4:09
10. "You Make Me Breathe" – 4:36
11. "From One Jesus to Another" – 3:50
12. "Until There's Another Sunrise" – 5:33

Note: The official The Mission website lists the release date as January 1992, while AllMusic lists the release date as December 1991.

2008 re-issue

1. "Never Again" – 5:05
2. "Shades of Green, Pt. 2" – 3:59
3. "Even You May Shine" – 4:41
4. "Trail of Scarlet" – 3:43
5. "Spider and the Fly" – 4:49
6. "She Conjures Me Wings" – 2:48
7. "Sticks and Stones" – 4:45
8. "Like a Child Again" – 3:38
9. "Who Will Love Me Tomorrow?" – 4:09
10. "You Make Me Breathe" – 4:36
11. "From One Jesus to Another" – 3:50
12. "Until There's Another Sunrise" – 5:33

Bonus tracks

13. "Beautiful Chaos" - 5:04
14. "All Tangled Up In You" - 6:27
15. "Atomic" (written by D. Harry, J. Destri) - 5:13
16. "You Make Me Breathe (The Barn Mix)" - 7:18

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ http://www.everyhit.com/