Released 1982 Producer Richard W. Harte Artist Mission of Burma Label Ace of Hearts Records | Length 41:30 Vs.
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Recorded January–April 1982 at Normandy Sound, Rhode Island, United States Genres Post-punk, Indie rock, Art punk, Noise rock Similar Mission of Burma albums, Post-punk albums | ||
Mission of burma secrets
Vs. is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Mission of Burma. It was released in 1982 by record label Ace of Hearts.
Contents
Content
Vs. features a rougher, more difficult sound than the band's debut release, the 1981 EP Signals, Calls, and Marches.
Release
Vs. was released in 1982 by record label Ace of Hearts. It is the only full studio album the band released during the 1980s, as soon afterward they disbanded due to Roger Miller's worsening tinnitus.
Track listing
All tracks written by Roger Miller, except as noted.
Note: The Matador Definitive Edition CD has the same bonus tracks, but they are in a different order: "Laugh the World Away", "Forget", Progress", "OK/No Way".Critical reception
Vs. has been well received by critics.
In his retrospective review, Mark Deming of AllMusic opined that Vs. saw Mission of Burma "[mature] into a band whose sound was as distinctive as anyone of its generation. [...] It's daunting to imagine just how far Mission of Burma could have taken its music had Roger Miller's hearing problems not caused the band to break up the following year, but regardless of lost potential, very few American bands from the 1980s released an album as ambitious or as powerful as Vs."
Legacy
The album ranked at number 49 on Pitchfork's "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s" list. In 2016, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 25 on their list of the 40 Greatest Punk Albums.
Personnel
Songs
1Secrets3:22
2Train3:31
3Trem Two4:11