God Is a Bullet (album)

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God Is a Bullet
Mission godisabullet.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 2007
RecordedSeptember - November 2006, NAM Studios, Wiltshire, Ghostroom Studios (strings) and the Green Room, Brazil. [1]
Genre Gothic rock
Length67:46
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Wayne Hussey
The Mission chronology
Aura
(2001)
God Is a Bullet
(2007)
The Brightest Light
(2013)
U.S. cover
TheMission-GodisaBullet.jpg
U.S. cover stating "The Mission UK" as the name of the band

God Is a Bullet is the eighth studio album by The Mission. It was released at the end of April 2007 [2] by SPV Records in Germany and Cooking Vinyl in the UK. [3] The album features guest appearances by Julianne Regan, Tim Bricheno and Simon Hinkler. It was preceded by the single "Keep It in the Family" which was followed by "Blush". "Running with Scissors" reuses the music Wayne Hussey composed for Atsushi Sakurai's 2004 song "Sacrifice". [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWritten byLength
1."Still Deep Waters" Wayne Hussey 3:10
2."Keep It in the Family"Hussey3:59
3."Belladonna"Words: Hussey; Music: Thwaite3:34
4."To Love & The Kill with the Very Same Hand"Words: Hussey; Music: Hussey, Thwaite, Vernon4:27
5."Aquarius & Gemini"Hussey3:42
6."Blush"Hussey3:47
7."Chinese Burn"Hussey4:59
8."Father"Hussey5:55
9."Hdshrinkerea"Words: Hussey; Music: Hussey, Thwaite4:28
10."Draped in Red"Hussey4:55
11."Running with Scissors"Hussey4:27
12."In Silhouette"Hussey4:05
13."Dumb"Words: Hussey; Music: Hussey, Thwaite4:49
14."Absolution"Hussey4:46
15."Grotesque"Hussey6:34
US Bonus Tracks [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Whether Man"3:54
2."Chelsea Blue"4:45
3."Thine"3:12

Personnel

Technical personnel
Design

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References

  1. CD Booklet with the album
  2. "Photographic image of promo disc" (JPG). And-the-dance-goes-on.de. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. "Mission, The - God Is a Bullet at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  4. "Atsushi Sakurai & Wayne Hussey". themissionuk.com. 24 September 2006. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2023. [...]I was asked to write a tune for Sakurai's solo album, which I did, and Sakurai wrote the lyrics. [...] Sakurai is, apparently, a fan of the earlier Mission albums and wanted me to write a tune for him in the style of....... I did, indeed, play all the instruments on the original version of the song but I have just recorded a new version of this song with The Mission that we will probably use as a 'b' side or an extra track sometime.....
  5. "Whether Man" is taken from the Keep It in the Family EP and both "Chelsea Blue" and "Thine" were extra tracks from the final download-only single Blush.