Sum and Substance | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 7 February 1994 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1986-1993 | |||
Genre | Gothic rock, rock | |||
Length | 75:00 | |||
Label | Vertigo/Phonogram Records | |||
Producer | Wayne Hussey, Tim Palmer, John Paul Jones, Mark Saunders and Andy Partridge. | |||
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AllMusic | [2] |
Select | [3] |
Sum and Substance is a compilation album released by the British rock band The Mission on 7 February 1994 through Vertigo/Phonogram Records. [4] It contains all the singles released by the band as well as two new songs. The vinyl version on two LP's had a slightly different track-listing. [5] A remix of "Tower of Strength" by Youth preceded the release, although it was not included on the compilation. [6] A second single "Afterglow" appeared in March of the same year, but failed to chart. [7] A VHS with all the music videos produced by the band bears the same title. [8] The band did a short tour around the UK in support of the release.
No. | Title | Album | Length |
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1. | "Wasteland" | Gods Own Medicine | 5:38 |
2. | "Severina" | Gods Own Medicine | 4:03 |
3. | "Stay With Me" | Gods Own Medicine | 4:37 |
4. | "Tower of Strength" | Children | 8:08 |
5. | "Beyond the Pale (armageddon mix)" | Children | 8:48 |
6. | "Butterfly on a Wheel" | Carved in Sand | 5:38 |
7. | "Deliverance" | Carved in Sand | 6:00 |
8. | "Into The Blue" | Carved in Sand | 4:09 |
9. | "Amelia" | Carved in Sand | 2:53 |
10. | "Hands Across the Ocean" | Grains of Sand | 3:47 |
11. | "Never Again" | Masque | 5:06 |
12. | "Shades of Green (pt. ii)" | Masque | 3:59 |
13. | "Like a Child Again (remix)" | Masque | 3:38 |
14. | "Sour Puss" | previously unreleased | 3:32 |
15. | "Afterglow" | previously unreleased | 4:05 |
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