The First Chapter (The Mission album)

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The First Chapter
File:The mission-the first chapter-uk-cover.jpg
Compilation album by The Mission
Released January 1987
Recorded September - October 1985, The Slaughterhouse Studios, Driffield
Genre Gothic rock
Length 44:47
Label Mercury
The Mission chronology
God's Own Medicine
(1986)God's Own Medicine1986		 First Chapter
(1987)		 Children
(1988)Children1988
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The First Chapter is a compilation album by gothic rock band The Mission. It is a collection that combines their first two EPs released through the Chapter 22 label. Titled I (featuring Serpents Kiss) and II (featuring the double A-side "Like A Hurricane and "Garden Of Delight) the album was released on Mercury Records in June 1987.[1] It includes all the songs from the first EP in its entirety, but omits the original versions of "The Crystal Ocean" (from the 12") and Garden Of Delight (from the 7" and ltd. edition 12") from the second. The US release was augmented with the b-sides of the V (Severina) EP. The tracks that were originally left off this compilation were included on the expanded and remastered edition. This restored (and repositioned) both the short intermissions and 'swan song' from the II EP.[2]

Track listing

UK release

  1. "Like a Hurricane" (Neil Young cover) – 4:55
  2. "Over the Hills and Far Away – 3:56
  3. "Naked and Savage" – 4:46
  4. "Serpents Kiss" – 4:15
  5. "Dancing Barefoot" (Patti Smith cover) – 3:05
  6. "The Crystal Ocean" (extended) – 7:35
  7. "Garden of Delight" (extended) – 5:00
  8. "Wake (RSV)" – 5:00
  9. "Like a Hurricane" (extended) – 7:05

US release

The US version drops "Like A Hurricane (extended)" and adds "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Wishing Well" from the "Severina" (the bands 5th single) 7" and 12" respectively.

  1. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Beatles cover) – 3:30
  2. "Over the Hills and Far Away" – 3:56
  3. "Naked and Savage" – 4:46
  4. "Serpents Kiss" – 4:15
  5. "Wake (RSV)" – 5:00
  6. "Like a Hurricane" (Neil Young cover) – 4:55
  7. "Garden of Delight" (extended) – 5:00
  8. "Wishing Well" (Free cover) – 2:45
  9. "Dancing Barefoot" (Patti Smith cover) – 3:05
  10. "The Crystal Ocean" (extended) – 7:35

Other releases

The Japanese version also includes the tracks "Serpents Kiss (live)" and "Tomorrow Never Knows (Amphetamix)", from the bands 4th and 5th singles "Wasteland" and "Severina" respectively.

Reissued version

In June 2007, Universal Music re-released the UK edition of The First Chapter with 9 bonus tracks

  1. "Like a Hurricane" (Neil Young cover) - 4:51
  2. [+] "Intermission: Gleaming Dome" [incidental] - 0:38
  3. "Over the Hills and Far Away" - 3:56
  4. [+] "Intermission: Easy Coast Lament" [incidental] - 0:39
  5. "Naked and Savage" - 4:45
  6. "Serpents Kiss" - 4:11
  7. "Dancing Barefoot" (Patti Smith cover) - 3:08
  8. "The Crystal Ocean (Extended)" - 7:33
  9. [+] "Swan Song: Vigilante Man" [incidental] - 0:24
  10. "Garden of Delight" (Extended) - 5:01
  11. "Wake (RSV)" - 5:01
  12. "Like a Hurricane" (Extended) - 7:07
  13. [+] "Bridges Burning" (Slaughterhouse Version) - 3:59
  14. [+] "Serpents Kiss" (Live '86) - 4:11
  15. [+] "Wake (Live '86)" - 4;56
  16. [+] "Dancing Barefoot" (Live '86) - 2:06
  17. [+] "1969 (Live '86)" (The Stooges cover) - 2:43
  18. [+] "Shelter from the Storm (Live, Astoria '88)" - 9:26

References

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  2. ↑ Listing for The First Chapter remastered album released in 2007, (accessed 3 May 2015).
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