# The Mission discography

This is a list of all recordings released by English gothic rock band the Mission (known as the Mission UK in the US for legal reasons).

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | UK | UK Indie | AUT | BE (WA) | GER | NL | NZ | SWE | SWI | US | Certifications |
| God's Own Medicine | Released: 10 November 1986 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP, MC | 14 | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | 30 | — | 108 | UK: Silver |
| Children | Released: 29 February 1988 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP, MC | 2 | — | — | — | 33 | 29 | — | 20 | — | 126 | UK: Gold |
| Carved in Sand | Released: 5 February 1990 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP, MC | 7 | — | 25 | — | 16 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 101 | UK: Gold |
| Masque | Released: 22 June 1992 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, LP, MC | 23 | — | 40 | — | 49 | 73 | — | 38 | 40 | — | |
| Neverland | Released: 13 February 1995 Label: Equator/Neverland Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC | 58 | — | — | — | 59 | — | — | 42 | 42 | — | |
| Blue | Released: 3 June 1996 Label: Equator Formats: CD, LP, MC | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Aura | Released: 5 November 2001 Label: Playground Recordings Formats: CD, 2xCD, 2xLP, MC | — | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| God Is a Bullet | Released: 30 April 2007 Label: Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Brightest Light | Released: 20 September 2013 Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD, 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download | — | 49 | — | — | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Another Fall from Grace | Released: 30 September 2016 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 38 | 12 | — | 181 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| "No Snow, No Show" for the Eskimo | Released: July 1993 Label: Windsong International Formats: CD, LP, MC |
| Ever After – Live | Released: August 2000 Label: Receiver Formats: CD |
| Live MMVII | Released: 30 May 2007 Label: Concert Live Formats: 2xCD-R Limited release |
| The First Chapter: Live at London Shepherds Bush Empire | Released: 21 April 2008 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD |
| God's Own Medicine: Live at Shepherds Bush Empire | Released: 21 April 2008 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD |
| Children: Live at Shepherds Bush Empire | Released: 21 April 2008 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD |
| Carved in Sand: Live at London Shepherds Bush Empire | Released: 21 April 2008 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD |
| Live & Last | Released: 2 March 2009 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: 2xCD |
| XXV Live at Brixton Academy | Released: 22 October 2011 Label: Abbey Road Live Here Now Formats: 2xCD-R |
| Bending the Arc | Released: 11 December 2017 Label: Live Here Now/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, digital download |
| Live at Rockpalast | Released: 27 April 2018 Label: MIG Formats: 2xCD+DVD |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | UK | BE (WA) | GER | SWI |
| The First Chapter | Released: 22 June 1987 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP, MC | 35 | — | — | — |
| Grains of Sand | Released: 22 October 1990 Label: Mercury Formats: CD, LP, MC | 28 | — | 61 | — |
| Sum and Substance | Released: 7 February 1994 Label: Vertigo Formats: CD, 2xLP, MC | 49 | — | — | 43 |
| Salad Daze | Released: June 1994 Label: Nighttracks Formats: CD, LP Compilation of BBC Radio One sessions | — | — | — | — |
| Resurrection – Greatest Hits | Released: November 1999 Label: Eagle/Cleopatra Formats: CD Consists of re-recordings specifically for this release | — | — | — | — |
| Tower of Strength | Released: July 2000 Label: Spectrum Music Formats: CD, MC | — | — | — | — |
| Aural Delight | Released: 2 December 2002 Label: Playground Recordings Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| Anthology – The Phonogram Years | Released: 13 March 2006 Label: Mercury Formats: 2xCD | — | — | — | — |
| Best of the BBC Recordings | Released: 2008 Label: Mercury/Universal Music Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| Dum-Dum Bullet | Released: 28 June 2010 Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD | — | — | — | — |
| Serpents Kiss – The Very Best Of | Released: 19 May 2014 Label: Universal/Spectrum Music Formats: CD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| Singles A's & B's | Released: 1 May 2015 Label: Universal Formats: 2xCD, digital download | — | — | — | — |
| A Garden of Earthly Delights: The Mercury Years | Released: 3 September 2021 Label: Universal Formats: digital download | — | — | — | — |
| Collected | Released: 22 October 2021 Label: Music on CD/Universal Formats: 3xCD, 3xLP, digital download | — | 101 | 34 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. ||||||

### Box sets

| Title | Album details |
| Magnificent Pieces | Released: 25 June 1991 Label: Mercury Formats: 4xCD Japan-only release |
| London Shepherd's Bush Empire | Released: 2008 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: 4xCD |
| Live at the BBC | Released: 4 August 2008 Label: Mercury/Universal Music Formats: 3xCD |

### Video albums

| Title | Album details |
| Crusade | Released: 29 May 1987 Label: Channel 5 Formats: VHS |
| From Dusk to Dawn | Released: October 1988 Label: Channel 5 Formats: VHS, LaserDisc |
| South America | Released: October 1989 Label: Mish Productions Formats: VHS |
| Waves Upon the Sand | Released: 12 February 1990 Label: Channel 5 Formats: VHS, LaserDisc |
| Absolutely Live (as the Metal Gurus) | Released: 1990 Label: Mish Productions Formats: VHS |
| Sum and Substance | Released: 1994 Label: Polygram Video Formats: VHS |
| Lighting the Candles | Released: 26 September 2005 Label: Oblivion Formats: 2xDVD+CD |
| Gold – The Videos | Released: April 2007 Label: Universal Music DVD Video Formats: DVD |
| The Final Chapter | Released: 2 March 2009 Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: 3xDVD |
| Silver | Released: 27 October 2012 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings/Echozone Formats: 2xDVD+CD, 2xBlu-ray |

## EPs

| Title | Album details |
| Severina | Released: March 1987 Label: Vertigo Formats: 2x12", MC Canada-only release |
| Tower of Strength | Released: 1988 Label: Vertigo Formats: 12" Canada-only limited release |
| Absolutely Live (as the Metal Gurus) | Released: 3 December 1990 Label: Mercury Formats: 12" Limited release |
| Swan Song | Released: 16 December 2013 Label: Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: CD-R |
| Different Colours | Released: 30 May 2014 Label: Oblivion/Eyes Wide Shut Recordings Formats: 2x7", digital download |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | UK | UK Indie | BE (FL) | GER | IRE | NL | NZ | SPA | US Alt | US Main | Album |
| "Serpents Kiss" | 1986 | 70 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The First Chapter |
| "Garden of Delight"/"Like a Hurricane" | 1986 | 49 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The First Chapter |
| "Stay with Me" | 1986 | 30 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | God's Own Medicine |
| "Wasteland" | 1987 | 11 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | God's Own Medicine |
| "Severina" | 1987 | 25 | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | God's Own Medicine |
| "Tower of Strength" | 1988 | 12 | — | 32 | 50 | 10 | 60 | 49 | — | — | — | Children |
| "Beyond the Pale" | 1988 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Children |
| "Butterfly on a Wheel" | 1990 | 12 | — | — | — | 13 | 48 | 36 | — | 23 | — | Carved in Sand |
| "Deliverance" | 1990 | 27 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 6 | 27 | Carved in Sand |
| "Into the Blue" | 1990 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | Carved in Sand |
| "Hands Across the Ocean" | 1990 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | Grains of Sand |
| "Merry Xmas Everybody" (as the Metal Gurus) | 1990 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Absolutely Live EP |
| "Never Again" | 1992 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masque |
| "Like a Child Again" | 1992 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masque |
| "Shades of Green" | 1992 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masque |
| "Tower of Strength" (remix) | 1994 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sum and Substance |
| "Afterglow" | 1994 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sum and Substance |
| "Raising Cain" | 1994 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Neverland |
| "Swoon" | 1995 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Neverland |
| "Lose Myself in You" (Germany-only release) | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Neverland |
| "Coming Home" (Europe-only release) | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Blue |
| "Evangeline" | 2001 | 115 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Aura |
| "Shine Like the Stars" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Aura |
| "Breathe Me In" (Germany-only limited release) | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Lighting the Candles |
| "Keep It in the Family" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | God Is a Bullet |
| "Blush" | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | God Is a Bullet |
| "Sometimes the Brightest Light Comes from the Darkest Place" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Brightest Light |
| "Atomic Heart" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Different Colours EP |
| "Met-Amor-Phosis" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Fall From Grace |
| "Tyranny of Secrets" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Another Fall From Grace |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |||||||||||||