Mission Of Burma - VS. (The Standard Edition)

Label: Matador / Ace Of Hearts

Reissued 2010, originally released 1982

The second and final studio album, released in 1982 just months before the band broke up, at the pinnacle of their songwriting and performing skills. Unavailable on CD for three years and out of print on vinyl since the 1980s. Bonus DVD contains the entire afternoon set from the final show in Boston in 1983. Fully re-mastered from the original tapes. 32-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and interviews. Vinyl is true all-analog, HQ-180 pressing. "The almost-pop architecture is opposed by almost-Wagnerian sonic density, a dichotomy between blueprint and chaos - the competition indicated by the album's title

Track Listing:

1. Secrets
   
2. Train
   
3. Trem Two
   
4. New Nails
   
5. Dead Pool
   
6. Learn How
   
7. Mica
   
8. Weatherbox
   
9. The Ballad of Johnny Burma
   
10. Einstein S Day
    
11. Fun World
    
12. That S How I Escaped My Certain Fate
    
13. Laugh the World Away
    
14. Forget
    
15. Progress
    
16. Ok/No Way