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band The Mission, released in October 1990. A number of the tracks were originally recorded for their previous album, '' Carved in Sand'', but not included on that release. Also included are acoustic versions of previously released songs and the

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co-produced single 'Hands Across the Ocean'. The album was expanded with the Metal Guru's material and included in the two disc reissue of ''Carved in Sand'', released in 2008."Discog's"
The Mission - Carved in Sand (remasters, reissue), Feb 2008, ''Discogs.com'', accessed June 21, 2014.

Track listing

Except where noted, all music by Adams, Brown, Hinkler, Hussey and words by Hussey # "Hands Across the Ocean" – 3:49 # "The Grip of Disease" – 4:12 # "Divided We Fall" – 3:40 # "Mercenary" (M. Brown, W. Hussey) – 2:50 # "Mr. Pleasant" ( Ray Davies) – 2:50 # "Kingdom Come (Forever and Again)" – 4:57 # "Heaven Sends You" – 4:54 #"Sweet Smile of a Mystery" – 3:55 # "Tower of Strength (Casbah Mix)" - 4:30 # "Butterfly on a Wheel (Troubadour Mix)" - 4:29 # "Love" (

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) – 1:51 # "Bird of Passage" – 6:28

Personnel

;The Mission * Craig Adams –

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* Mick Brown –

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Simon Hinkler Simon Thomas Hinkler (born 13 November 1959) is an English guitarist, keyboard player, songwriter and producer from Sheffield, most notable for being the lead guitarist for the British rock group The Mission from 1986 to 1990. Early musical ...

–

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, keyboards *

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s, guitar ;Produced by *

with additional production and remix by Wayne Hussey (1) *

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(2, 3, 8) * Wayne Hussey (4, 9, 10, 11) * Tim Palmer &

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(5) *

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& The Mission (6) * Wayne Hussey & Chris Sheldon (7, 12)

References

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