''Spring Session M'' is the debut studio album by American new wave band

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. It was released on October 8, 1982 by Capitol Records. The title of the album is an anagram of the band's name. Produced by

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with the songs written by

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Dale Bozzio Dale Frances Bozzio (née Consalvi; born March 2, 1955) is an American rock and pop vocalist. She is best known as co-founder and lead singer of the '80s new wave band Missing Persons and for her work with Frank Zappa. While with Zappa, she perf ...

and

Warren Cuccurullo Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, restaurant owner and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s ...

, ''Spring Session M'' is a new wave rock album with elements of synthpop. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from

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and also noted commercial success, peaking at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ''Spring Session M'' was certified

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by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Four singles were released from the album: "Words", "Windows", " Destination Unknown", and "Walking in L.A." All singles charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, with "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both reaching #42, and the music videos also received regular airplay on MTV.

Track listings

CD Bonus Tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition) #"I Like Boys" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo) #"Mental Hopscotch" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) #"Hello, I Love You" im Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, John Densmore#"Action Reaction"

Personnel

;Missing Persons *

– vocals *

– vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion *

–

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, vocals * Patrick O'Hearn – electric & synthesized bass, keyboards, synthesizers * Chuck Wild – synthesizer, keyboard ;Production *

– producer, engineer * Brian Leshon, Phil Jost, Ralph Sutton – assistant engineers *

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- mastering * Glen Wexler – photography, art direction, design * Kurt Triffet – artwork and design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

* {{Authority control Missing Persons (band) albums 1982 debut albums Albums produced by Ken Scott Capitol Records albums