Album: Vs. by Mission of Burma (1982)
Genre: Indie | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: "Vs." is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Mission of Burma. It was released in 1982, through record label Ace of Hearts.
Vs. features a rougher, more difficult sound than the band's debut release, the EP Signals, Calls, and Marches. It is the only full studio album the band released during the 1980s, as soon afterward they disbanded due to Roger Miller's worsening tinnitus.
AllMusic opined that Vs. saw Mission of Burma "mature into a band whose sound was as distinctive as anyone of its generation.  It's daunting to imagine just how far Mission of Burma could have taken its music had Roger Miller's hearing problems not caused the band to break up the following year, but regardless of lost potential, very few American bands from the 1980s released an album as ambitious or as powerful as Vs."
The album ranked at number 49 on Pitchfork Media's list of the one hundred greatest albums of the 1980s. 
The 1997 re'issue on the Rykodisc label featured 4 bonus tracks 
13 Forget 	
14 OK / No Way 	
15 Laugh The World Away 	
16 Progress 

Artist Background: "Mission of Burma" is an American post-punk band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1979. The band was formed by Roger Miller (guitar), Clint Conley (bass), Peter Prescott (drums) and Martin Swope (tape manipulator/sound engineer). Miller, Conley and Prescott share singing and songwriting duties. In early years the band's recordings were all released on the small Boston-based record label Ace of Hearts. Despite initial success, Mission of Burma disbanded in 1983 due to Miller's development of... Part of the  Boston, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Hüsker Dü, Wipers, Minutemen, Wire

Music Scene: Part of the  Boston, USA music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Indie movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Indie, Rock/Pop, 1980s, Album

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"Vs." is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Mission of Burma. It was released in 1982, through record label Ace of Hearts.
Vs. features a rougher, more difficult sound than the band's debut release, the EP Signals, Calls, and Marches. It is the only full studio album the band released during the 1980s, as soon afterward they disbanded due to Roger Miller's worsening tinnitus.
AllMusic opined that Vs. saw Mission of Burma "mature into a band whose sound was as distinctive as anyone of its generation.  It's daunting to imagine just how far Mission of Burma could have taken its music had Roger Miller's hearing problems not caused the band to break up the following year, but regardless of lost potential, very few American bands from the 1980s released an album as ambitious or as powerful as Vs."
The album ranked at number 49 on Pitchfork Media's list of the one hundred greatest albums of the 1980s. 
The 1997 re'issue on the Rykodisc label featured 4 bonus tracks 
13 Forget 	
14 OK / No Way 	
15 Laugh The World Away 	
16 Progress 

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