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Mission of Burma Album: “Accomplished: The Best of Mission of Burma”
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Accomplished: The Best of Mission of Burma |
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Release Date:2004-03-16
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Indie Rock, Old School Punk Rock
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Label:Rykodisc
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:111111066721
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Review - :
In 1988, a time when there was enough going on in the {\indie rock} revolution to keep most folks from bothering with nostalgia, {@Rykodisc} decided to remind folks about the first great lost band of {\post-punk}, {$Mission of Burma}, who were forced to call it quits at the height of their powers in 1983. {@Rykodisc}'s first release on the band, a compilation simply called {^Mission of Burma}, was just about definitive, featuring {^Signals, Calls and Marches} and {^Vs.} in their entirety, a handful of rare single sides, and two cuts from the live album {^The Horrible Truth About Burma}. For a while, this was the only {$Mission of Burma} title in print, and it would be all but impossible to come up with a better single-disc compilation. But now that {@Ryko} has reissued all three original {$Burma} 12"ers in remastered form, and two discs of demos and miscellany are available from {@Taang!}, that out of print compilation hardly seems quite as necessary, and now that the group has unexpectedly reunited (and cut a new album for {@Matador}), {@Rykodisc} has chosen to offer {^Accomplished: The Best of Mission of Burma}, a 16-track hodgepodge culled from the three {$MoB} discs in their catalog. {$Mission of Burma} didn't record much music that wasn't essential, and pretty much every song on this disc is a must, making for a set of intelligent but powerfully physical {\rock & roll}. But by whittling down {^Signals, Calls and Marches} and {^Vs.} to (respectively) four and five tunes each, they've robbed the individual cuts of a fair amount of their cohesiveness, and as an introduction to the group either of those discs fare better than this one. {^Accomplished} collects some superb music from an important group, and you could do worse if you wanted to buy a CD by {$Mission of Burma}. The only trouble is, you could quite easily do better, and this compilation seems a bit short on reasons to exist. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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