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Classic Album Review: Mission of Burma | A Gun To The Head

If you don't already own the post-punks’ LPs, this comp is a good starting point.

This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Influential ’80s post-punks Mission of Burma only put out three discs during their heyday. Assuming you don’t own them all — and you should — you could do worse than start with this 16-cut retrospective of abrasive, angst-filled anthems like Academy Fight Song, (That’s When I Reach for My) Revolver and (This is Not A) Photograph.