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  • Audio CD (31 May 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced
  • Label: Matador
  • ASIN: B0001U1QB6
  • Other Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 55,945 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. The Setup 3:08£0.79
Listen  2. Hunt Again 2:16£0.79
Listen  3. The Enthusiast 3:37£0.79
Listen  4. Falling 4:00£0.79
Listen  5. What We Really Were 4:11£0.79
Listen  6. Max Ernst's Dream 3:31£0.79
Listen  7. Fake Blood 3:32£0.79
Listen  8. Prepared 3:02£0.79
Listen  9. [interlude/silence]0:15£0.79
Listen10. Wounded World 3:29£0.79
Listen11. Dirt 3:45£0.79
Listen12. Into The Fire 3:40£0.79
Listen13. Fever Moon 3:47£0.79
Listen14. Nicotine Bomb 3:16£0.79
Listen15. Playland 2:32£0.79
Listen16. Absent Mind 5:21£0.79

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Mission of Burma haven't recorded a studio album in 22 years--could On Off On possibly resummon the magic that made them such totems? The answer is yes, albeit a heavily qualified yes. After all, few bands enjoy the kind of kudos afforded to MOB. A Bostonian post-punk outfit operating at the turn of the 1980s, they delivered just one album, which sold poorly, yet their effect is felt even now. By influencing REM (who covered their "Academy Flight Song" for years) and the Pixies (and, through them, Nirvana) they made an indelible mark on American music. But this was all a long time ago.

The band have lost little of their power and ambition, and still seek to confound their audience. The title-less "Track 9" (perhaps jokingly referring to MOB's age by representing the mid-way turning-over of an LP) is 14 seconds of silence, while "Prepared" is a melancholy, string-laden romance, and "Nicotine Bomb" a weirdly cheerful ditty. However, much of the rest is jerky, angular rock, squalls of discordant noise and angry, politicised chants, all recalling Gang Of Four. Same as it ever was. Mission of Burma, it seems, are destined to remain one of the underground's best-respected cults. --Dominic Wills

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Mission of Burma's second full-length album is a major surprise for two key reasons. First of all, it's downright shocking that the revered Boston post-punk band even attempted tofollow up their 1982 debut--more than 20 years later. Second, the record is stunningly good.
Starting off their reunion disc with the furious sounds of "The Setup", the band (sans original member/tape manipulator Martin Swope, here replaced by Shellac's Bob Weston) confidently lunges forward, with Roger Miller's razor-sharp guitars and distinctive vocalsleading the group on a rhythmic workout. Proving that Mission of Burma is a democratic enterprise, bassist/vocalist Clint Conley commandeers the blazing "Hunt Again", while drummer Peter Prescott contributes "The Enthusiast", another showcase for the band's nearly telepathic instrumental synergy. Fellow Bostonian Tanya Donnelly (Throwing Muses/Belly) sings on the dynamic "Falling", but the unexpected flourishes don't stop there; "Nicotine Bomb", the album's most unusual track, sounds like a hoedown thrown by the Dead Kennedys. Throughout ONOFFON, Mission of Burma's energy never relents, easily putting bands half their age to shame.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This wasn't supposed to happen, 13 May 2004
This album defies all logic. The band's last album, Vs, was released 21 years ago and them the band just disappeared. They were virtually unknown in their lifetime but they went on to be one of the most influential American post-punk band ever influencing the likes of Fugazi, Dinosaur Jr, Minutemen, Black Flag, Bda Religion, REM, Meat Puppets and so on.... after just one album!! That alone is quite a feat. But now, after 22 years they have returned with an album which is just as good. This future classic sounds like it could have been made any time in the last 20 years or in the next 30 years (MOB were always very ahead of their time) and it returns the band to the height of their league. It is not just Vs rehashed for the new millenium however, the band members have been paying attention in their absence from making records, there are some new sounds in this album like the mellow, thoughtful What We Really Were or the lighthearted, jaunty Nicotine Bomb but just as many tracks are classic Burma. Lead single Dirt was actually recorded 20 years ago and has been revamped for this album... and it rocks.

Mission Of Burma are back and they've made an album as if they were never away. The mainstream still has not caught up with Mission Of Burma's sound, and now they will have to reach even further

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great NEW Record - Don't be put off by the history, 8 Dec 2004
In many ways, Mission of Burma have spent the last 20-odd years as the ultimate band for the obscure music fan: one full LP release, which nobody bought, then total silence and a supposed vicarious influence over almost all alternative American music since. Now they return with a new album and, it would seem a completely unmanageable reputation...

I think the best comment to make on OnOffOn is that if this was the debut record of some brand new group, I'd be incredibly excited. I'd think it had great imagination, originality, confidence and was a fascinating new voice on the rock landscape. Terrific musicmanship, a great blend of three voices, wry commentry on modern life, self-deprecating self awareness and they really play it like they mean it. In some ways, the brilliance of this gives the lie to how influencial M.O.B. really were - nobody else is making music like this...

But the key thing is, this sounds so contemporary - you don't need to be into obscure early '80's stuff to like this. If you like the Strokes, or the Hives, or even Radiohead you'll find lots of interest here. It's great to have M.O.B. back on the radar, and I hope we don't have to wait another 20 years for the next record.

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