Snapshot (Mission of Burma album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Snapshot

| type = Live

| artist = Mission of Burma

| cover = Mission_of_Burma_-_Snapshot_-_Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|2004|11|9}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Q Division Studios, Boston, MA, 2004

| genre = Post-punk

| length = 39:49

| label = Matador Records
OLE-641

| producer = Mission of Burma

| prev_title = A Gun to the Head: A Selection from the Ace of Hearts Era

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = The Obliterati

| next_year = 2006

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Pitchfork

| rev1Score = 8.2/10{{cite web|last=Raposa|first=David |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8985-snapshot-ep/ |title=Mission of Burma: Snapshot EP Album Review |work=Pitchfork |date=January 18, 2005 |accessdate=June 1, 2016}}

}}

Snapshot is a live album by the American band Mission of Burma. It was recorded in front of a small audience at Boston's Q Division Studios for broadcast on WFNX.{{Cite web|title=This Day in Matador History: Snapshot - Mission Of Burma|url=https://history.matadorrecords.com/albums/mission-of-burma-snapshot-2/|work=Matador Records|access-date=March 29, 2020}} It was initially released exclusively through the iTunes Store,{{Cite web|title=Eminem & Mission Of Burma|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65823/eminem-mission-of-burma|work=Billboard|date=November 2, 2004|access-date=March 29, 2020}} but has since been made available through other online channels, most notably in lossless FLAC format through Matador Records' online store.{{cite web|url=http://store.matadorrecords.com/snapshot |title=Snapshot |website=Store.matadorrecords.com |date= |accessdate=2016-06-01}}

Track listing

  1. "Tremolo" (Clint Conley) – 8:06
  2. "Mica" (Holly Anderson and Conley) – 4:24
  3. "Youth of America" (Greg Sage) – 6:41
  4. "Absent Mind" (Peter Prescott) – 1:53
  5. "Red" (Roger Miller) – 4:25
  6. "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate" (Conley) – 2:32
  7. "Max Ernst" (Miller) – 3:10
  8. "Dirt" (Conley) – 5:13

Personnel

Reception

David Raposa of Pitchfork said it was worthy of a "wider commercial release" and awarded it 8.2/10. Music critic Mark Prindle gave the album 8/10 and praised the mix of the album.{{Cite web|last=Prindle|first=Mark|title=Mission of Burma|url=http://www.markprindle.com/mission.htm#snapshot|website=Markprindle.com|access-date=March 29, 2020}}

References