Spring Session M
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{{Infobox album
| name = Spring Session M
| type = studio
| artist = Missing Persons
| cover = Missing Persons - Spring Session M.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1982|10|08}}
| recorded = 1980–1982
| venue =
| studio = Chateau Recorders (Los Angeles)
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=38}}
| label = Capitol
| producer = Ken Scott
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Rhyme & Reason
| next_year = 1984
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Spring Session M
| type = studio
| single1 = Words
| single1date = May 1982
| single2 = Destination Unknown
| single2date = September 1982
| single3 = Windows
| single3date = January 1983
| single4 = Walking in L.A.
| single4date = February 1983
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/spring-session-m-mw0000313007 |title=Spring Session M – Missing Persons |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=September 19, 2021 |last=Ogg |first=Alex}}
| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
| rev2score = C+{{cite book |chapter=Missing Persons: Spring Session M |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5486 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=1990 |isbn=0-679-73015-X |page=277}}
}}
Spring Session M is the debut studio album by American rock band Missing Persons. It was released on October 8, 1982, by Capitol Records. The title of the album is an anagram of the band's name. Produced by Ken Scott with the songs written by Terry Bozzio, Dale Bozzio, and Warren Cuccurullo, Spring Session M is a new wave rock album with elements of synth-pop.
Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics and also noted commercial success, peaking at #17 on the Billboard 200. Spring Session M was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Missing+Persons&ti=Spring+Session+M#search_section |website=RIAA |title=RIAA |access-date=May 14, 2019}}
Four singles were released from the album: "Words", "Windows", "Destination Unknown", and "Walking in L.A." All singles charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both reaching #42, and the music videos also received regular airplay on MTV.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Original release
| total_length = {{duration|m=42|s=38}}
| title1 = Noticeable One
| writer1 = {{Flatlist|
}}
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = Windows
| writer2 = {{Flatlist|
- D. Bozzio
- T. Bozzio
}}
| length2 = 4:59
| title3 = It Ain't None of Your Business
| writer3 = {{Flatlist|
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length3 = 2:55
| title4 = Destination Unknown
| writer4 = {{Flatlist|
- D. Bozzio
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Walking in L.A.
| writer5 = {{Flatlist|
- T. Bozzio
}}
| length5 = 3:59
| title6 = U.S. Drag
| writer6 = {{Flatlist|
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length6 = 3:36
| title7 = Tears
| writer7 = {{Flatlist|
- D. Bozzio
- T. Bozzio
}}
| length7 = 4:22
| title8 = Here and Now
| writer8 = {{Flatlist|
- D. Bozzio
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length8 = 3:26
| title9 = Words
| writer9 = {{Flatlist|
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length9 = 4:25
| title10 = Bad Streets
| writer10 = {{Flatlist|
- T. Bozzio
}}
| length10 = 3:41
| title11 = Rock and Roll Suspension
| writer11 = {{Flatlist|
- D. Bozzio
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length11 = 2:34
| title12 = No Way Out
| writer12 = {{Flatlist|
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length12 = 2:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1995 reissue bonus tracks
| title13 = Hello, I Love You
| writer13 = {{Flatlist|
}}
| length13 = 2:18
| title14 = Mental Hopscotch
| writer14 = {{Flatlist|
- T. Bozzio
- Cuccurullo
}}
| length14 = 3:14
}}
CD bonus tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition){{Cite web|url=https://www.rubellanremasters.com/missingpersons1|title=Missing Persons / Spring Session M|website=Rubellan Remasters}}
{{ordered list|start=13
|"I Like Boys" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo)
|"Mental Hopscotch" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo)
|"Hello, I Love You" [Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, John Densmore]
|"Action Reaction"
}}
Personnel
Missing Persons
- Dale Bozzio – vocals
- Terry Bozzio – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion
- Warren Cuccurullo – guitar, vocals
- Patrick O'Hearn – electric and synthesized bass; keyboards, synthesizers
- Chuck Wild – synthesizer, keyboard
Production
- Ken Scott – producer, engineer
- Brian Leshon, Phil Jost, Ralph Sutton – assistant engineers
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Glen Wexler – photography, art direction, design
- Kurt Triffet – artwork and design
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| Chart (1982–1983)
!Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=204}}
|73 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|17|artist=Missing Persons|rowheader=true|access-date=March 5, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| Chart (1983)
!Position |
|---|
| scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983|work=Billboard|access-date=March 5, 2021}}
|23 |
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Certifications and sales
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Missing Persons|title=Spring Session M|award=Gold|certyear=2014|relyear=1982}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|119952|Spring Session M}}
{{Missing Persons}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Missing Persons (band) albums