- gothic rock
- 47 min
- 10 tracks
- EMI
Carved in Sand is the third regular studio album by The Mission, released in 1990. It reached number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, making it the second of two top ten albums and overall best-selling album in the band's career. Four singles were released from the album: "Butterfly on a Wheel", "Deliverance", "Into the Blue", and "Amelia", which was released in the United States. The band had invited members of its fan club to help select the tracks for the album.
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Grave, classical in form, character-led and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1Amelia2:56
- 2Into the Blue4:11
- 3Butterfly on a Wheel5:44
- 4Sea of Love5:23
- 5Deliverance6:03
- 6Grapes of Wrath4:20
- 7Belief7:34
- 8Paradise (Will Shine Like the Moon)3:54
- 9Hungry as the Hunter5:14
- 10Lovely1:59
10 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Mission
- Label
- EMI
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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