Aura

The Mission (UK) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 10, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B00006IZON
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,853 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Everything old is new again., October 30, 2002

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Scott Sweet "Music Freak" (Colorado Springs, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aura (Audio CD)

"Aura" sounds pretty much like all the Mission UK albums from the 80's and early 90's. There's a little less Beatles influence, but overall it's a good fit for fans like myself. By the fourth track ("Mesmerized"), it sounds like Wayne Hussey has fully rediscovered his crooning style. Jangly guitars, real drums, and some modest industrial touches. If you need a break from totally programmed music, here you go.

"(Slave To) Lust"...I'm sorry, but [dirty] lyrics sound goofy coming out of Hussey's mouth. Doesn't hurt to try it once, I guess. Even the title of "Dragonfly" suggests how much it sounds like "Butterfly on A Wheel" from about a decade ago. "Happy" sounds like the soundtrack to an 80's Molly Ringwald movie. Most of the songs are radio-catchy. "To Die By Your Hand" sounds like a disturbed teenager's love letter. "Trophy/It Never Rains" is pretty cool, and the way the music changes gears midway through gives it some real drama. Cities that have more than 30 goth residents will probably play "Burlesque" in their strip bars. "Cocoon" sounds like Sgt. Hussey's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Part of The Mission UK's strength has been the lyrics. No change, there: "Every blessing ignored becomes finally a curse/ and this war of attrition just makes her feel worse."

"Aura" is standard Ye Olde Mission UK. No law against that when the songs are this good, especially the unlisted track at the end (just piano and voice).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, December 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Aura (Audio CD)

A good album. Allot of similarities between Aura and earlier work. Allot of the riffs are quite familiar sounding as well. The lyrics for the most part are once again strong and moving. I dont know how Slave to Lust ever made it further then words on paper but it did, its almost laughable. Aura is a strong album that will please Missionfans so there is no reason not to pick this up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aura = Sensation and it's a good one, October 19, 2002

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Todd Thorne "laesta" (The Woodlands, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aura (Audio CD)

Children set the stage for me years ago. Aura nicely brings things right up-to-date. There's a little of everything in here: sweet and luscious goodies you can share with just about anybody, driving movers and shakers bordering on ballads, and nasty ones too you'll want to beware who's ears overhear. Plenty of edge and bite to satiate your appetite. A lot of these numbers fit the rotation on Alt Rock format stations quite snugly. Is it me, or do Wayne and the Missioners really pick up a U2 sound on some of the ringing guitar pieces?