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God Is a Bullet
Studio album by The Mission
Released	April 2007
Recorded	September – November 2006, NAM Studios, Wiltshire, Ghostroom Studios (strings) and the Green Room, Brazil.
Genre	Gothic rock
Length	67:46
Label	Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Wayne Hussey
The Mission chronology
Aura (2001) God Is a Bullet (2007) The Brightest Light (2013)
U.S. cover
U.S. cover stating "The Mission UK" as the name of the band

God Is a Bullet is the eighth studio album by The Mission. It was released at the end of April 2007 by SPV Records in Germany and Cooking Vinyl in the UK. The album features guest appearances by Julianne Regan, Tim Bricheno and Simon Hinkler. It was preceded by the single "Keep It in the Family" which was followed by "Blush". "Running with Scissors" reuses the music Wayne Hussey composed for Atsushi Sakurai's 2004 song "Sacrifice".

Track listing

Personnel

• Wayne Hussey – lead vocals, guitars, piano
• Mark Gemini Thwaite – guitar
• Rich Vernon – bass
• Steve Spring – drums and percussion
• Julianne Regan – backing vocals on "Still Deep Waters" and "Aquarius & Gemini"
• Tim Bricheno – guitar on "Running with Scissors", "Absolution" and "Blush"
• Simon Hinkler – guitar on "Grotesque"
• Caroline Dale – cello and strings arrangement on "Draped in Red", "Aquarius & Gemini", "Dumb" and "Grotesque"
• Cathy Thompson – violin on "Draped in Red", "Aquarius & Gemini", "Dumb" and "Grotesque"

Technical personnel

• Wayne Hussey – engineering, mixing and production
• Greg Freeman – engineer and mixing
• Andy Baldwin – mastering
• John Reynolds – engineer (strings)

Design

• Cinthya Hussey  - Design/Photography

Charts

References

1. CD Booklet with the album
2. "Photographic image of promo disc" (JPG). And-the-dance-goes-on.de. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
3. "Mission, The - God Is a Bullet at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
4. "Atsushi Sakurai & Wayne Hussey". themissionuk.com. 24 September 2006. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2023. I was asked to write a tune for Sakurai's solo album, which I did, and Sakurai wrote the lyrics. Sakurai is, apparently, a fan of the earlier Mission albums and wanted me to write a tune for him in the style of....... I did, indeed, play all the instruments on the original version of the song but I have just recorded a new version of this song with The Mission that we will probably use as a 'b' side or an extra track sometime.....
5. "Weather Man" is taken from the Keep It in the Family EP and both "Chelsea Blue" and "Thine" were extra tracks from the final download-only single Blush.
6. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
7. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

• 2007 albums
• The Mission (band) albums
• Cooking Vinyl albums