Album · Mission U.K.
Carved in Sand by Mission U.K.
Carved in Sand is an album by Mission U.K., released in 1990. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 7 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Deliverance”, on 3 lists with a best position of #64.
Carved in Sand, the Mission's third studio album, came out in 1990 with Tim Palmer back in the producer's chair, cut at Jacobs Studios and mixed at Swanyard. Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams, both refugees from the Sisters of Mercy, had built the band on big gothic drama, and here, with Simon Hinkler's guitars and Mick Brown's drums behind them, they go for sweeping, radio-sized melodrama. The fans even had a hand in it: members of the fan club helped choose the tracks.
It reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart and became the band's best-selling album. "Butterfly on a Wheel" made number 12 in January 1990, "Deliverance" and "Into the Blue" followed it, and "Amelia" went out in the US, where they were billed as the Mission UK. The leftovers filled a companion album, Grains of Sand, that November.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Carved in Sand on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deliverance | 3 | #64 | – | 1990–2003 | |
| 2 | Butterfly on a Wheel | 4 | #74 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.