''Spring Session M'' is the debut studio album by American new wave band

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. It was released on October 8, 1982 by

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. The title of the album is an

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of the band's name. Produced by

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with the songs written by

Terry Bozzio Terry John Bozzio (born December 27, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa. He has been featured on nine solo or collaborative albums, 26 albums with Zappa and seven albums with Missing Pers ...

, Dale Bozzio and

Warren Cuccurullo Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born December 8, 1956) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, restaurant owner and former body builder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s ...

, ''Spring Session M'' is a new wave rock album with elements of

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. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from

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and also noted commercial success, peaking at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' 200. ''Spring Session M'' was certified

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by the

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(RIAA). 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

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Track listings

CD Bonus Tracks (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition) #"I Like Boys" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo) #"Mental Hopscotch" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo) #"Hello, I Love You" im Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, John Densmore#"Action Reaction"

Personnel

;Missing Persons * Dale Bozzio – vocals *

– vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion *

–

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, vocals *

Patrick O'Hearn Patrick John O'Hearn (born September 6, 1954) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist. Known primarily as a bass guitarist and keyboardist, O'Hearn came to prominence with Frank Zappa and co-founded the early 1980s ...

– electric & synthesized bass, keyboards, synthesizers * Chuck Wild – synthesizer, keyboard ;Production *

– producer, engineer * Brian Leshon, Phil Jost, Ralph Sutton – assistant engineers *

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- mastering * Glen Wexler – photography, art direction, design * Kurt Triffet – artwork and design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

* {{Authority control Missing Persons (band) albums 1982 debut albums Albums produced by Ken Scott Capitol Records albums