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The Innocence Mission is a band centered around the husband-and-wife songwriters Karen Peris (vocals - guitar - keyboards), and Don Peris (guitars - vocals). The original band, including Mike Bitts (bass), and Steve Brown (drums), was formed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in the early 80s when the members met during a Catholic school production of Godspell.

Their eponymous debut album, released in 1989 (A&M Records), was produced by Larry Klein, then-husband of Joni Mitchell, and recorded in the couple’s basement recording studio. The album peaked on the Billboard charts at #167 in 1990, and the album’s second track, "Black Sheep Wall", released as a single in 1989, peaked at #22 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks. The album’s fifth track, "Clear to You", was used on the soundtrack of the pilot episode of Beverly Hills 90210.

Their fourth album, Glow, released in 1995 (A&M Records), had songs that appeared on the soundtracks of the films Empire Records, and Dream for an Insomniac, as well as the television series Party of Five. The album’s second track, Bright as Yellow, peaked on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks at #33.

In 1999, Steve Brown officially left the band to pursue a career as a chef, leaving a trio to release their subsequent albums on their own. The Innocence Mission's new album "We Walked in Song" was released March 13, 2007.

Discography

Original Release Date Title Label
1986 Tending the Rose Garden LLIST Records
August 29, 1989 The Innocence Mission A&M Records
July 23, 1991 Umbrella A&M Records
1995 Glow A&M Records
August 10, 1999 Birds of My Neighborhood RCA / Badman Recording Co.
April 10, 2000 Christ Is My Hope Umbrella Day Music
September 25, 2001 Small Planes What Are Records
September 2, 2003 Befriended Badman Recording Co.
November 9, 2004 Now the Day is Over Badman Recording Co.
March 13, 2007 We Walked in Song Badman Recording Co.

Singles

  • 1989, "Black Sheep Wall" (#22 on US Modern Rock Tracks chart).
  • 1989, "I Remember Me"
  • 1989, "Wonder of Birds"
  • 1991, "And Hiding Away"
  • 1991, "Sorry And Glad Together"
  • 1995, "Bright As Yellow"
  • 1995, "Keeping Awake"
  • 1995, "Everything's Different Now"
  • 1999, "The Lakes Of Canada"
  • 2001, "Today"
  • 2004, "One For Sorrow, Two For Joy"
  • 2007, "Song From Holland" (available on iTunes)
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