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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Spring Session M<br />
| type = studio<br />
| artist = [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]<br />
| cover = Missing Persons - Spring Session M.jpg<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = {{Start date|1982|10|08}}<br />
| recorded = 1980–1982<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio = Chateau Recorders (Los Angeles)<br />
| genre =<br />
* [[New wave music|New wave]]<br />
* [[Rock music|rock]]<br />
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=38}}<br />
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br />
| producer = [[Ken Scott]]<br />
| prev_title =<br />
| prev_year =<br />
| next_title = [[Rhyme & Reason (Missing Persons album)|Rhyme & Reason]]<br />
| next_year = 1984<br />
| misc = {{Singles<br />
| name = Spring Session M<br />
| type = studio<br />
| single1 = Words<br />
| single1date = May 1982<br />
| single2 = [[Destination Unknown (song)|Destination Unknown]]<br />
| single2date = September 1982<br />
| single3 = Windows<br />
| single3date = January 1983<br />
| single4 = [[Walking in L.A. (song)|Walking in L.A.]]<br />
| single4date = February 1983<br />
}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Music ratings<br />
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]<br />
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/spring-session-m-mw0000313007 |title=Spring Session M – Missing Persons |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 19, 2021 |last=Ogg |first=Alex}}</ref><br />
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''<br />
| rev2score = C+<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Missing Persons: Spring Session M |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5486 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=[[Pantheon Books]] |year=1990 |isbn=0-679-73015-X |page=277}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''''Spring Session M''''' is the debut studio album by American rock band [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]. It was released on October 8, 1982, by [[Capitol Records]]. The title of the album is an [[anagram]] of the band's name. Produced by [[Ken Scott]] with the songs written by [[Terry Bozzio]], [[Dale Bozzio]], and [[Warren Cuccurullo]], ''Spring Session M'' is a new wave rock album with elements of [[synth-pop]].<br />
<br />
Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from [[music journalism|music critics]] and also noted commercial success, peaking at #17 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. ''Spring Session M'' was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Missing+Persons&ti=Spring+Session+M#search_section |website=RIAA |title=RIAA |access-date=May 14, 2019}}</ref><br />
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Four singles were released from the album: "Words", "Windows", "[[Destination Unknown (song)|Destination Unknown]]", and "[[Walking in L.A. (song)|Walking in L.A.]]" All singles charted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], with "Words" and "Destination Unknown" both reaching #42, and the music videos also received regular airplay on [[MTV]].<br />
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==Track listing==<br />
<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Original release<br />
| total_length = {{duration|m=42|s=38}}<br />
| title1 = Noticeable One<br />
| writer1 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* [[Dale Bozzio]]<br />
* [[Terry Bozzio]]<br />
* [[Warren Cuccurullo]]<br />
}}<br />
| length1 = 3:22<br />
<br />
| title2 = Windows<br />
| writer2 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* D. Bozzio<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
}}<br />
| length2 = 4:59<br />
<br />
| title3 = It Ain't None of Your Business<br />
| writer3 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length3 = 2:55<br />
<br />
| title4 = [[Destination Unknown (song)|Destination Unknown]]<br />
| writer4 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* D. Bozzio<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length4 = 3:34<br />
<br />
| title5 = [[Walking in L.A. (song)|Walking in L.A.]]<br />
| writer5 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
}}<br />
| length5 = 3:59<br />
<br />
| title6 = U.S. Drag<br />
| writer6 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length6 = 3:36<br />
<br />
| title7 = Tears<br />
| writer7 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* D. Bozzio<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
}}<br />
| length7 = 4:22<br />
<br />
| title8 = Here and Now<br />
| writer8 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* D. Bozzio<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length8 = 3:26<br />
<br />
| title9 = Words<br />
| writer9 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length9 = 4:25<br />
<br />
| title10 = Bad Streets<br />
| writer10 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
}}<br />
| length10 = 3:41<br />
<br />
| title11 = Rock and Roll Suspension<br />
| writer11 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* D. Bozzio<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length11 = 2:34<br />
<br />
| title12 = No Way Out<br />
| writer12 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length12 = 2:45<br />
}}<br />
<br />
{{Track listing<br />
| headline = 1995 reissue bonus tracks<br />
| title13 = [[Hello, I Love You]]<br />
| writer13 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* [[Jim Morrison]]<br />
* [[Ray Manzarek]]<br />
* [[Robbie Krieger]]<br />
* [[John Densmore]]<br />
}}<br />
| length13 = 2:18<br />
<br />
| title14 = Mental Hopscotch<br />
| writer14 = {{Flatlist|<br />
* T. Bozzio<br />
* Cuccurullo<br />
}}<br />
| length14 = 3:14<br />
}}<br />
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'''CD bonus tracks''' (2021 Rubellan Remasters edition)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rubellanremasters.com/missingpersons1|title=Missing Persons / Spring Session M|website=Rubellan Remasters}}</ref><br />
{{ordered list|start=13<br />
|"I Like Boys" (D. Bozzio, T. Bozzio, W. Cuccurullo)<br />
|"Mental Hopscotch" (T. Bozzio, Cuccurullo)<br />
|"Hello, I Love You" [Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, John Densmore]<br />
|"Action Reaction"<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Personnel==<br />
'''Missing Persons'''<br />
* [[Dale Bozzio]] – vocals<br />
* [[Terry Bozzio]] – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion<br />
* [[Warren Cuccurullo]] – [[guitar]], vocals<br />
* [[Patrick O'Hearn]] – electric and synthesized bass; keyboards, synthesizers<br />
* [[Chuck Wild]] – synthesizer, keyboard<br />
<br />
'''Production'''<br />
* [[Ken Scott]] – producer, engineer<br />
* Brian Leshon, Phil Jost, Ralph Sutton – assistant engineers<br />
* [[Bernie Grundman]] – mastering<br />
* [[Glen Wexler]] – photography, art direction, design<br />
* Kurt Triffet – artwork and design<br />
<br />
==Charts==<br />
{{col-begin}}<br />
{{col-2}}<br />
<br />
===Weekly charts===<br />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"<br />
|-<br />
!Chart (1982–1983)<br />
!Peak<br/>position<br />
|-<br />
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=204}}</ref><br />
|73<br />
|-<br />
{{album chart|Billboard200|17|artist=Missing Persons|rowheader=true|access-date=March 5, 2021}}<br />
|}<br />
{{col-2}}<br />
<br />
===Year-end charts===<br />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"<br />
|-<br />
!Chart (1983)<br />
!Position<br />
|- <br />
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1983/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1983|work=Billboard|access-date=March 5, 2021}}</ref><br />
|23<br />
|}<br />
{{col-end}}<br />
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==Certifications and sales==<br />
{{Certification Table Top}}<br />
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Missing Persons|title=Spring Session M|award=Gold|certyear=2014|relyear=1982}}<br />
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Discogs master|119952|Spring Session M}}<br />
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{{Missing Persons}}<br />
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{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Missing Persons (band) albums]]<br />
[[Category:1982 debut albums]]<br />
[[Category:Albums produced by Ken Scott]]<br />
[[Category:Capitol Records albums]]</div>
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