The first album released by Swedish
synthpop band
S.P.O.C.K.
Track Listing
- Neutral Zone 4:33
- Never Trust a Klingon 4:16
- Mr Spock's Brain 4:20
- Charlie X 4:07
- E-lectric 3:28
- Black Hole 4:29
- Space Race 3:45
- Time Machine 5:03
- Edge of Forever 4:19
- Last Man on Earth 5:19
The title "Five Year Mission" is a reference to Star Trek: The Original Series, as well as to the fact that the band had existed for about five years when the album was released.
The sound is very synthetic, with a good measure of sound effects thrown in here and there. The lyrics are mostly dark and gloomy, especially in "Last Man on Earth":
The human race is dead
There is not a single head
Where ever I see
There's no one but me.
(...)
As a side note, "Last Man on Earth" is also the exact english translation of "Sista Mannen På Jorden", a side project of one of the band members.