The Sisters Of Mercy- Floodland (rsc 2018 Exclusive)
While the goth scene in England was picking up commercial steam in the mid-'80s, The Sisters of Mercy may have seemed quiet, but they roared back with 1987's 'Floodland'. Opening with the driving two-part hymn 'Dominion/Mother Russia', Sisters leader Andrew Eldritch (along with bassist Patricia Morrison) creates a black soundscape that is majestic and vast. While the earlier Sisters releases were noisy, sometimes harsh affairs, 'Floodland' is filled with lush production (thanks to Meat Loaf writer/producer Jim Steinman and the New York Choral Society) and lyric imagery that is both scary and glorious. The slower tracks, like 'Flood' and '1959', are some of the best ethereal sounds goth has to offer, and the downright regal 'This Corrosion' is one of the best songs of the genre. A definite milestone.
Tracklist:
- Dominion/Mother Russia
- Flood I
- Lucretia My Reflection (Vinyl Version)
- 1959
- This Corrosion
- Flood II (Vinyl Version)
- Driven Like the Snow (Vinyl Version)
- Never Land (A Fragment)
UPC > 825646077014
Format > New Vinyl
Label > Warner Bros Uk
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While the goth scene in England was picking up commercial steam in the mid-'80s, The Sisters of Mercy may have seemed quiet, but they roared back with 1987's 'Floodland'. Opening with the driving two-part hymn 'Dominion/Mother Russia', Sisters leader Andrew Eldritch (along with bassist Patricia Morrison) creates a black soundscape that is majestic and vast. While the earlier Sisters releases were noisy, sometimes harsh affairs, 'Floodland' is filled with lush production (thanks to Meat Loaf writer/producer Jim Steinman and the New York Choral Society) and lyric imagery that is both scary and glorious. The slower tracks, like 'Flood' and '1959', are some of the best ethereal sounds goth has to offer, and the downright regal 'This Corrosion' is one of the best songs of the genre. A definite milestone.
Tracklist:
- Dominion/Mother Russia
- Flood I
- Lucretia My Reflection (Vinyl Version)
- 1959
- This Corrosion
- Flood II (Vinyl Version)
- Driven Like the Snow (Vinyl Version)
- Never Land (A Fragment)
UPC > 825646077014
Format > New Vinyl
Label > Warner Bros Uk
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to ONE copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.