Sisters of Mercy, "Floodland"

Two songs -- This Corrosion and Lucretia, My Reflection -- tower over the other stuff on this (very good) disc. My vote goes to This Corrosion, but it's close.

Exactly. It's between those two, but I can't make up my mind just yet.

For your consideration: The two key songs, side by side.

Tough call.

i'd go for "lucretia..." in the bat of an eyelid if it wasn't for the fact that my girlfriend has had "driven like the snow" on rotation for months and has very slowly brainwashed me to embrace the delights of that song.

I was going for "Lucretia..." but decided to actually go with "Flood II," if only for Doktor Avalanche's contributions.

"This Corrosion" is brilliant as well, although the video was lamentable.

luctretia by a whisker. fuck i love this album. must listen again. 1987 was a spectacular year for music.

I was about to say, people are wholesale sleeping on "Flood II"! THANK YOU ALEX

(because I probably won't vote for it even though I love it, ha)

I could have voted for every song except Torch, went with Driven in the end.

"This Corrosion" because Mr. Sister is so hard ass he tells you to sing his song to him!!

Never Land

Dunno, This Corrosion always felt too long and still does. Other than that, one of my fav albums

^^^

This Corrosion is good, but Dominion is better.

Heretics, all of you.

I voted "Flood II" as well. This is one of my absolute favorite albums, and man, I could listen to that song on repeat forever. It's like the end credit song to a totally rad movie.

"Flood II" is awesome because it's just hook after hook after hook

Never Land (full length) on the remaster is pretty sweet too

As hearing Dominion/Mother Russia whilst playing GTAIV was what made me buy this album (£5, thank you Fopp), I'll vote for that.

Dominion and 1959 need more props here.

Never really got into "1959," I have to say.

Not a burner, but it'll sneak up on you someday.

key changes in 1959 are brilliant

Torch and Colours should not be in the poll, as they are CD only bonus tracks.

Listening again thanks to this thread, for the millionth time since its release, still hate Torch and love the rest :-)

but "Torch" is awesome, wtf

also "Torch" was a bonus track on the casette, too

It's just one of those tracks I don't get, I guess - can't explain :-(

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"Torch" is a great song but I can see why someone wouldn't like it, b/c it doesn't sound much like a Sisters song

sub-par, band jumped shark as soon as they graduated from 12"s to albums but I've ridden this horse before

SOMEDAY
SOMEDA-HAY
SOMEDAY SOMEDAY
DOMINION
SOMEDAYSOMEDAYSOMEDAY SOMETHING SOMTHING SUMPT
but I say mine

A white house in the red square and the 52 daughters of the revolution have no idea how many times I sang this song in the car throughout my life DOMINION!

Also Andy Eldry all looking like Steve Dallas!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Stevedallas_bc.jpg

It is fun to imagine it's Steve Dallas singing.

!

All these years of loving both the Sisters and Bloom County and I never thought of that. Abbott is the roxor.

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Low turnout :-(

lurkers strike again :(

hahaha Ned, I knew you would appreciate that. :D

I haven't heard this record in years. But I heard "Dominion" in my head at work about a month ago.

'This Corrosion' isn't nearly long enough and easily got my vote.

I am still more fucking goth than you.

Had I seen this, I'd haved voted for Neverland

After being quite disappointed by the previous album, this is really brilliant, I love it. Love the way he says "do you" and "in times like these".

this album freakin... rules. rules rules rules

yeah my 19yo daughter has been quizzing me relentlessly about goth recently and I just keep sending her YouTube links for Corrosion and Lucretia

Never Land (A Fragment) 1
Flood I 0
Torch 0
Colours 0

all robbed!!

"Torch" and "Colours" aren't really on the record, though.
I enjoy the whole album, but between eight songs it's only got about four hooks.

something not everyone notices: Colours on Floodland is sung by Eldritch but The Sisterhood album vocals are all by Lucas Fox.

(um - Giving Ground is James Ray)

It's great. But Eldritch's treatment of Morrison makes me wince when I put it on.

I spent a fortune as a teenager buying the Sisters' EPs and 7"s and LPs (and terribly expensive vinyl bootlegs). Then a few years ago I bought everything for next to nothing in one of those Original Album Series collections, which felt odd.

Original Album Series cheapo CD collections, of course.

It's odd that Some Girls Wander.. doesn't include the Body and Soul EP. Was that already on a major label?

It was their 1st major label single.

This recent review was pretty good
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-sisters-of-mercy-floodland/

"This Corrosion" always sounded so massive on the dance floor, what an unlikely hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zow2Dblvwo

Not sure if I voted in this poll, but my vote would go to "Lucretia My Reflection" especially this 12+ min version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZGVDzQmoI

^ I like how they basically tell you how they got here (Train -> Long Train -> Lucretia)

(Train -> Long Train -> Lucretia)

i have never made that connection before. Must re-listen to both and not sure i have ever heard that 12 min version.

Lucretia is my favourite Floodland single by far and i feel so blessed to have seen Train played live - https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-sisters-of-mercy/1984/caley-cinema-edinburgh-scotland-33c69041.html

twice in fact!

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-sisters-of-mercy/1985/caley-cinema-edinburgh-scotland-23c6f403.html

I like how they basically tell you how they got here (Train -> Long Train -> Lucretia)

actually, it's so obvious once you are listening for it. LOL.

I loved this album then and probably love it even more these days, though "This Corrosion" is prob my least favorite thing on here *ducks*. The bass lines on this have always been tremendous.

Flood II for the win