All the POLL that you can get: Sisters of Mercy albums

First & Last & Always

Floodland

I say this every time the subject comes up so sorry for that but: all suck compared to the EPs

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ps: Floodland

write-in:
Some Girls Wander by Mistake

no - we're talking albums here

Some Girls Wander By Mistake is by far and away the best Sisters album. But if not allowed then Floodland.

The debut, for "Black Planet," but I don't feel all that strongly about it, either way.

we're talking albums here

I'd take any EP from Reptile House, Temple of Love, Alice, Body and Soul above any Sisters album but if I have to choose a studio album I'd go for the stupidly huge Steinman inspired Floodland, though the best song on any of them is possibly 'Ribbons' on Vision Thing.

^^^^^^ otm

(eliminating everything pre-FALAA means they've no chance in the "best goth" poll this is supposed to narrow down to).

I'd take any EP from Reptile House, Temple of Love, Alice

Used to own these forever ago, and may well agree with this, too (though still not all that strongly.)

I don't see why "Some Girls Wander" doesn't count as an album – that's like cutting "Louder than Bombs" out of a Smiths poll.

I said this on the other thread, but for me the "Temple of Love" 12" is the definitive SoM object.

ditto on write in for some girl wander! Otherwise, I'll be contrarian and vote for Vision Thing, which merits a "defend the indefensible" thread ...

Vision Thing is totally defensible! Even the silly songs like "More" and "Doctor Jeep" are awesome.

Vision Thing is totally defensible! Even the silly songs like "More" and "Doctor Jeep" are awesome

I think they're awesome, too, partly out of nostalgia - I think I got the album shortly before I got my drivers license and was one of my first driving soundtracks - but it always does the worst in these polls.

Bahaha those songs were one of my first driving soundtracks too (though I had A Slight Case of Overbombing).

Another write in, I abstain, etc.

okay, I relistened to some girls wander, and with the exception of temple of love, it isn't as great as I remember it.

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"Alice", "Floorshow", "Gimme Shelter", "Heartland" and "Kiss The Carpet" are all great IIRC

honestly, if Some Girls... was included, I would have voted for it, but this "their proper albums are crap" nonsense can just fuck off

yeah I'm a bit tired of all this jumping the shark biz. 'Some Girls' is cool, but come on - at the end of the day 'Driven Like the Snow' is their best song and the album it's on ain't bad either.

Some girls wander could have been remastered better, it all sounds so thin next to the real vinyl EPs :-/

But yeah, Floodland all the way.

Some girls wander could have been remastered better, it all sounds so thin next to the real vinyl EPs :-

I think that was my problem with it. I had those songs on vinyl when I first heard them, and the sound quality was significantly different. Thin! Yes, that's it.

hey look dan a huge shock for you i am voting for floodland

"Floodland"

You can probably guess what I voted for.

You know, I've been revisiting my collection since this poll was started and Vision Thing isn't half as bad as I remembered it.

F&L&A always felt a little monochromatic for me, mostly because of the unwavering march of that damn drum machine. Floodland has more interesting beats, "This Corrosion", that piano ballad, some pseudo-guitar solos, and all those synths to help keep monotony at bay.

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^^^ worst track on Floodland easily

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yeah tbh - I always skip Dominion and Corrosion these days

I've always loved Dominion. This Corrosion, sometimes it's a bit too long, other times I can handle it.

On the other hand, sometimes I listen to Afterhours four times in a row, so what do I know.

haha yeah - Afterhours has been rocking my week

my friends used to listen to Afterhours at 33rpm.
now THATS what i call Goth.

I still don't really understand how to parse "the kill to show for" in Black Planet: can I has explanation, plz?

my friends used to listen to Afterhours at 33rpm.
now THATS what i call Goth.

Yeah, man. I'm feeling you on this.

I listened to this Bangles single at 33 once and it sounded like Sisters of Mercy!

I listened to Joy Division's Atmosphere at 33 RPM and I'm still alive somehow!

Floodland. The lyrics got a lot better after FL&A (so many puns and references) and you can feel the influence of the Sisterhood album - all that mechanical repetition and those huge, cold synthesizers. I just love the whole loony grandeur of it - there's a lot of knowing humour in there. Great videos too.

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System of Mercy

Used to have a copy of Vision Thing on cassette, the only thing of theirs I ever owned/heard (apart from ToL and Corrosion singles on the radio). Downloaded it yesterday and listened to it while cooking - nice! Love the riff on the titletrack, simple and effective. The vocals are very 80/90's Bowie on a lot of the tracks. Which I don't mind a bit.

"Ribbons" is so great

Yeah that one too. When "More" came on I was like "mmmm maybe i should put something else on now" but I let it run and ended up singing "I need all the love I can get" all through the fade-out :)

THAT I CAN'T GET TO!!

Ribbons is the only vision thing track that i really like. but i love it.

OTM, although I also really like "I Was Wrong", but yeah I need to be in the proper mood for the rest of it. I always thought of Vision Thing as an ironic concept album, the point of which escaped me.

hahaha that is a great description

I always thought it was a concept album about American cultural imperialism - all the political/pop-cult references in Doctor Jeep, the devouring excess of More, the Bush Snr quote that supplies the album title, and the raised-eyebrow take on LA hair-metal. Ribbons is obv the best but I have a soft spot for the power ballad, Something Fast. I imagine Eldritch throwing goth shapes late at night in the middle of Sunset Boulevard. I seem to remember Detonation Boulevard sounding a bit crap but I like it as a gasoline-huffing Dylan spoof. It's not a great album but it's conceptually watertight and I respect that.

oh man I forgot that I also love "Detonation Boulevard"

srsly I don't know why some bands bypass all of my critical faculties but Sisters of Mercy are definitely one of those bands

xp wow I'd never made the connection with Dylan!! wtf boy am I stupid

"Detonation bd" and "Dr. Jeep" are for me the two real clunkers on this, which sometimes blur my vision of this album.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

First & Last & Always is neither First nor Last.

Some one else voted for Vision Thing besides me!