The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

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Album Details

Title: Floodland
Artist: The Sisters of Mercy
Release Date: 1987
Re-Released On: 11/16/1987
Label: Elektra, Warner/ESP
Duration: 60:33
Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto
UPCs: 075596076227, 022924224621
Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Goth Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, College Rock, Dance-Rock
Moods: Brooding, Ominous, Wintry, Bitter, Bleak, Cathartic, Detached, Eerie, Gloomy, Nihilistic, Somber, Spooky, Tense/Anxious, Druggy, Ethereal, Hostile, Theatrical, Reflective, Stylish, Visceral
Total Copies: 2
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Dominion/Mother Russia
Flood I
Lucretia My Reflection
1959
This Corrosion
Flood II
Driven Like the Snow
Never Land (A Fragment)
Torch
Colours [*]

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1987	CD	Warner/ESP	2292422462
------	CD	Elektra	60762-2

Other Editions

Floodland [Bonus Tracks]

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Album Review

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. ~ Chris True, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Alastair Thain	Photography
Andrew Eldritch	Producer, Engineer
Jim Steinman	Producer
Larry Alexander	Engineer, Producer
Mike Owen	Photography
Roy Neave	Engineer
Zal Schreiber	Mastering