The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987): Album Review & Discussion |
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987): Album Review & Discussion
Join Grant along with Sam Evans, Todd Evans, and Reed Little as they dive into The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland (1987).
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Hi Grant, great show. Floodland is a great album. I was definitely 80’s post punk/indie kid but the ‘tribal’ barriers (in the UK at least) were always pretty fluid and I always had lots of time for SoM, Bauhaus and the Mission etc, because the music was just great! Andy
Cool, thanks! Stick around for more great content!
One of my favorite bands
Great show. Nice to see this great band being mentioned
Glad you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for more great content!
Agree with all the points made. The only exception would be that SoM were never a band I heard in clubs, but as an album experience. I'm younger than you guys (born in 73) and I'm from a medium size city in Brazil, so there was no club in my city playing that kinda music at the time (although Lucretia and Dominion played on the radio a few times). My introduction to them was in 1986 though "First and last...", The second thing I heard was some of their EPs (Alice, Body Electric and Temple of Love) through the old tape trading thing that happened in the 80's. So I was kinda disappointed with Floodland being less rock oriented (or less band oriented) and I became part of team Mission (but the Sisters material from 81/85 was always my fave from both bands). When Vision Thing came along I've already check them out. I'd come back 3 years later with the release of Some Girls Wander by Mistake - a comp with all their EPs from their first 5 years) and since them SoM became a legacy band to me. I'd give First and Last 8; Floodland 6,5; Vision Thing 4 and Some Girls 9. I don't know, but Floodland kinda marks the end of the old 80's goth sound that I liked and the introduction to the 90's goth sounds that I don't care (NIN, Marylin Manson, Nightwish and others). I like that 80's post-punk borderline with gothic sounds (Banshees, Bauhaus, some Cure, early Cult, XMal Deutschland, Joy Divison's Closer).
Hi Rodrigo! Thanks so much for the comment! I never heard any SOM back in the 80's either, so I know what you mean. I hope you subscribe...more great stuff planned on this channel!!
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Actually, I heard SOM back in the 80s, I've heard "First and Last" and some EPs prior to "Floodland" - which I heard as a new release. Sold my vinyl copy of Floodland back in the early 90's and I don't regret. It was never an important LP to me. But I still have my vinyl copies of "First and Last" and the double album EP comp "Some Girls". Cheers.
This album is magnificent and has been one of my top 50 favorite albums of all time Jim Steinman's production on this album is cinematic and captivating and Andrew Eldritch gives a phenomenal vocal performance on this landmark album
the Jim Steinman tracks are killer!!
"Floodland" (Remastered CD from 2006 with bonus tracks) was my first Sisters album which i bought.
Nice!
Must mention 'Temple of Love', arguably their best song...the original was released as an eight minute single in 1983 and then redone in the early 90's with the late Ofra Haza; both versions are brilliant!
I still have a lot to learn with Sisters of Mercy....thanks for recommendation :-)
@@GrantsRockWarehaus Yes, 'Temple of Love' is worth a listen for the juxtaposition of Andrew Eldritch's vocals with the sublime voice of Ofra Haza...
That is a brilliant song too!
I'm a 21yo who discovered the sisters of mercy a year ago.
Devoured all the discography and been listening to it on repeat for month.
My favourite part are the early EPs and singles, with Ben Gun as a guitarist. The reptile House EP in particular is a marvel, the dirtiest, most perverse record I've ever heard (and I listen to black metal !).
FaLaA is really "gothy" in its sound, it's a really lyric oriented album and it gets some of the best lyrics I've ever experienced.
I really like Floodland, more for the calm tracks of Flood I and II, because I've actually grew bored of Lucretia, This Corrosion, and Dominion
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Great show guys. I'm not super familiar with their music despite knowing Sam for more years than I want to admit. Will have to revisit them.
Thanks for the kind words! Thanks for tuning in!
Also meant to add John Robb has a new book out The Art of Darkness: A History of Goth, that promises to be a good read. Andy
Oh cool! I'll have to check that out! Thanks for the tip!
Doh on my years off on NIN :P
we were both off...haha
I prefer "Some Girls Wander by Mistake" compilation than "Floodland".
I've never hear the comp... I may need to check it out!
I bought anaconda when it came out just as a blind buy & I preferred the earlier stuff the first & last & always is a masterpiece but it was only when I went back to it years later that I realised this
Funny how your perceptions change through time. That's why I already recommend people always go back and take another listen to stuff they didn't like back in the day.
@@GrantsRockWarehaus yeah true great show though check out clan of cynic as well
Clan of xymox
Floodland is more metal than Vision Thing? Ok.