The Sisters Of Mercy-First And Last And Always Collection-24BIT-96KHZ-WEB-FLAC-1985-OBZEN

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The Sisters Of Mercy-First And Last And Always Collection-24BIT-96KHZ-WEB-FLAC-1985-OBZEN
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:05 minutes | 1,69 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover

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The Sisters Of Mercy – Some Girls Wander By Mistake (1992/2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Sisters Of Mercy – Some Girls Wander By Mistake (1992/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:51:47 minutes | 2,32 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino

“Some Girls Wander by Mistake” is a compilation album by English band the Sisters of Mercy. The album focuses on the band’s early years, as well as their last officially released studio recordings. It collected the complete and unedited studio recording work of the band from 1980 to 1983: both sides of their first single, “The Damage Done”; both sides of their second single, “Body Electric”; the A-side of their fourth single, “Anaconda”; all tracks on their first two EPs, Alice and The Reptile House; and both sides of the 12″ EP edition of their fifth single, “Temple of Love”. Also, the Digital versions of the album feature the extended version of “Temple of Love (1992)”, in addition to the original extended version, plus several re-mixes.

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The Sisters Of Mercy – Greatest Hits Volume One: A Slight Case Of Overbombing (2018 Remaster) (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Sisters Of Mercy – Greatest Hits Volume One: A Slight Case Of Overbombing (2018 Remaster) (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:48 minutes | 1,53 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK

A Slight Case of Overbombing gathered together material from goth merchants the Sisters of Mercy’s three major-label releases. That fact immediately sets the stage for complaints from longtime fans desiring their indie music. However, for the listener more familiar with the band’s mid- to late-’80s college radio tracks, this is a very good collection. The lyrics are rather pointless and Andrew Eldritch’s vocals lack dynamics, but his singing has personality that overcomes his limitations. It’s the edgy, hard gothic rock of the music that is their strength. There’s an undeniable pull to songs like the galloping “This Corrosion” or the epic “More” (both produced by Jim Steinman). There’s also a mix of “Temple of Love,” featuring Ofra Haza, and an unreleased track, “Under the Gun.” Not essential, but a good record for the casual fan (although more extensive liner notes would have been nice).

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The Sisters of Mercy – Floodland Collection (1987/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Sisters of Mercy – Floodland Collection (1987/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:39:50 minutes | 2,10 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Warner Music UK

Floodland is the second studio album by English rock band The Sisters of Mercy. It was released on 13 November 1987 by Merciful Release and Warner Music Group. The recording of the album began in January 1987, roughly two years after the band disbanded following the departures of band members Craig Adams and Wayne Hussey. It was produced by Larry Alexander, band frontman Andrew Eldritch, and Jim Steinman while being recorded at Power Station Studios in Manhattan, Strawberry Studios in Manchester, The Wool Hall in Bath, and AIR Studios in London.

The Sisters of Mercy broke up soon after the band finished the tour for its 1984 debut, First and Last and Always. Undaunted, the group’s founder and frontman Andrew Eldritch kept the name and continued to make music with his faithful drum machine Doktor Avalanche. The Sisters of Mercy came back stronger than ever in 1987 with second album, Floodland, a commercial and artistic breakthrough.

In the summer of 2015, Rhino released a vinyl box set that focused on the music surrounding the band’s first album. Continuing that trend, the next set will spotlight the group’s influential sophomore album, and will include a trio of 12″ singles from that era: “This Corrosion,” “Dominion” and “Lucretia My Reflection.”
The second incarnation of The Sisters – which featured bassist Patricia Morrison of Gun Club – explored new sonic avenues on Floodland. The tone was still dark and moody, but now the loud guitars shared space with keyboards and the rich orchestrations of producer Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf) on tracks like “This Corrosion” and “Dominion/Mother Russia.” When the album was released in November 1987, it climbed the charts in England where it reached the Top Ten.

Along with the studio album, the box set features further essential music released during that time including the 12″ version of the first single, “This Corrosion.” It features a different mix of the title track, along with the B-sides “Torch” and “Colours.”

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The Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion (1987/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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The Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion (1987/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 19:59 minutes | 779 MB | Genre: Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino

The first single from Sisters Of Mercy’s “Floodland” album. This single was released on 18 September 1987. Each format (7 inch, 12 inch, CD and cassette) contained a different mix of the song, a fact that Eldritch explained this way: “Originally I only wanted the long version, for me the song had to be this way. But the record company vetoed that, so I spent a weekend at the mixing desk. I liked the three minute edit the best, then I thought I’d do another one at mid-length. The LP mix is the same as the 12 inch version, it just fades out a bit earlier. The cassette version is different again cos Jim insisted on doing an edit of his own. He’s more into little bits and pieces”. The B-side of the single was “Torch”, Eldritch had played every instrument himself and produced the track on his own. “Torch” had been written in 1985 for the aborted Left on Mission and Revenge album. The 12 inch single added Eldritch’s version of the Sisterhood song “Colours”.
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The Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia My Reflection (1988/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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The Sisters of Mercy – Lucretia My Reflection (1988/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 17:18 minutes | 678 MB | Genre: Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Rhino

As the third and last Sisters single for the next two-and-a-half years, a remix of “Lucretia My Reflection” was released on 27 May 1988. As Eldritch spent a month at Slaughterhouse Recording Studios in Driffield in the spring of 1988, the 7 inch mix and the extended 12 inch mix were probably made during these sessions. Studio owner Russell Webster: “Andrew Eldritch spent a whole month on his own at the studio. We had a lot of fun together and I loved his dynamic music so much that I thought I should do something similar myself”. Patricia Morrison: “The remix is really over the top. I liked it when I first heard it and I still do”. The song’s lyrics mentioned the words “long train”, so the eponymous Sisters track was selected as a B-side. “Long Train” was originally released as a flexi disc in 1984 and had already become a collector’s item.
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The Sisters Of Mercy – First and Last and Always (1985/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The Sisters Of Mercy – First and Last and Always (1985/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 01:21:02 minutes | 1,7 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: AcousticSounds |  © Warner Music UK

With the band itself falling to bits shortly after the March 1985 debut of First and Last and Always, the album’s place in the skewed history of the rise of goth rock would, on one hand, be permanently linked with that discord but, on the other, not impacted in the slightest, leaving the fractious set’s success and structure to become a blueprint for an entire generation of up-and-comers. With static drumbeats and jangle-angled guitars backing Andrew Eldritch’s atonic, graveyard vocals, the songs on First and Last and Always paid to play alongside the ghosts of myriad forgotten post-punkers as well as the band’s own goth forebears. From the opening air-fire claustrophobia of “Black Planet” to the melancholy “No Time to Cry,” Eldritch continually assured listeners that “everything’s gonna be alright” — but, really, coming out of that mouth, did anyone actually believe him? Even on the occasional wobbly patches imbedded in the now classic “Marian” and the title track, where the song threatens to dissolve into irrelevance despite Eldritch’s chirky vocal, they pull up wonderfully on the bass-driven, bee-stung guitar gem “Possession” and the closing “Some Kind of Stranger,” an untouchable epic that, clocking in at over seven minutes, is the best of its kind from any time — period. “Some Kind of Stranger” not only became a love song for the doom and gloom crowd, but was also an anthemic, anemic declaration of intent laid bare in a haze of sonic smoke and mirrors. Copied to death, its brilliance has never been replicated. Indeed, the entire album remains unequaled in the genre, permanently granted top place on a pedestal from which it cannot be toppled. (more…)

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