Sisters Of Mercy Floodland CD

 Classic Sisters
By 1987, Andrew Eldritch had risen from the goth underground which he had been mired in (to his dismay) for much of the 80's, and he had successfully shaken off the limp hippy influences of the insufferable Wayne Hussey to emerge bigger and better than ever with Floodland, a work wholly and completely his own. This disc is unquestionably one of the most brilliant and epic pieces of recorded music to come out of the 1980's. One of the best things about it is-- try to describe it. You can't. You can't because it doesn't sound like anything else before or since.
Submitted by a reviewer (Oakland, CA, USA) 
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 Not bad - but missing something deeper
People either tend to think that Floodland is the best thing since sliced bread or a piece of bombastic pretentious overcooked tripe. I tend to sway either way. In certain moods, this is a really good album, at other times its too heavily compressed, overdone production - put simply, its glittering surface harshness starts to really grate on me. Certainly the instrumentation is lush, the arrangements ecquisitely crafted and the lyrics charmingly mysterious. But underneath it all, as especially evident on the acoustic 1959, something's missing. 1959 is a beautiful track and sounds like it ought to tug on your heart-strings and send a shiver down your spine, but it just never gets there. And this is where the very noisy bombastic pomp of Dominion/Mother Russia, This Corrosion and Lucretia especially tends to want to overwhelm you with its incessant and unrelenting assault on the aural senses. It's only towards the end, when things settle down a bit, with Driven Like The Snow and Neverland that the album truly shines. Driven Like The Snow is sublimely evocative of dark, snow covered Caucasian landscapes and Neverland is a short, bittersweet shining jewel telling the tale of a broken mercenary. This is a good album, but the production on Vision Thing is much stronger, even though it's not liked as much by many fans.
Submitted by dduprie (Melbourne, Australia)
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 A Masterpiece
Featuring dark brooding vocals from Andrew Eldrich, lush synths and irresistable dance beats on most songs, Floodland is no doubt the best album The Sisters Of Mercy ever released, and one of the best albums to come out of the 80s. This is a must have for anyone who likes gloomy dance music. On any given 'goth' club night across the country at least one song will get played from this album. Most likely This Corrosion...and the only complaint I have is that this song, as great as it is, goes on way too long. Sadly, the Sisters Of Mercy couldn't match the creativity of Floodland and were never as good again.
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 Flooded with Genius
Andrew Eldrich proves that he is truely a genius with this, the second release by The Sisters of Mercy. The goth/industrial hammerings of "Lucretia, My Reflection" pre-date most modern industrial music, while "1959" sounds like it probably influenced Smashing Pumpkins' frontman, Billy Corigan. The Sisters have a masterpiece with "This Corrosion". Certainly a must own for any goth/rivethead or even any '80s pop fanatic.
Submitted by a reviewer (Greendale, WI)
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