Sisters of Mercy Floodland ( vinyl LP )

Release date: 22-03-2015 ( Originally released in 1987 )

2015 EU reissue ( vinyl LP )

One of the seminal 80's goth albums including Dominion, This Corrosion and Lucretia, 

Meat Loaf Producer Jim Steinman and New York Choral Society Among Collaborators on Vast-Reaching LP

The Sisters of Mercy emerged from a brief hiatus and lineup overhaul in spectacularly grand fashion on Floodland, an epic album that stands as the group's commercial breakthrough as well as one of the period's monumental productions. Having witnessed his bandmates leave, singer Andrew Eldritch recruited bassist Patricia Morrison, utilized a groundbreaking drum machine, and hooked up with Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman to attain a glorious, bombastic, and irrepressible marriage of gothic rock and sumptuous balladry.

Tracks:
A1 Black Planet
A2 Walk Away
A3 No Time To Cry
A4 A Rock And A Hard Place
A5 Marian (Version)

B1 First And Last And Always
B2 Possession
B3 Nine While Nine
B4 Amphetamine Logic
B5 Some Kind Of Stranger

The template for all goth-rock records that followed, Sisters of Mercy's First and Last and Always stands as one of the – if not the most – influential albums of its kind ever released. Distinguished by Andrew Eldritch's ghostly singing, which gives the impression of hearing a forlorn ghoul croon from a foggy English graveyard, the 1985 set is drenched in gloom, claustrophobia, black humor, and dance-ready beats that provide exhilarating contrasts. Fans of the Cure, Depeche Mode, Love and Rockets, Peter Murphy, mid-period Nick Cave, and Joy Division will find it to be a new favorite record.