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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Run Time: 60:33
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
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