Sisters Of Mercy - Merciful Release [Box] [Remaster] *

Artist:

The Sisters of Mercy

UPC:

5051011918629

See Also:

Generation X Sex Pistols (The) Velvet Underground (The) Stooges (The) Gun Club (The)

Description:

When WEA International remastered, expanded, and re-released the first three Sisters of Mercy albums in late 2006, fans received excellent upgrades with much better sound, great bonus tracks, and beautiful packaging. Behind the scenes there were finally signs that record labels were once again caring about Andrew Eldritch`s infamous goth rock band and signaling that the door was open for a new album. If it was a step forward, the three-CD box A Merciful Release, released in early 2007, is at least a half-step back, one of those seedy record company moves that sent the temperamental Eldritch into an unproductive world he shares with My Bloody Valentine and Guns N` Roses. The remastered editions of First and Last and Always, Floodland, and Vision Thing are simply thrown into a flimsy box with nothing new added. Fans who have kept up with the reissues are cheated out of the flimsy box, which isn`t nearly as bad as being cheated out of a new album, a problem they`ve dealt with for well over a decade. Anyone who sat out the remasters need only worry about the spotty Vision Thing, which actually sounds much more powerful here since everything is much bigger sonically. Any high score A Merciful Release earns is because of their classic debut and the epic Floodland both making Vision Thing sound like a bonus disc in comparison. They`re huge, important, and authoritative when it comes to goth rock, and are given a new life by the amazing improvement in sound quality. Don`t think you`re getting the whole story, since so many of the Sisters` great moments were on singles that aren`t included here. Still, until the definitive Sisters box is released, this is an easy way to consume two amazing albums and a third that now just misses the mark. ~ David Jeffries

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Black Planet
2. Walk Away
3. No Time to Cry
4. Rock & A Hard Place
5. Marian (Version)
6. First & Last & Always
7. Possession
8. Nine While Nine
9. Amphetamine Logic
10. Some Kind of Stranger
11. Poison Door (Bonus Track)
12. On the Wire (Bonus Track)
13. Blood Money (Bonus Track)
14. Bury Me Deep (Bonus Track)
15. Long Train (Bonus Track)
16. Some Kind of Stranger (Early) (Bonus Track)
17. Dominion/Mother Russia
18. Flood I
19. Lucretia My Reflection
20. 1959
21. This Corrosion
22. Flood II
23. Driven Like the Snow
24. Never Land (A Fragment)
25. Torch (Bonus Track)
26. Colours (Bonus Track)
27. Never Land (Full Length) (Bonus Track)
28. Emma (Bonus Track)
29. Vision Thing
30. Ribbons
31. Detonation Boulevard
32. Something Fast
33. When You Don`t See Me
34. Doctor Jeep
35. More
36. I Was Wrong
37. You Could Be the One (Bonus Track)
38. More (Extended Version) (Bonus Track)
39. Doctor Jeep (Extended Version) (Bonus Track)
40. Ribbons (Live) (Bonus Track)
41. Something Fast (Live) (Bonus Track)

Album Information

Release Date:

02/26/2007

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Gothic

Label:

Rhino

Catalog Number:

5101191862

Original Release Year:

2007

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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