Floodland

Oh, goths! This is a dull and dreary drum machine driven album. It's not really very interesting. Andrew Eldritch seems to have made a career out of alienating erstwhile band-mates!

Had some interesting parts, overall a standard Album

Most Sisters were like a Floodland around Len Houmous. Of Mercy or otherwise! 2.1 3. Lucretia My Reflection

Very forgettable to me.

Low, gravelly vocals and operatic backing vocals. Quite haunting. Strong, punchy instrumentals. Different to what I’ve heard before which is refreshing.

Felt dark and anxious

Another odd inclusion on this list. Just don’t get why anyone needs to hear this one.

It was all right, sounded like a lot of the stuff that came in that place in time. I’m not a huge fan of Gothic rock genre personally, but it sounds like a mix of joy division and new wave like human league. Two out of five.

Type O Negative but not as good

Couple of good tracks but mostly quite generic 80’s music.

Overall I just couldn’t really get into this. Honestly if that short song at the end were a full song it would’ve been my favourite on the album and if the rest of the album sounded closer to that it probably wouldn’t have ended up being 2 stars

Left me thinking I was listening to Joy Division, so much so that my ears pricked up and I thought this has got better - it had finished in fact and Spotify played JD She’s lost Control. Very unforgettable I’m afraid

Maybe a couple tracks here and there, but overall can’t listen to a full album straight of this. Very 80s, glad I got to hear it once. Probably will not revisit.

I guess some vibes sometimes but still too 80's coated for me to get into. Will I listen to again: 4%

This sounds like if you told someone to record a rock album at The Haunted Mansion

Musics fine but it’s not my taste. Full 80’s mood to get into it. 5/10.

Started kind of fun, a little dark and 80’s sounding. By the end was just wanting to be done with listening. Wasn’t bad but it definitely wasn’t good either, just noisy. Kind of crazy how dated the sound is (not a bad thing at all) and did like the vibe and themes. Ultimately could have listened to the first track 8 times and had the same exact listening experience. Fav track: 1959

This album is supposed to be dark and gothic but it was honestly just boring. Bro has the type of voice that wavers and makes him sound like a 90 year old about to collapse at the mic. It definitely gave 80s vibes. Talking about “her hallway” made me cringe so bad. You guys are NOT mysterious and cool just musty I bet.

If I heard this playing in a public setting I wouldn’t be that upset.

Kunne ikke lide det ret tit. Det var også kedeligt.. Åbneren var det værste på albummet.

Pølsemandens Joy Division I korte momenter rammer de den. Men jeg sidder hele tiden og tænker at de forsøger på at være dystre og cool.

It’s like, my vibe but in the worst way possible.

For once, the album cover conveyed exactly what the music was. Or I guess it could've been the cover art for a Dracula movie as well. I didn't expect something describes as "gothic rock" to sound so close to 80s pop and synth music. Especially the drum parts are very electronic. There are some choirs, strings, and organs throughout the album, like in 'This Corrosion' for example, that surely cements the feeling of being awoken in Transylvania. Must say this music does very little for me. It sure grabs my attention due to it being quite different, but it's not because its purely because it's different and not because it is good or moves me. Like, why would I want to listen to this instead of Depeche Mode if I wanted some 80s sounding synth record? Strong 2. Not because it sounds bad, but because it's not my thing at all, and not hit songs really on the record that can carry it to a 3.

I can't stand this version of 80s pop

this isnt anything anyone needs to listen to before dying, it was fine

4/10 - It was kind of bad. Not very enjoyable to listen to. Reminded me a bit of depeche mode/david bowie but worse.

There’s this scene in “It’s a Wonderful Life” when George dances with Mary for the first time and a character played by the actor most famous for playing Alfalfa in The Little Rascals objects and George Bailey looks at him with anger and disdain and says “Oh why don’t you stop annoying people.” It’s on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/NBKqJHOC0JY?si=GITeWA4FCyrhHnI_. Every once in a while I will hear a song that causes me to look at the radio in disdain and say out loud “Oh why don’t you stop annoying people.” This whole album made me feel that way. The album cover is hilarious though.

I guess this is what goth rock is. The 80s are easily my least-favorite decade for music, especially rock music, so this one fits the bill of a record I don't really care for. Not the worst thing I've heard, but I won't willingly revisit this one again. Hopefully others enjoyed it.

big drums, big sound, very synths, very angelic but why? This album is against some other brilliant albums that missed out. There's nothing bad about it but it sounds like a blurry mess. Maybe if I was against a boss in a medieval video game it might be a good fit it's so not it.

This Corrosion is neat. Rest of the album is not great. If anyone is listening to this outside of being forced or it being the month of October, please seek mental health services. 2

de e-pianosound isch zerst chli en affront gsi, aber das lied gfallt mer bis etz am beste. sis singe isch für mich generell z wenig dicht 🤔 d drum machine isch für mich zu prominent. einführend oft zu ähnlich f. mich (4 chord loop + bass + drums + vocals ...) das eine chor-intro gaht ab.

The guys voice is just really boring

Vilt. Höga höjdpunkter och riktigt låga lågpunkter. ”This Corrosion” är radiovänlig goth, trots motsägelsen. Syntsatanism som hade passat bäst på ett sci fi-/fantasy-soundtrack. Jobbigt att lyssna på stundtals pga repetitiva melodier.

When it comes to the Goth/dance sound this pales in comparison to the Cure and New Order. I found the vocals a bit annoyingly repetitive. 2.5⭐️

1.5/5

Floodland isn't very good, the idea is, but fucking hell it's just terribly 80s in every way. I don't need New Wave Goth, thank you, and although it does a decent job at times (Lucretia My Reflection), I found it all just fading into nothingness. Vocals weren't bad, the music was, 2/5.

I can get down with some Gothic Rock, but this just ain't it. Most of the album feels like it's stuck in slow motion — overly dramatic without much payoff. The mood is there, sure, but it kind of drags without delivering anything that really sticks. That said, "Lucretia My Reflection" is a total banger. Great groove, cool vibe, and actually feels alive compared to the rest of the album. If the whole record had that energy, this would be a totally different review.

It was OK. Enjoyed bits of it...

yeah thats a rough listen NNN

The guy on the album cover looks like a total douche. He sings like one too. Pretentious pop is what I’d call this. Not totally awful, just not the fun type of pop I prefer.

Reminds me of the goth folks I knew in the 90s acting dour and sullen I can just feel the "I just think vampires are cool ok" dripping off this album It also has an 80s Bauhaus feel to me

Not really for me.

80s drama mama

kind of a smiths vibe but less popish to me i guess, i enjoyed the instrumental songs of the second part more than the ones with lyrics

как оказалось, жанр готический рок не вообще не для меня, очень драматично

1.5 rounded up. this 45min album felt like 3 hours!! like if depeche mode were even more boring zzzzzz. not the worst album ever fs, there were like two brief moments where i almost enjoyed it zzzzzzz

Страшилки какие то ебаные, вы кого напугать вздумали епты??

Definitely a mood, just not my mood. Very much a product of the 80’s.

I never had an interest in Sisters Of Mercy and they sounded like I imagined. Dark, moody, goth rock isn't may idea of a good time and it was both unmemorable and boring. I get there's an appeal for some people and it wasn't the worst thing I've heard, it's just that I don't need to hear more.

Soundtrack music for bad 80's action movies.

Feels more pedestrianly plodding, than darkly brooding today. "Mother Russia" gets us off to a (not unpleasantly) droning start – oh, those drum machines, that Cure-lite guitar figure, and oh those backing vocals and soulful sax – all appropriately (by which one means vaguely) (sac)religious-y. So far, so Goth (though perhaps this is actually pre-Goth). "Flood I" feels about as forced and synthetic as a pop/rock song cut can feel, even grading on the Goth curve; plus, it may have been on the Terminator soundtrack. "Lucretia" is not terrible, and sounds somewhat urgent, if canned. The piano playing on "1959" is borderline incompetent, though it's clearly meant to be as lovely and porcelain as the skin of this band's sun-fearing and overly femme fans. The chorus ("hey now/hey hey now") on the big hit, "This Corrosion," seems to undercut the whole seriousness of the Goth project, despite the ethereal opening of the choir at vespers. Otherwise it's a dance floor singlaong with a bad synth passage that was on the Beverly Hills Copy OST, one's quite sure, though maybe it was Beverly Hills Cop 2. It all plays much poppier today than one remembers and more or less makes one want to listen to Peter Murphy. And the humor the editors hear -- where is that, exactly? Unless the whole thing is a joke, which one had always sort of assumed, especially since the cover photo has always reminded one of Michael Jackson and maybe this cat lightened up later and started doing vocals for Crash Test Dummies. Rounding down because pretension has its price.

Pretty much exactly what I expected which isn't a bad thing, it's just not really my thing.

2.5 made me feel uncomfortable and not in a good way.

**An ok album, not my cup of tea

Floodland is the second studio album by English gothic rock band the Sisters of Mercy, originally released in 1987. Goth rock from this era is so hit-or-miss for me. Like, The Cure are cool as fuck but these guys came off a bit too cheesy for me. The synths and drum machines are too much and don't add to the songs. And it's not even only drum machines, they use a lot of those weird Casio percussion sounds too. And a sax solo? Really? If I were around in the 80s when this came out I probably would've dug it. Listening in 2024 and I would rather be listening to better Goth bands.

Boring goth, nothing special from the ‘80s

Nice Cave joining The Cure for a remake of Lou Reed's Berlin.

Extremely eighties sounding, this seems pretty unexceptional. Singer sounds a bit Bowie-like, but if Bowie didn't have any good tunes.

80s rock, quite repetitive.

I like the idea of this, and the general atmosphere the Sisters create, but it did get a bit samey after a few songs. Another timepiece that really sounds like the time it was made in.

Introducing a new genre: Comedy Goth. I can't take this seriously. Is that Phil Collins on drums?

Meh. I’ve not really got any strong opinions on this. Maybe it needs the visual to fully land. Some of the song are too long.

Favourite song - The corrosion

very boring

80’er goth rock, lidt poppet, lidt synth, ikke lige min stemning

depressed mode

not for me

Meh

Voz de ultratumba. Alguna canción bien, pero sin más.

If you asked an artificial intellegence to create a goth-rock album, this is what it would come up with, right down to the cover art. The drum programming is super boring. And the whole thing has kinda one gear. Hard pass.

2.5

Promising start with dominion. Went down from there. Thankfully “this corrosion”, picked it back up. Other than that the rest of the album did not strike a chord with me.

This entire album reminds me of low quality (B) 80s movies. At least the movies are fun to watch. This album is far from fun

Boring

could i write poetry to this? n

I really wanted to like this album. But I didn't.

I don't know kinda moody, semi-depressing and weird. The 80s production didn't help. Not something I'd put on again

They went "all in" on the 80s style

Took much dull plodding and waaaaaay too much gated reverb from the drum machine.

I was bored.

Hurray for ticking yet another band I know the name of but havent really listened to. And kudos for music thats simultneously propulsive in beat, and depressing in atmopshere, a unique gift and the quivering postruring voice - yeah nah, actually NO! I dont want to wade kneee deep through this flood and of misery, a journey through doom and gloom. (but it doesnt sound definitive and atmospheric, I'll give them that, and points for ernestness.) . thoose a well lived life, not misery and loathing - its such a teen place to be. But well crafted misery - I can see how they authoritatively hold a niche and style.

Gothic really ain’t my go. I never enjoyed this band back in the 80’s & nothing’s changed.

While I didn’t hate this, I can’t imagine who is listening to this unironically or not as part of like a soundtrack to something

Standard 80’s rock

4/17/24. Haven't heard of this artist before, or this album. Unfortunately it didn't do much for me; good vocals and songs were okay, but didn't separate from the typical 80s sound I'm familiar with.

You know what this needs? more 80's

Goth rock is not something that I listen to, but this is not too bad. Some great early adoption of synth drums and computers using squenciers.

Bland and derivative

boring ahh album

A couple of cool tracks, but too 80s (with the drum machine and synths) for my liking

While at times melodic and engaging, these are rare. Largely dark and brooding with lyrics that don't resonate.

I can remember this band cause I’m old. However, no one remembered or bought this album. What is it doing on this list?

A kind of worse version of Depeche Mode.

Very 80s. Very dull.

It’s aight

Not really into cheesy 80s synth pop.

Bien ochentoso monótono. Onda Tears for fear pero más choto.

Ist das Depeche Mode in lahm und eintönig?

80s pop rock rock with a hint of indie. 2 stars

2 - Man, this was just boring. Maybe I'm just not that into gothic rock.

warum so düster 🤔

One of the draws of doing this is to see if I can like some genres that I am just convinced I will never like. I don't think I'm there yet, but I did like This Corrosion!

Pretty uninspiring gothic/post punk 80s stuff. Like a blend of the cure/joy division/type o negative that didn't quite work out. First track was alright but quickly tailed off. Terrible album cover by the way. Looks like something I would have made in PowerPoint during my emo phase when I was 15. 2.5*

Not a fan of this genre - therefore not sure what makes this special. It's two people and a synth that sound like every other late-80s band that did the same thing. "Lucretia" and "1959" were stand out tracks. I enjoyed listening to them and musing about how much better they would have been if Pearl Jam had recorded them. Still, credit for the song writing and arrangement on those.

Meh

couldnt really get into it. one song i liked i think

Not bad

As soon as I saw the album cover I knew I was in for a Depeche Mode type album. This Corrosion and Flood II were standouts. Otherwise this gets a similar review to Depeche Mode where I don't think the album is bad, I just really dislike this emo 80s era personally. That being said, this wasn't as bad as I expected, just really repetitive. This could warrant a 2.5, but I'm rounding down because I'm feeling spiteful today.

Memories of 80s sweater bands honestly but with more edge

Too much of this sounds like someone in the '80s wanted to modernize Russian military music and make it appeal to the masses, so they threw in a synthesizer and a drum machine.

Dominion has almost 7 million plays on youtube music. Just because it has more plays than an entire smiths album doesn't mean it's great. Or good. Expanding a song to 7 minutes also doesn't move the needle for me.

80s, spacy. It gets old after a while 2.5 stars

The singer's voice was too deep, it was kinda creepy, I didn't enjoy this very much. Stand-out: This Corrosion

Bland 80s

Huh, olihan ärsyttävä ja huono levy.

Raskas. Justjust 2*

When the first song kicks in, with its pulsating drumming, this seems like a winner - and it is a decent listen. But as it progresses, it does seem a bit samey.

Not for me.

This corruption was a really good song, others are quite meh One of the better British bands I’ve listened to 2/3***

80’s synth goth - meh

Bad eighties goth. Awful repetitive drum machine programming and Eldritch sounds like a panto villain. Give me Bauhaus any day.

Really not doing it for me. It's just so corny and cheesy and it feels derivative of something. Derivative of what? I'm not even sure and to be honest I don't really care enough to put a lot of thought into it. I'm not enjoying this. That one track that is the super midi sounding piano ballad with the lyrics that went something like "where the wind blows" is the highlight of lowness. I think it was called "1959"? It's so cheesy and unappealing. Hard to listen to. This wasn't it for me.

I start back into this and the first two that I listen to are steaming piles of poo.

Not my cup of tea. I wasn't friends with the kids that liked this is HS.

It was alright. 2/5

Not a fan. The 1980s are so weird, lol. That huge cavernous snare is the worst sounding the world to me. All the songs are long and drawn out. This singer is like Bruce Springsteen's emo cousin who loves to dance (in the dark, of course). I'd rather listen to The Cure or New Order if I want to dance or feel 80s emo sad.

Ochentero

An interesting listen. While I'll probably forget about it shortly and won't listen to any of these again, it was a cool experience while it was on

Aika ei ole järin hyvin tätä kohdellut. 2/5

Recuerdo perfectamente ver el vídeo de Dominion en la MTV. Además de esa canción conocía This Corrosion. En general se deja escuchar pero no es algo imprescindible en mi opinión.

It took them 1 minute into the first song to rip themselves off. It sounds a lot like "Deliverance" by The Mission UK. "Lucretia" had a nice base line. I liked this mostly because this was part of my high school years. I wasn't goth, and we all were pretty disdainful of those pretentious d-bags, but the music was pretty damn good, overall, despite being pretty repetitive. The big knock against these guys is that they were caught between trying to sound like The Cure, and figuring out their own identity: which is as goth as it gets. And it was also eye-rolling to hear the guy keep trying to sound like Bela Lugosi when he sings.

Yeah nah. I'm not into late 80s Goth rock. Too many gated drums and emotions.

Wasn't in the mood for this!

Some good stuff, some naff stuff, a slightly harsh 2

This felt extremely stereotypical and almost like a parody of oneself. That isn't to say it's bad, it's completely competent as an album, but everything just sounds like surface level 80s dark wave. Now, at the time I'm sure this was revolutionary as a darker sound in new wave, but now it feels like the bare minimum as to what someone would be playing if there was a soundtrack for the 80s. It just screams angst, but that angst is hard to take seriously with the cheesy synths and repetitive drum machine. Maybe if one of these songs alone was on a whole album that sounded different, then I'd be interested due to the darker tone, but instead I was just bored by the end. Maybe in the right mood, but I have no clue what that mood would be, and why I wouldn't pick something like Depeche Mode or Joy Division first.

This Corrosion was a fantastic centre point of an otherwise quite dreary album with an unfortunately muddy mix

Een stel theatrale Engelse goths die graag met een extra-laag-opgezette stem diepzinnige teksten mompelen, fluisteren en soms hijgen op onheilspellende jaren '80 muziek. New Wave met extra veel eyeliner. Ik kan niet genoeg benadrukken hoe vies theatraal dit is, van de saaie digitale drums met bakken galm tot en met de onweergeluidseffecten. Zo'n nummer als "This Corrosion" begint echt super vet met dat koor, maar wanneer de Gezusters zelf inzetten word je weer vol die vieze jaren '80 ingezogen. Enorm jammer. Kitscherige drek. Ik kan er wel naar luisteren, maar enthousiast word ik er zeker niet van.

So, like... does every newwave/darkwave/synthwave band just use the same singer? Is that why they all sound the same? Because, despite being serviceable electronic music, this was boring AF. Nothing new, nothing exciting, nothing unique. Just the same guy singing about the same stuff over a slightly more emo flavor of the same synths.

Could have saved time and listened to the shortest track nine times. Very monotonous. Made it thru thanks to a traffic jam and nothing more promising coming to mind

Forgettable 80s tunes

Some truly bog standard 80s synth wave/new wave. Your level of enjoyment with this really depends on how long you’ve been working through the list. I’m creating album 900, and I’ve definitely heard this exact album 50+ times now.

Not a fan 2/5

It flooded my ears with noise.

I like how the vocals are done: lots of dark tones. Some of the bass tracks are good. But the drums are from a machine. And I'm not a fan of 80s synth. It's a bit like Depeche Mode and the rest. "1959" is a good track. Nice piano. The vocal style works well, and no annoying synthetic drum beat. "Lucretia My Reflection" is the most radio-friendly track: good bass line, quality vocal arrangement, and it has a groove. I could have skipped the other songs - nothing original about any of these. Sisters of Mercy suffer the same problem as other groups in the same category: each song, album, and band sound just like the others.

Starts out with Russians, then rushin' waters. Fake shaky old man voice throughout. Where's the mercy?

Wie zijn dit, de stoute zusjes van A-ha? De jaren tachtig brengen wederom een jaren tachtig-plaat voort. Ik ga de vertrouwde elementen niet eens meer opnoemen. Laten we zeggen dat ik ineens fluorkleuren zag langsvliegen, witte sportschoenen, reclames voor Sporthuis Centrum en aerobicsvideo's met zweetbandjes.

Just what I've been looking for, a mid tear goth concept album about flooding. 2 Noah's arks out of 5 ⛵⛵

naaah

Fácil identificar as características da onda gótica, e não me agradou.

Too monotone, too long. Just didn't do it for me. I did like The Corrosion. Fun track, but didn't make up for the rest.

Not my style. It was pretty boring through the entire thing. 3.5/10

Absolute snoozefest.

I'll be honest, when I read the description I thought it had 1/5 written all over it. Normally I despise the drum compression and synth heavy music like this but these Sisters are doing it right. A lot of people talking about Lucretia - that one stood out to me at first too but by my third listen I was kind of over it. 1959 is a lovely little song that weirdly reminds me of Orville Peck? Without the vocal range of Orville. This Corrosion is a banger for sure, I would like that to be the backing track for my revenge montage. Floods 1 & 2 and the last two tracks don't really do much for me. Really enjoyable listen, this was a fun one!

Better than absolute 80s garbage I guess.

8th March 2023 Listened during the day while working in the office and finished in the airport the next day on the way to Naples. Grungy doom music, sounded like the hell music the guys in South Park use

60 seconds in… who thought this was a good idea? The saxophone was a real surprise.

interesting different from my usual music but alas i got bored

Hearing One song is fun 80’s punk. Listening to the whole album is torture.

It's not 'Bad" but I found it a bit dull. Not really for me.

Bad Bowie Copy - circa Black Star

Too much edge to my Rock n Roll.

All a bit one dimensional

A pretty weird and very 80s Esque album. With the whole album being the theme from thriller this album probably has a set group of listeners. The synths are heavily played and one song repeated itself for nine minutes. Safe to say this one wasn’t great. 3.9/10

Overall sound is a little too dark. Not my kind of music.

À little too dramatic to my taste. An apocalyptic ambiance that would make it a great movie music.

I went from "hmmm not bad" to "Christ I'm bored" in about 1.5 songs. What I assume is supposed to be atmospheric and moody is just as my Grandpa would say "Dull as duck shit". A yawning 2 stars.

This is like boomer goth music

Pretty 80s.

I find gothic rock in this style comically cheesy. Seems like it's trying so hard to be edgy and dark but at least today it's trite. Mostly the vocals are the reason it's so corny. Instrumentally it's competent but... yeesh.

I'm not a fan of this genre of music. I feel that is sounds cheesy and dreadful. I can appreciate that others may enjoy it. But it feels very dated to me.

Didn't do much for me

2.5/5

Very dark

Didn’t care much for it.

nah tried to get onboard but it's just bad rock with "atmosphere" which doesn't translate unless you're all in.

Not my style a little too dark and dreary

A bit tedious.

Was fine to put on Sometimes forgot to listen Nothing outstanding 4/10

Ogillade det... kändes väldigt långt.

This album exactly how I expected an 80s goth pop album to sound. I'm not a fan of 80s pop for the most part and this has too much of that era in its sound. I'd be interested to hear any of their later albums, and may give the band another try at some point.

Very odd, which is not a bad thing! Some songs sounded like rammstein covering Kenny Loggins, others like David Bowie fronting a particularly gloomy Echo & the Bunnymen, and one sounded like a piano ballad from some schlocky horror movie. I would never have found this on my own, and would not have expected it to sound like this based on what I had heard of the band before. Loses a star for not having a proper drummer.

It’s not unpleasant music, but also not very memorable at the same time. The songs kinda of blur into a cloud of hazey guitars and moody vocals. 4/10

Iets teveel gothic voor mij.

Niet bepaald een verrijking van m’n leven.

I would have liked this more when I was, like, 19. Doesn't do much for me now.

Shitty 80s music. So moody. Bland and forgettable

Second half better than first. Not my kind of music. Highlight tracks: 4, 5, 6

Sounds like Joy Division, but in the boring mumbly way. They try to build gothic sonic soundscapes that build and grow and consume, but are usually not successful. Lucretia my Reflection does this the best. It builds and grows into a thumping rock beat. Then dips, before exploding once again, before fading out. It tells a good musical narrative. Versus 1959, nothing to grab on to. Wikipedia tells me this is Gothic Rock/Gothic Punk, which feels very apt. Highlights: Lucretia my Reflection

I do not advocate for bullying. But sometimes you can understand a bully's motive.

Thought it was fine. Some good moments I liked. I can see why some might enjoy it, but it's not really for me.

I listened. Kind of enjoyed but not entirely sure how to rate this album. Going with a 2 because I don't think I'd ever say, hey, put on SOM's Floodland.

A few good songs (This Corrosion and Dominion/Mother Russia are good), but definitely a product of its time and hasn't aged relatively well. 2.5/5.

odd mix of bowie and lame goth rock. not for me.

Nothing to write home about.

The soundtrack to Halloween no one asked for. There’s some good ideas here musically but it’s way too dramatic and over the top. See The Cure for how to do this style right without slipping into cheesiness.

The worst clash of emo, heavy metal and 80s

Started off strong but got a bit depressing by the end

Songs are not nearly interesting enough to be as long as they are. Bass lines are pretty good

generic 80s

overall thoughts: ngl, could not get into this at all. not my cup of tea I guess. songs weren't trash tho, drumming was pretty cool & the inclusion of a choir throughout some of the songs. 2.5/5.

This sucks and is super boring. At least they tried

bleck

When New Wave and Porto WMO just misses the boat. There’s not a lot of major impact or even memorable tracks.

Not bad. I liked more than I thought

meh.

very 80s already. might be rough. but at least its decent working music. i made it to song 8 two stars.

Enjoyed the start but my interest drifted in and out of this one too much. 2*

Can listen to it. Was nothing to write home about.

Repetive

Meh

no thanks

1,4/5

I found this album to be unbelievably boring and unremarkable.

Who the hell actually listens to this nihilistic bullshit? Another in a long list of albums to suicide to. But oh wait, they’re from the UK, so naturally they deserve a spot on this list 🙄

droppedddd

Lucretia My Reflection This Corrosion

The 80's sucked. Another miserable dirge masquerading as dad pop.

My prayer for mercy while listening to these”sisters” was to have this album be over quickly

Kind of sucks

Hard listen 1.1/10 maybe in 1987 this was good but know its terrible

I really do not care for this era of music. Sorry.

You know whats worse than a bad album? A super boring album with no substance whatsoever. At least you can kind of laugh at a bad album, but i was just praying for this album to be over. Every song is a nothing burger and is way too long. The song Emma had some potensial, but even that song suffered from the same problems, not to mention the vocals sound like theyre supposed to be deep, but it just sounds forced.

Warum gibt es von früher nur so Musik? Alles so Rock oder was soll das sein? Kann’s nicht mehr hören 😂

Fucking dogshit

not for me

Meh. I love Vision Thing. Tried this on the stair machine & it just didn’t work.

I always worried that I could have been a great Goth in the 1980s because I loved the Cure. After listening to Floodland I realized I dodged a bullet. This is so predictably Goth - every song in a minor key, every chorus sung in octaves, choirs, vocals sung in a creepy commanding tone. I feel like I just listened to an alternate Lost Boys soundtrack.

Nahhhhhh This is boring goth music and I don't like it. Echo & the bunnymen started playing after this and I like them so much better LOL

Will try to get to it today

Im nkt a big fan classic rock

Do not like this style of rock.

From the cheesy cover art to the the big reverb on the drums to the super low register male vocals, this was so 80's it felt like a parody album.

Another 80s album that reminds me how lucky I am to have avoided living in that lost decade I genuinely dont understand how some of the drum sounds got so popular. There isnt a lot here that I appreciated. Flood II and The Corrosion were okay. 1.5 stars

Bad

блят гарний рок гурт яка нахуй раша болять параша я вшокі жах бля зашо

This group’s Spotify description reads like Elon Musk wrote it (derogatory). “Not only are we dark English rock, we’re dark gothic English rock” Not offensive enough to turn off but boring enough to fade into the background.

Less than mediocre new wave

I’m going to invoke the old maxim, if you don’t have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.

I remember this album from the Beavis and Butthead show. Every time they watched a video on the show and went, “huh huh huh huh huh huh …. These guys suck…huh huh,” the song they were listening to was definitely from this album.

If the Twightlight series came out in the 80s this would be the soundtrack.

As soon as I started listening I hated the drum sounds and couldn't get past it.

I’ve never heard SoM before and I’m not sure what they going for, but I wasn’t into it. I see them described as goth rock, but I find the gothic dressings of Black Sabbath or Bauhaus much more compelling. To me it just sounded like new wave that used the same synth for almost every track. I enjoyed “Corrosion” for a little bit, but that’s just because I deluded myself into thinking I was listening to The The (and then the choir kicked in).

god I love synth !!!!!!!!

When I first heard this in 1987 it was a fairly torturous listen but revisiting this 38 years later it’s a little bit worse.

Eh, emo 80s pop. It's okay.

Really bad

Not sure what the point of this music is or where it sits in anything to do with rock history. Pointless. Don’t think it adds anything to anything.

No.

new order for guys with top hats, black nail polish and stripey Tim burton shirts

I can’t deal with the 80s at the best of times. The words gothic do not help. Very not for me. On many levels.

All spectacle and no substance. Dragged down by a dull, thudding drum machine, this record is chock-full of predictable chord changes and singer Andrew Eldritch's unsuccessful attempts to imbue his bland lyrics with some sense of theatricality.

Boring.

Euloloh… c’était long.. la pochette est moche. J’en ai rien eu à foutre tout le long, j’ai trouvé ça ennuyeux. J’ai eu l’impression que Ghost a été inspiré par eux, sauf que Ghost c’est 19393992 fois mieux.

Horrible

Synthesizers heavy goth pop/rock album that is OK some of it even good if you can get through the in-your-face constant one-dimensional ONE TWO pow pow beat of the bloody synthesizer as it's almost center stage in every single song to the point it all starts sounding the same ONE TWO pow ONE TWO pow ONE TWO pow ONE TWO pow...

Not for me. 1/5

Not my trophy of troff of swill

pass

DNF

Going into this project I typecasted myself as someone who is not into 80s music, but wanted to see if that was still true with a more mature ear. IMO this album was typical 80s and I didn’t enjoy it. So I guess I’m still a 80s hater. The 1959 song was so tough to get through. It was weirdly slow, I didn’t expect that.

Rather forgettable. NOTHING here really stands out. Weird.

Never heard of this group, but it immediately sounds like 80s Bowie. They definitely owe Bowie some money for the way they sound. If the Crash Test Dummies hit in 1985 they would be this band. I liked 1959 quite a bit. I liked This Corrosion. I would like it if every song didn't have the exact same drum beat, but in 1985 that was illegal so I understand. Overall this was a chore.

My least favorite album so far. Just about everything of the 80s sound I don’t like. It’s still listenable as I imagine most of the albums on this list would be, but I will probably never choose to revisit it.

Very generic goth post

F@*^%$G awful.

Meh

I didn't like this at all. 3/10

Dark rock from the 80s isn't something I was expecting today. Its not something I'm familiar with and after today I probably wont be again. Its very monotone and tries to create an atmosphere that just doesn't work for me. Its just boring.

Too bad I was already a fan after hearing "Body Electric" on a John Peel radio show at the time of the 7" release (yeah I know, old guy bragging etc., but true), so something like a not-quite-day-one-but-almost fan. I stayed loyal up to the first album or rather up until "Temple Of Love" made them huge but also started to cater for a fairly basic rock sound that lacked the edge of the first releases. Basically I was totally underwhelmed by "The First And Last And Always" and couldn't be bothered with anything they did after that. But also in retrospect I cannot see much merit in their second album, sorry. The Sisters (or should we say, Andrew Eldritch) never really delivered an album worthy of a 1000-records-before-you-die list, unless you want to count their early-releases-"Some Girls Wander By Mistake"-compilation from 1992, which I would prefer to their regular albums any day.

I just hate the drum machine use here.

sounds like the soundtrack goth music of a cheesy vampire c-movie from the early 80s. And like the do in vampire movies they suck.

Not good.

Didn’t enjoy

The epitome of a very average 80s group.

Why does this sound like an 80’s rock twilight soundtrack? It’s vampy

не мое электронное старье

Not for me

Nope. Hard pass. Love early gritty works by Sister Of Mercy, but as soon as they got sanitized by eighties sonic aesthetics, I lost all interest in them. See also the three reviews topping this section. The description of the first is spot on -- even of the 4/5 grade isn't. The grade of the second one is closer to the mark. And the grade of the third is perfect, along with the description. Funny that another (rather negative) review compares one track to Pixies' "Tame", by the way. The starting points of the two songs are indeed the same. It's just that what follows is WAY different. Nobody has ever really said that a Pixies song sounded like Sisters Of Mercy in 1989. It's now that you can say that a Sisters Of Mercy song sounds like Pixies. Even if it was released *before* it. If that's not proof that Pixies will endure in public memory and Sisters Of Mercy won't, I don't know what is. 🤷 1/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums 6/10 for more general purposes (5 + 1) Number of albums left to review: around a hundred, as I've gone over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 443 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 264 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 322 (including this one(

This is a joke, right? Too many albums from the Brits and the 80s on this list.

After hearing this I almost felt the need drink someone else’s blood. Not for me thanks

A bit too emo for my liking.

It’s like doom metal and new wave had a baby. But even more ugly and fucking irritating than I even dared to expect.

Groupe inconnu. Le premier morceau est vraiment long, pour ... pas grand chose. Les morceaux suivants ne sont guère mieux. Rien de remarquable, le disque est très ennuyeux. Mention spéciale pour 1959 et son piano bontempi avec un son ridicule ... (-1), je n'ai pas pu continuer plus loin. =>1/5

The reviews are the best part so far. Groan. The comments in the reviews are the best part.

no

Terrible 80s synth goth pop Bowie-ish false manly voice

kinda meh, did not enjoy, rather listen to some Eminem, way better flow then this.....

I'm sorry I can't

Couldn't get through this record. Totally dark and depressing without any discernable hooks -- just negative energy lyrics. It's like these guys were trying to be Joy Division without the energy or talent.

Not good. This is why people hate 80s music.

Sounds very 80’s. I can’t get into it

Nothing groundbreaking. Also why are they called sisters of mercy when there are no women? Makes no sense.. Very low effort, music is meh, singing is not really singing more like reciting

Sad that I can't give lower than one star. Rip-off Depeche Mode and I hate Depeche Mode.

1.5 Sounded like a goth parody band, and not in a good way

doomy crap

The sound of distopia!

Enjoy the puppet show

I am not sure how much more of mediocre 80s pop i can take.

I can't stand the lead voice. Quintessential 80s mumble singing. 1/5 could not finish.

Nix für mich.