Floodland
by The Sisters of Mercy
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 November 1987
- Label: Merciful Release
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 45:37
- Community rating: 4.09/5 from 13 ratings
Artists on this release: Doktor Avalanche, Craig Adams
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Driven entirely by relentless, programmed drum machines and Andrew Eldritch's commanding bass-baritone, 'Floodland' is a monumental gothic rock achievement. The album utilizes dense, Wagnerian choral arrangements and swirling, atmospheric synthesizers to create a sprawling, nocturnal soundscape steeped in dark romanticism and apocalyptic political imagery. It stands as a definitive, highly produced peak for 80s darkwave.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, rhythmic, melodic, synthesizers, dance, guitars, majestic
Tracklist
- Dominion / Mother Russia (7:00)
- Flood I (6:17)
- Lucretia My Reflection - Vinyl Version (4:55)
- 1959 (4:12)
- This Corrosion (9:30)
- Flood II - Vinyl Version (6:14)
- Driven Like the Snow - Vinyl Version (4:38)
- Never Land - A Fragment (2:48)
Credits
- The Sisters of Mercy - Member, primary artist
- Craig Adams - Member
- Doktor Avalanche - Member
- Andrew Eldritch - engineer, words by, music by, producer
- Larry Alexander - engineer, producer
- Roy Neave - engineer
- Alastair Thain - photography by
- Mike Owen - photography by
- Jim Steinman - producer