Now that the moribund relationship with East West Records is officially over, it seemed reasonable to bang out a few singles, independently, while we're putting an album together (which usually takes a long time) and getting somebody to put it out with a bit of muscle (which usually takes even longer). This series of independent singles was due to start with a stonking (of course) version of 'SUMMER'. The music to 'SUMMER' was written by Adam Pearson. The words were written by Andrew Eldritch. It's very pretty, and probably very cruel. It goes like a freight train painted in the shiniest yellows and blues. The Sisters of Mercy Announce First Los Angeles Show in over 14 Years". Post-Punk. 20 January 2023 . Retrieved 9 October 2023. Robb, John. "Interview: Andrew Eldritch in depth on Trump, brexit, the ‘new album’ and himself". Louderthanwar.com. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2018

Scanlon, Mary; Scanlon, Ann (19 December 1987). "Bridge over Troubled Water". Sounds. pp.9–10. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016 . Retrieved 9 April 2018. Lefevre, Olivier (September 1983). Merci Les Soeurs. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Peu de nos contemporains possèdent une véritable dimension, les Banshees, les Psychedelic Furs. Les autres ne sont pas honnêtes. ( Few of our contemporaries have got a true dimension. The Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs. The other bands are not honest.) {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help)Yeah. Yeah, we might just use one loop from a song and build everything on top of that. Andrew was really creative. I guess the deal was that there had been a band, Sisters Of Mercy, and they broke up. Andrew said, "I'm gonna keep the name." And the rest of them said, "No, we're keeping it." a b c d "The Mekons' Jon Langford on His Brief Sisters of Mercy Stint". CLRVYNT . Retrieved 19 November 2016. The album also contains probably the most idiosyncratic song in The Sisters of Mercy cannon in the form of ‘1959’. Stark and almost painfully naked, Eldritch’s lone voice is set in bleak contrast against a melancholy piano. Devoid of irony or point scoring, it’s also Floodland’s most honest moment. a b Sodomsky, Sam (29 October 2023). "The Sister of Mercy: Floodland Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved 29 October 2023.

a b c d e Floodland (vinyl sleeve). The Sisters of Mercy. Merciful Release. 1987. MR441L. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Scanlon, Ann (5 March 1988). "Cars, Camels and Cecil B. DeMille". Sounds. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012 . Retrieved 9 April 2018. When Adams and Hussey left the band, they were replaced by the American singer and bass guitarist Patricia Morrison of the Bags and the Gun Club. [12] On paper, Floodland should be a polarizing cautionary tale: an act of hubris that rejects the humble, visionary qualities that endeared a loyal audience to an underground, artsy group of misfits. Instead, it’s the masterpiece that defines them. Andrew Eldritch, the band’s sole remaining member by the time of its release in the fall of 1987, was driving himself nuts poring over demos alone in his adopted home of Hamburg. Driven by a burning desire to prove himself—and to propel his story beyond his old friends and new nemeses—this album had to be a grand gesture. Something undeniable.Riemann, Hannsjörg (17 September 1992). "Andrew Eldritch". Bravo (in German). p.28. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012 . Retrieved 9 April 2018. Campbell, Michael (2012). Popular Music in America:The Beat Goes On. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0840029768.

Billboard 200 | Week of 6 February 1988". Billboard. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019 . Retrieved 21 June 2020. Regarding the title Floodland, Eldritch realised that, after writing all the songs for the album, the theme of water came up repeatedly. He attributed the theme's recurrence to the amount of water within Hamburg, where he was writing these songs. [18] Michael Bonner of Uncut viewed Eldritch as casting himself in a role where he is a "jaded observer, watching cynically as he and the world slouch towards Armageddon," adding that the songs are bonded together by "images of the apocalypse that straddle the gap between the personal and the political." [25] Speculation about a new release was renewed in November 2016, when Eldritch said he might release a new album if Donald Trump were elected president: "I don't think I could keep quiet if that happened." [20] The band has yet to release any new material, but in 2017 they embarked on a European tour in August and September. [21] [22] The band has performed thirteen new songs during concerts held between 2019 and 2022, such as "There is a Door" and "Show Me (On The Doll)," but has yet to make studio recordings available. [23] Since 2012, some of the shows featured a guest appearance by the Irish singer Lisa Cuthbert who performs her cover version of "This Corrosion" on piano. [24] [25] Influence Again, this is where the contradictions appear. If the early versions of ‘This Corrosion’ were an extension of Gift, Eldritch’s employment of Jim Steinman with no apparent irony found him embracing the very thing he’d supposedly been taking the piss out of all these years. The uber-producer makes his presence felt on Floodland’s opener, ‘Dominion/Mother Russia’ wherein the masses voices of the New York Choral Society are used to grand effect once more.

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European Hot 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.4, no.50. 19 December 1987. p.18. OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History. This became what is generally recognised as the first real Sisters line-up. It began with the Doktor/Eldritch/Marx/Adams incarnation of the band playing a gig in the Riley Smith Hall of the Leeds University Union building in early 1981. Since nobody can remember the exact date, for historic purposes the band and fans have often celebrated the anniversary of the concert of 16 February 1981, in Alcuin College, York which was the band's second gig; [8] however, during this time, the band did cycle through two fourth members: guitarists Tom Ashton and Dave Humphrey. [11] Later in 1981, Ben Gunn was recruited as the Sisters' second guitarist. Eldritch's melancholic baritone, Craig Adams's pulsating bass, Doktor Avalanche's beat and Marx's flowing guitar led the band to early underground success. In 1982, the band recorded the "Body Electric" b/w "Adrenochrome" single for the CNT label. [8]