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SISTERS OF MERCYs Floodland defined the term Gothic new in more than just one way. Craig Adams and Wayne Hussey left after the first album to form their own band The Mission. Mr. Eldritch then joined forces with Patricia Morrison of The Gun Club (Bass/Vocals) and began working on Floodland. The couple was joined in the studio only by a few session musicians, and Doktor Avalanche, of course. Andrew Eldritch composed and wrote the whole album alone. The album consists of completely over-produced pieces like This Corrosion (Jim Steinmann of Meat Loaf fame…) with it’s Wagnerian choirs, and on the opposite a few beautiful and completely reduced tunes like Torch (heard before on the Sisterhood EP Gift) and 1959. (Gothic) Imagery especially in video clips and on promo pictures was very strong. Dominion was shot in the desert arround Petra in Jordan, wondeful scenes with Andrew and Patricia as a couple. Floodland is remaining a classic, even though Mr. Eldritch does not like the G-Word so much these days. The Sisters are still active on the live front, while the audience is waiting for a new record since 1993… Best Tracks: Dominion/Mother Russia, Lucretia my Reflection, Colours. Released in 1987.