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The The Sisters Of Mercy's second album was titled Floodland.
Floodland and its accompanying singles This Corrosion, Dominion
and Lucretia were preceded by a Merciful Release press statement,
which can be found under A Short History.
The album was also accompanied by videos for This Corrosion,
Sandstorm/Dominion, Lucretia and 1959.
In 1989, the video compilation Shot was released featuring all these vids.
Some further information on the production and release of Floodland
can be found here in another Wiki (English), as well as here
Track Lists
Vinyl LP
| Side 1 |
Side 2 |
| 1. Dominion/Mother Russia | 5. This Corrosion |
| 2. Flood I | 6. Flood II |
| 3. Lucretia | 7. Driven Like The Snow |
| 4. 1959 | 8. Never Land (a fragment) |
Bonus Tracks
| CD | Cassette | 2006 Reissue CD |
| Torch / Colours | Colours | Torch / Colours / Never Land (full version) / Emma |
Recording Notes
- Produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander
- except Dominion/Mother Russia by Eldritch/Steinman
- and This Corrosion by Steinman
Band/Recording Personnel
as credited on the inner sleeve:
- Patricia Morrison - bass
- Andrew Eldritch - vocals
- Doktor Avalanche - drums
Releases
| Label | Catalogue# | Format | Year | Country | Notes |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR 441L | 12" Vinyl LP | 1987 | UK | first edition with gatefold lyrics sheet |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR 441CD / 242246-2 | CD | 1987 | UK | with the two bonus tracks Torch and Colours |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR 441C | Cassette | 1987 | UK | also featuring Torch |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR441LTD | 12" Vinyl LP Limited Edition | 1987 | UK | with numbered sleeve and gatefold picture lyrics sheet |
| Warner / Pioneer | P-13612 | 12" Vinyl LP | 1987 | Japan | with picture lyric sheet in Japanese, picture sleeve & obi-strip P-13612 |
| Elektra | 60762-1 | 12" Vinyl LP | 1987 | USA | some copies on High Quality Audiophile Vinyl |
| Elektra | 60762-2 | CD | 1987 | USA | partly released in Longbox, This Corrosion and Driven Like The Snow are shorter versions |
| Elektra | 60762-2 | Cassette | 1987 | USA | This Corrosion and Driven Like The Snow are shorter versions |
| WEA | 22321 | 12" Vinly LP | Canada | This Corrosion and Driven Like The Snow are shorter versions | |
| WEA | CD | Australia | includes Torch (directly after Driven Like The Snow) and Colours | ||
| WEA | Cassette | Australia | includes Torch (directly after Driven Like The Snow) | ||
| WEA Records Ltd. | 244053-3 | VHS Video Compilation | 1988 | UK | Title: Shot - features all the videos around the Floodland album |
| Merciful Release / WEA / Rhino UK | 5101-17580-2 | CD | 2006 | UK | with two further bonus tracks - Never Land (full length) and Emma |
Remarks
There are differences in track times between the various formats.
These are most noticeable on Driven Like The Snow and This Corrosion.
The 2006 reissue had, for the first time, the full demo version of Never Land.
In the pase a full length demo had surfaced, but that was an instrumental.
This new version comes complete with vocals. Emma was taken from the Dominion 12".
Possible reasons for not including the other B-Sides from Dominion could be:
1. There wasn't enough space on the CD or
2. Sandstorm / Untitled had already been featured on a charity compilation CD in the early 90's.
- For plenty further pictures of all these releases,
please see The Ultimate Sisters Guide / Floodland
