Gift (album)
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The one and only album by The Sisterhood.
Release Notes
| Label | Catalogue# | Released' | Format | Country | Notes |
| Merciful Release | SIS 020 | June 1986 | UK | 12" vinyl LP | |
| Merciful Release | SIS 020C | June 1986 | UK | Cassette | |
| Merciful Release | SIS 020 | 1990 | UK | CD | |
| Merciful Release Rough Trade Records GmbH |
SIS 020-LP, RTD 133.1684.1, RTD 1331.684.1 30 |
1993 | Germany | 12" vinyl LP | Official re-release |
| Merciful Release Rough Trade Records GmbH |
SIS 020-CD, RTD 133-1684-2, RTD133.1684.2 |
1993 | Germany | CD | Official re-release |
| No label | SIS 020-CD | 2009 | Australia | CD | Unofficial re-release (bootleg) |
Remarks
- Released in two official editions. The original artwork differs slightly, inafar as the print on the cover front is smaller.
The labels and the disc, respectively, look different as well, see the pictures down below. The tracks are the same for all releases.
The original issue was released as LP, CD and on cassette, while the re-release comprise versions on CD and LP only.
- The back covers of the Rough Trade re-releases state:
"Merciful Release is exclusively marketed and distributed by ROUGH TRADE RECORDS GmbH, Germany".
- Since 2009, an Australian bootleg CD-issue as been offered in online auctions as well.
This one comes in digipack with faked Merciful Release logo and catalogue number.
The last track is noted wrongly as "Rain Form Heaven" instead of Rain From Heaven.
- Music Written and Produced by Andrew Eldritch Featuring Doktor Avalanche and The Chorus Of Vengeance
- It is important to note that due to Eldritch's recording contract he could not sing on this album.
See more about this fact here ...
- For some further and comprehensive information on The Sisterhood as well as on the releases
of Giving Ground and Gift we strongly recommend this article in another Wiki...
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Tracks
| Title | Duration | Remarks |
| A1 Jihad | 8:16 | |
| A2 Colours | 8:02 |
| B1 Giving Ground | 7:30 | |
| B2 Finland Red, Egypt White | 8:16 | |
| B3 Rain From Heaven | 6:43 |
The Chorus Of Vengeance - Band / Recording Personnel
Cultural References
The final episode of BBC drama Spooks' seventh series references this album. The Russian code broadcast on a Cold War number station is "2.5.0.0.2.5. Finland Red Egypt White. It is twice blest. It is twice blest. Rain from Heaven". This code activates a Russian sleeper agent in Faversham, Kent to collect a hidden portable nuclear weapon to be taken to Grosvenor Square in London and detonated at 1500hrs. Also, while trying to get to London Bridge through an unused tube tunnel, Lucas says the sentence "What is lost can never be found"; a line from the "Giving Ground" track.
