Floodland

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Floodland - Cover Artwork (Front)
Floodland - Inlay

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

in this Wiki (German)


==Track Lists ==
Floodland - 2006 Reissue CD Cover (Back)


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




Floodland - Warner /Pioneer Japan Edition

Recording Notes

  • Produced by Andrew Eldritch with Larry Alexander
except Dominion/Mother Russia by Eldritch/Steinman


Band/Recording Personnel
as credited on the inner sleeve:


Releases


Floodland - Elektra US CD Longbox Edition
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
Merciful Release / WEA / Rhino UK    5101-17580-2 CD 2006 UK with two further bonus tracks - Never Land (full length) and Emma
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


Floodland - Elektra Cassette Cover (Front)


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