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


  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, ltd. edition    1987   UK   with numbered sleeve and gatefold picture lyrics sheet
  Warner / Pioneer   P-13612   12" Vinyl LP   1987   Japan   Japanese picture lyric sheet, 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 (partly in long box)   1987   USA   shorter versions of This Corrosion and Driven Like The Snow
  Elektra   60762-2   Cassette   1987   USA   shorter versions of This Corrosion and Driven Like The Snow
  WEA   22321   12" Vinly LP   Canada   shorter versions of This Corrosion and Driven Like The Snow
  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

  • 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.
  • 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.



Additional Pictures



Floodland - Elektra Cassette Cover (Front)