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Isn't Floodland one of the best albums ever?!
Posted: 04 Oct 2008, 19:51
by Gimme_The_Ring
Sitting here on a cold, dark Saturday night listening to Flood 1, Dominion Mother Russia, This Corrosion, Flood II etc and you really have to admit that Floodland is pretty much perfection. There isn't a duff track on it!
1. Dominion / Mother Russia
2. Flood I
3. Lucretia My Reflection
4. 1959
5. This Corrosion
6. Flood II
7. Driven Like The Snow
8. Never Land (a fragment)
9. Torch
10. Colours
Posted: 04 Oct 2008, 19:58
by eotunun
It definately belongs very far up the list of the best.
I've loved it since I first heard it.
Posted: 04 Oct 2008, 22:46
by million voices
I agree wholeheartedly. even after 20 years it is still a sheer delight.
There is something so complete about it. The quality of every bit from the songs to the music to the production. There is not one one part that falters, there is nothing to improve about it.
Even if you weren't a Sisters fan, and I have heard there are a few, you would still have to admire the dazzling brilliance of Floodland.
It is the CD I take with me when contemplating up-grades in the stereo.
When they brought out the Rhino re-issues, the other two albums sounded better, but apart from the extra tracks, I didn't think Floodland was improved upon.
Posted: 04 Oct 2008, 23:59
by splintered thing
I totally agree. I have said it here before - Floodland is the closest thing to a religion I have experienced. It is sublime - I cannot fault it in any way.
Though now that I have heard the complete version of Neverland on the reissues, I am at a loss as to why the tiny version is on the record - it is outstanding. I can listen to it over and over.........
Floodland has a song for every moment, and I think I have listened to it in about as many ways/places/circumstances as I could. I love it. It is an old friend that goes everywhere with me!!!
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 00:28
by James Blast
aren't M&S curries just the best?
Next!
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 00:50
by splintered thing
I'm allergic to spicy food
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 01:00
by James Blast
try them, the after effects might be worth it
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 01:02
by splintered thing
Anaphylaxis??????
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 02:17
by James Blast
Fela Kuti?
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 11:30
by doctoravalanche
It is indeed an unmatched masterpiece !!!
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 12:28
by dinky daisy
It is the best Sisters album.
But, and you should know it, as a statement, Vision Thing is the best to prove that Sisters is not what you think it is.
You blow everyone away with Vision Thing, while the first thunderbeats of Dominion and the Roxy sax, the choir on This Corrosion and the organ in Flood I give some people allergic reactions.
Vision Thing, man... you should buy it, it rocks. Already have one? Buy another one! It's worse to listen it twice.
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 14:11
by Gimme_The_Ring
I love Vision Thing too, not quite up there with Floodland but pretty damn close in my opinion.
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 14:12
by Nic
Except for FALAA it's the best album in the world.
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 15:42
by markfiend
FALAA is a great collection of songs, but Floodland is an
album.
(I know what I mean.
)
Floodland is probably my favourite album ever.
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 16:29
by nightmusic
This was the first album I ever bought...
...was on Audio Cassette, from WHSmiths in 1989!
And still my favourite - is this the musical equivilent of a hole in one?
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 18:14
by sultan2075
markfiend wrote:FALAA is a great collection of songs, but Floodland is an
album.
(I know what I mean.
)
Floodland is probably my favourite album ever.
I have said
exactly the same thing on numerous occasions. Creepy.
I will add: strangely enough, that record is custom-made for blasting at ear-bleed volume, windows down, while driving around Texas at unsafe speeds in the early fall or early spring, one-half to three-quarters drunk. Simply glorious.
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 19:00
by Erudite
markfiend wrote:FALAA is a great collection of songs, but Floodland is an
album.
(I know what I mean.
)
Floodland is probably my favourite album ever.
Precisely.
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 20:46
by iesus
Erudite wrote:markfiend wrote:FALAA is a great collection of songs, but Floodland is an
album.
(I know what I mean.
)
Floodland is probably my favourite album ever.
Precisely.
Yeap, that's the truth...
Posted: 05 Oct 2008, 20:53
by lachert
floodland? this is just "gift part 2"
Posted: 06 Oct 2008, 01:46
by biggy
No, it isn't.
It's in the top three Sisters albums though so don't be too downhearted.
Posted: 06 Oct 2008, 08:05
by Norman Hunter
James Blast wrote:aren't M&S curries just the best?
Dunno, can't afford them. Asda or Morrisons for me
Floodland? A fine album. Not one to skip from one track to another - must be played all the way through or not at all.
Posted: 06 Oct 2008, 08:18
by paul
Nic wrote:Except for FALAA it's the best album in the world.
I second that
Posted: 06 Oct 2008, 08:20
by Silver_Owl
iesus wrote:Erudite wrote:markfiend wrote:FALAA is a great collection of songs, but Floodland is an
album.
(I know what I mean.
)
Floodland is probably my favourite album ever.
Precisely.
Yeap, that's the truth...
Yes. Agreed. Indeed.
Posted: 06 Oct 2008, 08:20
by splintered thing
[quote="markfiend"]FALAA is a great collection of songs, but Floodland is an
album.
Yes Yes Yes!!!
Exactly!
Posted: 06 Oct 2008, 11:22
by zippy
I like a curryed lady played loud!!!