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I'm new to the sisters of mercy.
Which CD do I buy first ?
Pilly

Pilly wrote:I'm new to the sisters of mercy.
Which CD do I buy first ?
Pilly

[surely some mistake?]

try Vision Thing.

oh, welcome!

I bought Floodland first and would recommend you do the same... not as downbeat as FALAA, not as 'rocky' as Vision thing, nicely in-between.

Hi Pilly

Floodland + Vision thing, its easier to work backwards i think.

or..... just come to a Smurphs gig

Paddy.

Lordy lordy lordy .....HELLO PILLY

so you`ve found out where we go to talk about the others now

I got Reptile House EP first. (But then it was 1985 and there was a bit less to choose from then.)

welcome Pilly
that's a tricky question -- all Sisters official albums are good but different.
i became a fan after hearing Vision Thing but now it's my least favourite Sisters official album.
not bad but i just love Some Girls... and Floodland more.
but it could be absolutely vice versa for you...

Buy all.

willkommen pilly!

where to start eh? ooooh.....

depends - if you want that mid 80s goff sound get the first album: "first and last and always"

if you want something that has all the ones you know on and will better stand the test of time try "floodland"

dead inside wrote:Buy all.

or try to borrow them before, all of them i meant

Not surprisingly I am with Dead Inside - buy them all !

That said - Some Girls Wander By Mistake would be an excellent start - just setting the mood !

@ Dead Inside - Hows it going Mate?

AndyTheGoth wrote:
@ Dead Inside - Hows it going Mate?

It's going. So and so.

Greetz Pilly. Would recommend Floodland first myself, but that's probably just cos it's the way I did it and it sure got me hooked on them...

You could get the A Slight Case of Overbombing album. That way you would get a vide range of Sisters songs. Maybe not the best but a nice sample of all three studio albums.

However, as the others points out, to do them justice you should have them all. There are no bad songs on them, save for one and a half on Some Girls Wander.

I'd recommend Some Girls Wander.....but that's the early stuff Pilly.

And WELCOME my good man

Debaser

Vision Thing if you like rawk.
Floodland is a great album.
First and Last and Always if you're a sad old goth.
SGWBM is great if you like your production raw.
ASCOOB if you just want a general idea of the more accessable songs.

My personal favourite is Vision Thing, but I suspect I'm in the minority.

for my dos centimos i'd borrow the lot then buy the ones you like, as sisters albums are like a box of chocolates.....

Pilly wrote:I'm new to the sisters of mercy.
Which CD do I buy first ?
Pilly

Get First last and Always Pilly. Pay particular attention to the B-side tracks Just up your street.

Watch out for that Padstar, he's a right one he is

As somebody once said......

Gotta catch 'em all !!

Welcome Pilly,

If I where you I (though perhaps thank god I'm not) I'd buy all of them, both on shiny spinny things and the equally sexy black spinny things, get all the t-shirts while you're at it, the reptile house is always open for business....

Yours as always,

Chairman Bux
CEO Buxville
buville@myheartland.co.uk

And yes, the current holiday is turning out to be so much fun

Hi Pilly. Nice to see you here.

I first heard "First and last and always" and fell directly for it. You will too!

I first heard Floodland when i was about 7. And thought "god why is my sister into this annoying depressing boring crap" but i was into pop at the time.

Then many years later (about 7), my sisters ex let me borrow Vision Thing, on vinyl and i was blown away. Especiall by ribbons "flowers on the razor wire, i know your here" sounds amazing on head phones. then i borrowed floodland and then first and last and always, and then all the singles.

Then i went and got the two compilations on cd, and started buying all the albums, then i began to hunt down bootlegs and stuff. And then in 1997 i thought it be a good idea to make 'The Fourth Floor' for a college project.

Thats far too much information..

ah well


Gary.