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The Sisters of Mercy

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Biografía

One of England's leading bands of the 1980s and originating from Leeds, the Sisters of Mercy play a slow, gloomy, ponderous hybrid of and , often incorporating dance beats; the one constant in the band's career has been deep-voiced singer Andrew Eldritch. The band is named after the Leonard Cohen song "Sisters of Mercy" according to Eldritch. The band originally formed in 1980 with guitarist Gary Marx and drummer-turned-vocalist Eldritch. Dr. Avalanche, the drum machine, joined them on their second single Alice. Guitarist Ben Gunn and bassist Craig Adams were added to make live gigs feasible, and the Sisters built a reputation through several singles and EPs. Gunn left the band in 1983 and was replaced by Wayne Hussey. They signed to WEA in 1984 and released the Body and Soul single. This featured a re-recording of Body Electric,

Canciones

1 Lucretia My Reflection Floodland
2 No Time To Cry First And Last And Always
3 Marian (Version) First And Last And Always
4 When You Don't See Me Vision Thing
5 Walk Away First And Last And Always
6 Doctor Jeep Vision Thing
7 Ribbons Vision Thing
8 Torch Floodland
9 I Was Wrong Vision Thing
10 This Corrosion Left Of The Dial: Dispatches From The '80s Undergr
11 Dominion / Mother Russia Floodland
12 Flood I Floodland
13 Driven Like The Snow Floodland
14 1959 Floodland
15 Never Land (A Fragment) Floodland
16 Some Kind Of Stranger First And Last And Always
17 Nine While Nine First And Last And Always
18 Vision Thing Vision Thing
19 Colours Floodland
20 Black Planet First And Last And Always