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| A Merciful Release | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Sisters Of Mercy
Label: Rhino/Wea UK
Category: Music
List Price: $39.98
Buy New: $25.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 37717
Format: Box Set, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 1.1
EAN: 5051011918629
ASIN: B000LP5DBK
Release Date: March 5, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Black Planet | | • | Walk Away | | • | No Time to Cry | | • | A Rock and a Hard Place | | • | Marian | | • | First and Last and Always | | • | Possession | | • | Nine While Nine | | • | Amphetamine Logic | | • | Some Kind of Stranger | | • | Poison Door - The Sisters of Mercy, Marx, Gary | | • | On the Wire | | • | Blood Money | | • | Bury Me Deep | | • | Long Train | | • | Some Kind of Stranger |
Disc 2
| • | Dominion/Mother Russia | | • | Flood I | | • | Lucretia My Reflection | | • | 1959 | | • | This Corrosion | | • | Flood II | | • | Driven Like the Snow | | • | Never Land | | • | Torch | | • | Colours | | • | Never Land | | • | Emma - The Sisters of Mercy, Wilson, Tony |
Disc 3
| • | Vision Thing | | • | Ribbons | | • | Detonation Boulevard | | • | Something Fast | | • | When You Don't See Me | | • | Doctor Jeep | | • | More | | • | I Was Wrong | | • | You Could Be the One | | • | When You Don't See Me | | • | Doctor Jeep | | • | Ribbons | | • | Something Fast |
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Album Details
Renowned as the Kings of 1980's Goth, the Sisters of Mercy were Originally Formed in 1980 with Vocalist Andrew Eldridge and Guitarist Gary Marx and Recorded Its First Single with a Drum Machine Dubbed Doktor Avalanche. Guitarist Ben Gunn and Bassist Craig Adams were Added, and the Sisters Initially Built a Reputation Through Gigs and Several Singles and Eps. Gunn Left the Band in 1983 and was Replaced by Wayne Hussey. The Sisters of Mercy Recorded their First Full-length Album, First and Last and Always, in 1985, but Two Years Later, Internal Dissent Had Split them Apart - Marx, Adams and Hussey Departed and Thereafter Eldritch Chiefly Utilized Temporary Sidemen from this Point on (Although Former Gun Club Bassist Patricia Morrison was an Official Member of the Group for a Short Time) and Rebounded with the Second and Third Lps, Floodland and Vision Thing.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 Long Overdue Sisters Boxed Set May 15, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Back in the early nineties, The Sisters of Mercy released a neat collection of their early EPs called "Some Girls Wander By Mistake," a fastidious testament to sparse, electronic beginnings of this soon-to-be-huge masters of sprawling goth rock.
The three full length albums that followed - all with entirely different lineups, exempting Eldritch - stamped a lasting impression in New Wave and the 80's alternative music in general.
This collection takes those three albums and aside from some subtle sonic renovation, adds bonus tracks and various treasures that only the most hardcore SoM fans will recognize. Some of them, particularly the b-sides on 'First Last and Always," have never been 'officially' available on CD before now.
I have shed tears of joy! April 4, 2007
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I cannot express how excited it makes me to see this set in the year 2007. Part of the holy trinity of gothic rock (along with the Banshees and the Bauhaus, in my opinion), The Sisters of Mercy have been living legends; their music still echoing in clubs across the world. This awesome collection of their albums also has some great remixes and hard-to-find tracks (all in the oh-so-totable CD format). Let's keep our fingers crossed for a reunion album!!!
 The Elephant in the Room... September 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sorry, but three albums with a few singles tacked on the end (most of which any average Sisters fan already owns) does not warrant $50. (He could have at least thrown in the Sisterhood LP at that price.)
Speaking as a diehard Mercy-head for two decades, and with all due respect, this is an insult! 15 years or so after the last studio recording and the only bone he can throw us is a box set of remasters??
And then to have the NERVE to call it a "Merciful Release"?!
HA!
I understand we all have bills to pay, but come on. What the hell is Andy wasting his time and talent on??
It's time to take the pink shirts back to the mall and get into the studio again...PLEASE and thank you.
The Sisters of Mercy - Merciful Release April 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Sisters of Mercy, it doesn't get much better than this for me. They're one of those rare bands that I really did love all their albums, and here we have a set of their three main albums remastered, repackaged and laden with bonus tracks. If anyone deserved this treatment, it was The Sisters. First and Last and Always is notoriously known for having horrible mastering, and here you are treated to a much crisper version. Floodland and Vision Thing never really sounded bad in my opinion, but I can tell they have been remastered to a better state here. Add the multiple bonus tracks and you have an incredible set. If I wasn't an obsessive collector I would replace my old discs with this set, but I am, so own both still. This is a stellar box set very much worthy of purchase and not gratuitous in the least. A must have for not only Sisters fans but for anyone who likes rock music.
A Well-Priced Compilation March 25, 2008
To put it short and sweet, fellow Sisters fans everywhere can appreciate this compilation. Sure, it's just the three studio albums. However, the sound and overall production quality have been buffed. The album liner booklets contain a magazine article biography that is very interesting and insightful (chronicles the three studio recordings themselves, one at a time), and contained a few images of Eldritch and the band over the years that any fan can appreciate. The bonus tracks on each album also give a hesitant fan a reason to purchase. Of course, if you've already got all three albums (and the greatest hits and rare recording CDs) this may not be worth it. However, if you want the records updated and in the best quality (not just second-hand, back-shelf in hard-to-find shops) this is worth the money.
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