The Sisters of Mercy, "First and Last and Always"

I have the Original Album Series CD version and it sounds pretty lifeless compared to others in that set. That's a big part of what's blocked me from listening to it much.

i'd forgotten just how much i enjoy the ridiculous no! no! no! backing vocals on no time to cry

I have a sessions version with what seems to be a guide vocal where the high pitched vocals are completely ludicrous. It is my favourite one.

The title track had the working title of Scottish One, which makes me think they always thought it sounded a bit like Big Country.

Hmmm I don't know which pressing of the record I have. Will have to check later. But it sounds pretty good to me. Or like it's supposed to at least?

sisters of auchtermuchty xp

One more thing—big shoutout to SoM for being so fun for us deep baritone and bass-voiced folks to sing along to.

otm

I listened to the whole thing today, which lead to listening to early The Mission tracks which lead to bad, bad things (OK, Fields of the Nephilim)

Decided after careful evaluation, I was gonna go with Amphetamine Logic for sounding most like the E.P.s

But then I also discovered that The Mission's Wasteland sounds completely different from The Mission UK's Wasteland! The American version having beefed up bass and this shuffly sort of very late 80s dance beat added in. The Mission UK one being the awesome one I must have danced to too many times at dodgy goth nights we won't mention.

But now I have the sudden urge to wear a bolo tie. o_0

Another shoutout to Nine While Nine.

was never a fan of wasteland but if i'm honest with myself i still like garden of delight / serpent's kiss / severina

<i>First And Last And Always</i>: the Poll

i didn't vote in that poll, will in this one.

ah ha! i note i've changed my tune since 2008. i guess in the interim years i've reverted to my teenage taste.

i wd like to vote for the last 3 tracks in one gulp but failing that i'm really torn

I've gathered that a lot of people dislike Hussey but his backing vocals are often the highlights for me.

For MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

lolol

Took me a few seconds to get that, Aldo.

This is the thread where you post in the style of Wayne Hussey

Voted for Walk This Way. :-)

having become of age in ls6 in the late 80s, i was kind of blind to this band as i felt the need to rebel against the postcode love.
however, there were certain tracks that became embedded within my system to the point that last year i got the remasters.
and yeah.
wtf re the debut album.
even in its remastered form it sounds like shit.
is there a story behind the reason as to why ?

i always attributed its sound to the fact that eldritch was taking vast amounts of amphetamines when he mixed it which is never a good idea. no amount of remastering can ever undo the horrible mix. "walk away" and "no time to cry" sound better as dave allen mixed them but even then he always struck me as an odd choice of producer.

An anniversary piece from The Quietus the other day, in case you missed it.

Still planning on voting Some Kind of Stranger.

When I first saw that "For MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" I thought it was the final line from Torch on Floodland…

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i was able to listen again before voting and agree that this is all about the last three songs. since i can't vote for all three will throw my vote to "Some Kind of Stranger."

the thing about the production on this album is that it's actually great & it is all other albums that sound like shit

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SHOCKED!

wtf

http://www.andrewliles.com/discography/first-monster-last-monster-always-monster/

Andrew Liles (NWW/C93) has marked the anniversary by recording his own version of the album and blimey I like it a lot.