Product Description

Drawn from the band's voluminous singles catalogue, A SLIGHT CASE OF OVERBOMBING is a Sisters Of Mercy greatest hits package arranged in reverse chronological order that also highlights the band's first studio recordings since the VISION THING album. It includes all three collaborations with Jim Steinman--"Dominion / Mother Russia", "This Corrosion", and "More". The latter is a masterpiece of bombast.
The new tracks are "Under the Gun" and "Temple of Love (1992)". The first, a duet with ex-Berlin vocalist Terri Nunn, is a semi-successful attempt to duplicate the sound of the Steinman collaborations. The second cut, a re-recording of the Sisters' seminal 1983 single "Temple of Love" in the light of the band's harder, more metallic sound, is a good idea. Adding the impressive vocal acrobatics of Yemenite singer Ofra Haza is a stroke of genius. A SLIGHT CASE OF OVERBOMBING is a fine place to enter the world of the Sisters.

Track Listing

1. Under The Gun
2. Temple Of Love
3. Vision Thing
4. Detonation Boulevard
5. Dr Jeep
6. More
7. Lucretia My Reflection
8. Dominion/Mother Russia
9. This Corrosion
10. No Time To Cry
11. Walk Away
12. Body And Soul

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8579 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-01
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

A Slight Case of Over-Indulgence...
A compliation of all the major-label singles from the Sisters of Mercy. Chronologically, releases are in a 'back-to front' order, so the final track is the oldest release, 1984's excellent (if overproduced) 'Body and Soul'. Two singles from 'First and Last and Always' follow - the storming 'Walk Away' and rousing 'No Time to Cry', but then - oh dear - things go decidely pear-shaped. Material from "the Sister's" last two albums reveals that Eldritch really didn't know when to stop: the quality of material is patchy (bar the excellent 'Doctor Jeep')and most tracks are presented in their extended format - which sounds great, but it's just all too self-indulgent I'm afraid. Almost unbelievable that this is from the same man who created the almost supernaturally brilliant 'Reptile House EP', available on 'Some Girls Wander by Mistake' compilation. The final two (chronologically) - but really first two tracks are frankly awful: a remixed, turgid 'Temple of Love' which has none of the power of the original (released to promote 'SGWBM'), and 'Under the Gun' - which sounds like the sort of thing Bonnie Tyler might have released in the 80s. Seriously.
If by some chance you haven't heard the Sisters before, this isn't a good introduction - avoid this album, and buy 'Some Girls...' instead.

That's why!!
I now know why I didn't refresh my collection when CD came out. SoM are dire... There are a couple of good tracks here and I really can't find what it was that inspired me to by the albums on vinyl all those years ago.

Thank goodness I have other decent bands to fallback on otherwise I'd struggle to listen to contemorary music.

An Overstated Case of Gonzoidamphetaminefilth
Buy this CD if you don't already own the vinyl and care nothing about the beauty of the chronology and building logic of each Sister's release as it originally happened. Individually, each song is a genius-crafted, epic masterpiece. Collectively it is a crude and random juxtaposition of time and place.

Buy it to fill the digital gaps in your Sisters sequence.