Title: The third incarnation of the SOM
Product review: This record and all alleged "Sisters of Mercy" work done after this always left me a bit uneasy. Everyone who was around and listening to the Sisters of Mercy in the early 80s knows that the band - the real Sisters of Mercy - broke up in 1985. And then Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams came out with The Mission (UK) and we all wondered "what will Andrew Eldritch do now that the Sisters of Mercy are gone?" Well, we all got the answer to that question when Eldritch gathered around him a few completely new musicians, and tried to peddle his new venture on the reputation and fame of the Sisters of Mercy brand. It all seems a bit smarmy.Having said that, the sound of the record isn't bad. Its just overproduced, a bit cliche, and not that innovative or exciting. The original SOM (and for that you need to track down the compilation "Some Girls Wander by Mistake") were innovative and exciting. This is just - well, just bland 1987 trying too hard to be 1982 again.
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