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The Sisters of Mercy – First and Last and Always

Paint It Black: 1985 Debut Is Penultimate Goth-Rock Album

The template for all goth-rock records that followed, Sisters of Mercy’s First and Last and Always stands as one of the – if not the most – influential albums of its kind ever released. Distinguished by Andrew Eldritch’s ghostly singing, which gives the impression of hearing a forlorn ghoul croon from a foggy English graveyard, the 1985 set is drenched in gloom, claustrophobia, black humor, and dance-ready beats that provide exhilarating contrasts. Fans of the Cure, Depeche Mode, Love and Rockets, Peter Murphy, mid-period Nick Cave, and Joy Division will find it to be a new favorite record.

Black Planet

Walk Away

No Time to Cry

A Rock and a Hard Place

Marian (Version)

First and Last and Always

Possession

Nine While Nine

Amphetamine Logic

Some Kind of Stranger