Vision Thing - Sisters Of Mercy

This was the last "proper" album from The Sisters Of Mercy, released at the end of 1990 to a chorus of disbelief from many, which was mainly down in to the conscription of former Sigue Sigue Sputnik "person", Tony James who masqueraded as a bass guitarist. In fact, when he left the Sisters in 1991, no-one noticed that he was gone, such as his contribution was (some of us refered to Sputnik as "Sick Sick Sh*tbag", for the obvious reason). "Vision Thing" is more of a rock n' roll album than anything that the Sisters had put out before - and a bad one at that! The first single release from this album was ...

The Band Doktor Avalanche : Drums Tim Bricheno : Guitars Andreas Bruhn : Guitars Andrew Eldritch : Vocals, Guitars Tony James : Bass With: Maggie Reilly : Backing Vocals John Perry : Special guest Guitars Vision Thing is a much rockier, more pop influenced record than anything ever produced by The Sisters of Mercy before. Most of their hardcore fans expressed a complete disatisfaction with this album when it was released which is surprising when you consider that there are some of their best tracks on here. Admittedly there are also some of their worst and most ridiculously stupid as well, which is a shame, ...

I must admit that the first time I heard 'Vision Thing'- though it is indeed a disgustingly gorgeous-crafted piece of bombastic pop-sludge- I was mortified; how could that stick-insect go from the coldwave, the delicately complex and forlorn majesty of 'Floodland' to a hunk of seething metal with nothing to say? The lyrics are sometimes laughably bad- still they kick Billy Idol's ass on a bad, allergy-ridden day whenever. 'Vision Thing' is a loud, sometimes extremely obnoxious and arrogant LP that will either enthrall or disgust upon first listen. Not that its a bad record: this stuff gets your feet tapping really easily, along with loud ...