Album · Sisters of Mercy
Vision Thing by Sisters of Mercy
Vision Thing is an album by Sisters of Mercy, released in 1990. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 44 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “More”, on 24 lists with a best position of #23.
Vision Thing, the Sisters of Mercy's third and final studio album, came out in 1990 on Merciful Release and East West, with Elektra handling America, and it's goth rock with the curtains pulled down and the amps turned up. Andrew Eldritch produced it with Jim Steinman, and as with every Sisters record the lineup was new around him: Tony James, Andreas Bruhn and Tim Bricheno, plus the one other constant, the drum machine Doktor Avalanche.
This is the Sisters at their hardest and most sardonic, all chugging hard-rock riffs, thundering programmed beats and Eldritch's deep, sepulchral croon. "More" is the epic, huge and gloriously melodramatic, while "Detonation Boulevard" and "Ribbons" snarl and swagger. It turned out to be their last word on record: a dispute with the label soon stopped the band releasing new albums altogether.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Vision Thing on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | 24 | #23 | – | 1990–2014 | |
| 2 | Detonation Boulevard | 15 | #318 | – | 1999–2014 | |
| 3 | Ribbons | 5 | #1750 | – | 2000–2004 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.