The Sisters of Mercy / discography
This discography is an overview of the released records of the British rock band The Sisters of Mercy . According to sources and record awards, she has sold more than 1.6 million records to date, over 420,000 of them in her home country alone. The Sisters of Mercy's most successful releases are First and Last and Always and Floodland , each with over 350,000 units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1985 | First and Last and Always |
DE40
gold
(7 weeks)DE |
- | - |
UK14th
gold
(8 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: Aug 11, 1985
Producer: Dave Allen |
1987 | Floodland |
DE32
gold
(20 weeks)DE |
- |
CH24 (3 weeks) CH |
UK9
gold
(20 weeks)UK |
US101 (16 weeks) US |
|
1990 | Vision thing |
DE13
gold
(39 weeks)DE |
AT21 (2 weeks) AT |
CH22 (16 weeks) CH |
UK11
silver
(4 weeks)UK |
US136 (23 weeks) US |
First published: November 13, 1990
Producers: Andrew Eldritch, Jim Steinman |
Compilations
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1992 | Some Girls Wander by Mistake |
DE9
gold
(27 weeks)DE |
AT7 (16 weeks) AT |
CH22 (13 weeks) CH |
UK5
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: April 27, 1992
|
1993 | A Slight Case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits Volume One |
DE11
gold
(17 weeks)DE |
- |
CH21 (6 weeks) CH |
UK14th
gold
(5 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 23, 1993
|
More compilations
- 1991: Enter the Sisters
- 1991: More Sisters, Vol. 1: 1981-1983
- 1991: More Sisters, Vol. 2: 1983-1985
- 1993: Singles Compilation
- 2007: A Merciful Release / The Triple Album Collection (box with 3 CDs; release: February 26th)
- 2009: Original Album Series (box with 5 CDs)
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DE | AT | CH | UK | Dance | |||
1984 | Body and Soul / Train |
- | - | - |
UK46 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 4, 1984
Author: Andrew Eldritch |
Walk Away First and Last and Always |
- | - | - |
UK45 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 1984
Authors: Andrew Eldritch, Wayne Hussey |
|
1985 | No Time to Cry First and Last and Always |
- | - | - |
UK63 (3 weeks) UK |
- | |
1987 | This Corrosion Floodland |
DE17 (14 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK7 (8 weeks) UK |
Dance38 (6 weeks) Dance |
First published: September 1987
Author: Andrew Eldritch |
1988 | Dominion Floodland |
- | - | - |
UK13 (6 weeks) UK |
Dance30 (6 weeks) Dance |
First published: February 1988
Author: Andrew Eldritch |
Body and Soul ( Reissue ) |
- | - | - |
UK76 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 1988
Author: Andrew Eldritch |
|
Lucretia My Reflection Floodland |
- | - | - |
UK20 (5 weeks) UK |
Dance30 (6 weeks) Dance |
First published: June 1988
Author: Andrew Eldritch |
|
1990 | More Vision Thing |
DE14 (17 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK14 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 1, 1990
Authors: Andrew Eldritch, Jim Steinman |
Doctor Jeep Vision Thing |
DE45 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK37 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 3, 1990
Authors: Andrew Eldritch, Andreas Bruhn |
|
1991 | When You Don't See Me Vision Thing |
DE74 (4 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First publication: March 1991
Authors: Andrew Eldritch, Andreas Bruhn |
1992 | Temple of Love (1992) A Slight Case of Overbombing |
DE5 (28 weeks) DE |
AT16 (10 weeks) AT |
- |
UK3 (5 weeks) UK |
- | |
1993 | Under the Gun A Slight Case of Overbombing |
DE40 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK19 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 1993
Authors: Andrew Eldritch, Billie Hughes, Roxanne Seeman |
More singles
- 1980: The Damage Done
- 1982: Body Electric (release: April)
- 1982: Alice (release: November)
- 1983: Anaconda (release: March)
- 1983: The Reptile House EP (released May)
- 1983: Temple of Love (release: October)
- 1984: Long Train (release: October)
Video albums
- 1986: Wake: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
- 1988: Shot (VHS with 4 tracks; release: October 31st)
- 1993: Shot: Rev 2.0 (VHS with 9 tracks)
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Germany (BVMI) | - | 5 × gold5 | - | 1,250,000 | musikindustrie.de |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 2 × silver2 | 3 × gold3 | - | 420,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 2 × silver2 | 8 × gold8th | - |
swell
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK Billboard 200
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .
Web links
- The Sisters of Mercy at Allmusic (English)
- The Sisters of Mercy at Discogs (English)