℗ 1990 Warner Music UK Ltd
Released June 3, 2016
Duration 42m 41s
Record Label Rhino
Genre Pop
 

Vision Thing

The Sisters Of Mercy

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1.1
Vision Thing  EXPLICIT
The Sisters Of Mercy
4:35
1.2
Ribbons
The Sisters Of Mercy
5:28
1.3
Detonation Boulevard
The Sisters Of Mercy
3:49
1.4
Something Fast
The Sisters Of Mercy
4:45
1.5
When You Don't See Me
The Sisters Of Mercy
4:54
1.6
Doctor Jeep
The Sisters Of Mercy
4:41
1.7
More
The Sisters Of Mercy
8:22
1.8
I Was Wrong
The Sisters Of Mercy
6:07
Vision Thing is the third studio album by English gothic rock band the Sisters of Mercy. It was released on 13 November 1990. Soon after the release of the band's previous album, Floodland, Eldritch approached guitarist John Perry to join them on writing a new album. After Perry turned down the offer to become a full-time member, the band began to search for a new guitarist through their record label. Eventually, Eldritch was forwarded a demo tape by young and unknown Andreas Bruhn. Bruhn was called to audition a week after turning in his tape. As the band—now composed of Eldritch, Bruhn and bassist Patricia Morrison—was about to enter the studio, Morrison was abruptly replaced by the former Sigue Sigue Sputnik member Tony James. As Perry recalls, "When I first heard the Vision Thing material, Patricia was there; when I did the album, she wasn't." While details on Morrison parting ways with the band have never been fully disclosed, she herself was allegedly hired by Eldritch on the day her predecessor, Craig Adams, resigned. Morrison later confirmed to have worked with Eldritch up until December 1989. She would go on to say her resignation was linked to her monthly salary of £300, and that she had her doubts on the band's musical direction. "I wasn't too thrilled with the direction the record was going in. There were elements I didn't like that could have gone either way, and now that Tony James is in I want nothing to do with it. It seems obvious what's going on – it's scam time..." While Morrison's recording input on the band's previous album, Floodland, has been contested, Perry raised doubts whether either she or James play on Vision Thing. "By the time of the recording, Tony James was in, but I'm not sure either [he or Patricia] actually played any bass on the record – sounds sequenced to me." James has later admitted his parts took some twenty minutes in total to record. Ultimately, the band spent nine months in the Danish recording facilities, with guitarist Tim Bricheno recruited during the final two weeks.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino Studio Masters

Tracks 1-8 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit; 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-0.93
-0.96 to -0.85
-17.23
-19.89 to -15.00
-13.88
-16.20 to -11.90
12
10 to 14
1
Vision Thing
-0.93-15.00-11.910
2
Ribbons
-0.95-16.61-13.211
3
Detonation Boulevard
-0.94-17.06-13.312
4
Something Fast
-0.94-19.89-15.913
5
When You Don't See Me
-0.85-16.51-13.512
6
Doctor Jeep
-0.93-16.25-12.712
7
More
-0.96-17.37-14.310
8
I Was Wrong
-0.96-19.18-16.214

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