Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 23. Chapters: Floodland, Falling into You, Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, Let's Talk About Love, All the Way... A Decade of Song, Bad for Good, The Collector's Series, Volume One, Original Sin, Ultimate Box, Vision Thing, Complete Best, Free Spirit, Faster Than the Speed of Night, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire, The Wrestling Album, Duets, Souvenirs, Signs of Life, Greatest Hits. Excerpt: Floodland is the second album by the British band The Sisters of Mercy, which was released in 1987 and marked their commercial break-through. After the release of the debut album First and Last and Always in March 1985 band leader Andrew Eldritch initially intended to record an ABBA cover as a single. and tried to hire Jim Steinman as a producer: "Originally I called him up in when the band had "Gimme Gimme Gimme" in the set, and I told him about the song and that our version of it had to be absolutely stupid. He agreed with me but he was busy at the time. Then the band broke up." The break-up occurred while the band prepared their second LP in October 1985. Eldritch: "The next Sisters album was going to be called 'Left on Mission and Revenge'." Eldritch, who still intended to record the album as a solo artist, on the same day called bassist Patricia Morrison, currently on a UK tour with her band Fur Bible supporting Siouxsie and the Banshees, and asked her to collaborate with him. Morrison: "The day they fell apart he called me and said 'Will you do it?' and I said yes. We had some tours set up so I waited until that was cleared, then left." The music press reported the break-up on 2 November 1985: "The Sisters of Mercy were down to singer Andrew Eldritch and his faithful drum machine Avalanche this week after guitarist Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams left the...