Psychocult [Import]

Merry Thoughts | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 2, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Spv Germany
• ASIN: B00000B30N
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #454,333 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Psychocult

2. Chant

3. Goddess

4. Flow

5. We Love To

6. Heat

7. Low Violet

8. Will You

9. The Sun and the Rainfall

10. Goddess [M.A. Homebrew]

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!!!, September 12, 2003

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M. Ross (FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychocult (Audio CD)

If you, (like me), are an eternal fan of: The Sisters of Mercy, Clan of Xymox, Suspiria, Corpus Delicti, and Rosetta Stone, you will LOVE this album by THE MERRY THOUGHTS!!! I just received it in the mail today, and all I can say, is it's FABULOUS...most excellent. No Goth club DJ should be without it, and any fan of this genre most certainly shouldn't, either, in my not-so-humble opinion!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's the heat, December 29, 2004

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N. P. Stathoulopoulos "nick9155" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychocult (Audio CD)

Okay, yes, this sounds like The Sisters of Mercy. And yes, it's pretty good.

For those dying for that sound, since the Sisters haven't put out an album since 1990 and probably never will, The Merry Thoughts sound pretty damn good. More 90s-ish Sisters, really. But it's not an all-out ripoff.

There are at least five or six good songs here, and the whole album is smooth and a good beginning-to-end disc. The highlights are the title track, Chant, Low Violet, and We Love To, but everyone has favorites.

The vocals are the deep baritone, but not embarassing like some bands--here, the voice fits the music very well. The lyrics are not Eldritch, and I don't think they're going for that. There's a drum machine, yes, but also some loud keyboards. Chant in particular sounds like a (good) David Bowie track, and We Love To is more Sisters-ish, in the Vision Thing mold.

Yes, The Sisters influenced a lot of people. But there are some good albums out there in that mold, including an early Rosetta Stone disc or two. Given the dearth of new Sisters material (with the exception of live bootlegs), this is good without being the out-and-out ripoff, baritone, embarassing 'goth' sound some others go for.

But that's only my opinion. Recommended, if you can find it. Is this band no more?

5.0 out of 5 stars The Merry Thoughts, April 15, 2011

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blacknuns - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Psychocult (Audio CD)

This cd is a great example of classic old school gothic music and well worth having. Almost every track on this cd is excellent.Worth getting if you are still waiting for the Sister of Mercy to put something out or just want some great gothic music. Almost everything this band has put out is good. I wish they would get back together as I'm sure they have many more great songs yet to create.