Tracklist front / back album covers
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
1. "Black Planet" 4:26
2. "Walk Away" 3:24
3. "No Time to Cry" 4:03
4. "A Rock and a Hard Place" 3:34
5. "Marian (Version)" 5:44
6. "First and Last and Always" 4:02
7. "Possession" 4:39
8. "Nine While Nine" 4:12
9. "Amphetamine Logic" 4:54
10. "Some Kind of Stranger" 7:20
Total length: 46:20
The Sisters of Mercy Band Members / Musicians
Andrew Eldritch – vocals, sleeve design, mixing
Craig Adams – bass guitar
Wayne Hussey – guitar, vocals
Gary Marx – guitar
Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums
David M. Allen – production, mixing
Mick Lowe – sleeve layout
Jill Furmanovsky – sleeve photography
Ruth Polsky – sleeve photography
First and Last and Always is the debut studio album by English gothic rock band the Sisters of Mercy. It was released on 11 March 1985 through the band's self-financed Merciful Release label.
The Sisters of Mercy are an English rock band, formed in 1980 in Leeds. After achieving early underground fame there, the band had their commercial breakthrough in the mid-1980s and sustained it until the early 1990s, when they stopped releasing new recorded output in protest against their record company WEA. Currently, the band are a touring outfit only.
The Sisters of Mercy Band Members / Musicians
Andrew Eldritch – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming (1980–1985, 1987–present), drums (1980)
Ben Christo – guitars, backing vocals, bass guitar (2006–present)
Dylan Smith – guitars, backing vocals (2019–present)
Ravey Davey – Doktor Avalanche operator (1996; 2008; 2012–present)
Gary Marx – guitars, (1980–1985) vocals (1980)
Keith Fuller – vocals (1980)
Claire Shearsby – keyboards (1980)
Jon Langford – keyboards (1980)
Dave Humphrey – guitar (1981)
Tom Ashton - guitar (1981)
Craig Adams – bass (1981–1985)
Ben Gunn – guitars (1981–1983)
Wayne Hussey – guitars, backing vocals (1983–1985)
Patricia Morrison – bass, backing vocals (1987–1989)
Andreas Bruhn – guitars (1989–1993)
Tony James – bass (1989–1991)
Tim Bricheno – guitars (1990–1992)
Adam Pearson – guitars, backing vocals, bass (1993–2006)
Chris Sheehan – guitars, backing vocals (1996, 2000–2005)
Mike Varjak – guitars (1997–2000)
Chris Catalyst – guitars, backing vocals (2005–2019)
Dan Donovan – keyboards (1990–1991)
Simon Denbigh – Doktor Avalanche operator (1996–2012)
The Sisters of Mercy Discography Full
First and Last and Always (1985)
Floodland (1987)
Vision Thing (1990)
