First And Last And Always
by The Sisters Of Mercy

First And Last And Always by The Sisters Of Mercy
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 2,186th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 175 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (333rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,186th)

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The Sisters Of Mercy bestography

First And Last And Always is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by The Sisters Of Mercy on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Sisters Of Mercy is Floodland which is ranked number 1589 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,073.

The Sisters Of Mercy album bestography « Higher ranked (1,589th)
Floodland
This album (2,186th)
First And Last And Always
Lower ranked (4,285th) »
Vision Thing

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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First And Last And Always rankings

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Overall rank: 2,186th | 1980s rank: 333rd | 1985 rank: 26th

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 175 votes)
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01/04/2026 17:25 DJStuart79  Ratings distribution  5,90858/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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From 07/02/2022 15:13 | #286970
A Goth masterpiece
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From 02/17/2018 17:30 | #208580
La musica dei Sisters of Mercy mi pare una versione dark della tarda new wave, resa ulteriormente particolare dalla caratteristica voce bassa
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From 10/02/2014 20:27 | #123201
There was a time when I was addicted to this album. It still holds a place in my heart today.
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From 04/24/2014 22:14 | #110001
the first three songs give me a good sisters-feeling. the rest is also sisters-like but all together too monotonous, a bit more variety wouldn't been too bad.
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