''A Slight Case of Overbombing'' is a greatest hits album by English

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band

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. It was released on 23 August 1993 on the band's own label,

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, under distribution contract with

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. All the tracks featured on this compilation album are in reverse chronological order of release. ''A Slight Case of Overbombing'' contains mostly remixes and edited versions of songs that the Sisters of Mercy had released by 1993, as well as two never-before released tracks: a re-recorded version of "Temple of Love" from 1992, and one new track, " Under the Gun", which was released as a single to promote this compilation album and is also the band's most recent single as of 2023.

Track listing

Personnel

Track 1 *

Andrew Eldritch Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 15 May 1959) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is the frontman and only remaining original member of the Sisters of Mercy, a band that emerged from the British post-punk scene ...

– vocals, keyboards *Adam Pearson – guitar *

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(drum machine) – drums Track 2 *Andrew Eldritch – vocals, keyboards *

Tim Bricheno Tim Bricheno (born Timothy John Bricheno, 6 July 1963, Huddersfield, Yorkshire) is an English guitarist, songwriter and music teacher. He was a member of several notable English indie bands, including All About Eve, The Sisters of Mercy, XC-NN ( ...

– guitar *Andreas Bruhn – guitar *Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums Tracks 3–6 *Andrew Eldritch – vocals, keyboards *Tim Bricheno – guitar *Andreas Bruhn – guitar * Tony James – bass guitar *Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums Tracks 7–9 *Andrew Eldritch – vocals, guitars, keyboards *

Patricia Morrison Patricia Anne Rainone (born January 14, 1962), better known by her stage name Patricia Morrison, is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. She has worked with Bags, The Gun Club, Fur Bible, The Sisters of Mercy, and the Damned. Bio ...

– bass guitar *Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums, synth bass Tracks 10–12 *Andrew Eldritch – vocals, keyboards * Craig Adams – bass guitar *

Wayne Hussey 250px, Hussey performing at the M'era Luna Festival in 2004. Jerry Wayne Hussey (born 26 May 1958) is an English musician who was born in Bristol, England. He is best known as the lead singer of The Mission, and the guitarist with The Sisters ...

– guitars *

Gary Marx Gary Marx (born Mark Frederick Pearman) is a British guitarist and musician. He was a founding member of British rock band the Sisters of Mercy and its lead-guitarist and songwriter from 1980 to 1985. He left the band in 1985 to form Ghost Da ...

– guitars *Doktor Avalanche (drum machine) – drums Additional personnel *

Terri Nunn Terri is an alternative spelling of Terry. It is a common feminine given name and is also a diminutive for Teresa. Notable people with the name include: *Terri Allard (born 1962), American country/folk singer/songwriter *Terri S. Armstrong, Amer ...

– vocals (track 1) *

Ofra Haza Bat-Sheva Ofra Haza ( he, בת-שבע עפרה חזה; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000), known as Ofra Haza (), was an Israeli singer, songwriter, actress, and Grammy Award-nominated recording artist commonly known in the Western world as ...

– vocals (track 2) *Tony James – bass guitar (track 2) *

Maggie Reilly Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956) is a Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. Most notably, she performed lead vocals on the Oldfield songs " Family Man", "Moonlight Shadow", ...

– backing vocals (tracks 3-6) * John Perry – guitar (track 4)

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References

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