More (single)

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More - 7" single cover (front)
More - 7" single cover (back)


The first single release from The Sisters of Mercy's

third album Vision Thing.

The title song More was co-produced and co-written

by Jim Steinman who had worked with The Sisters

before in connection with their tracks This Corrosion

and Dominion/Mother Russia for the former album

Floodland.

The single peaked at number 1 on the Billboard

Modern Rock Tracks Chart for five weeks, counting

from 15 December 1990. Like in Germany, More

reached position 14 in the UK Single Charts,

and position 10 in Ireland.


Release Notes

  • Label: Merciful Release / WEA, Elektra
  • Catalogue#: MR047 basically, see table below
  • Format: various, see table below
  • Released: Autumn 1990


Releases

  Label     Catalogue#     Released     Format     Country     Notes  
  Merciful Release / WEA     MR047 / 9031-72662-7     1 October 1990       7"   UK   some copies have reversed labels, wrongly large centre holes  
  or mispressed covers (in dull blue-ish colour)
  Merciful Release / WEA   MR047T / 9031-72692-0           1990   12"   UK   Side A - extended version of More
  Merciful Release / WEA   MR047C / 09031-72662-44         1990   Cassette   UK   2-track cassette single
  Merciful Release / WEA   MD047CD / 9031-72693-2         1990   CD   UK
  Merciful Release /WEA   MD047CDX / 9031-72694-2            1990   CD, Special Edition     UK   12" triple gatefold cover with picture disc,
  allegedly a limited edition of 5000  
  Elektra   9 66595-2         1990   Maxi-CD   USA   available as maxi-cd pack and, allegedly,
  also in a gatefold cardboard cover  
  Elektra   4-64923         1990   Cassette   USA   2-track cassette single


Track Lists

7" single 12" single CD-single Cassette
  1    More     4:41           More (Extended)     8:30           More  ***   4:37           More     4:41      
  2    You Could Be The One     3:59   You Could Be The One     3:59   More (Extended)     8:30   You Could Be The One     3:59  
  3    You Could Be The One       3:59  
Announcement for the release of More single on Monday, 1 October 1990. The second gig at the Wembley Arena on 26 Nov 1990, did also take place on a Monday.

  *** Note: The duration of More on the Elektra CD-single here differs and is 4:44 min.



Further Remarks

  • Highest entry on German charts: no 14; number of weeks on German charts: 19 weeks.
    Highest entry on UK charts: no 14, on Irish charts: no. 10 and on US charts: no. 1
  • Several promotional editions do exist as well, for some information on these, please look under Promos
  • A few mispressings of the 7" have occured.
    - Some vinyls have a large centre hole, cutting off the info on the labels and
    - some covers got misprinted in a blueish tone.
    For both of which please see the pictures down below...



Band Line up at the time


Additional Pictures

Please click into pictures for larger views...

More - 7" label (side A)
More - 7" label (side B)
More - 7" with large centre hole
More - 7" cover (misprinted)
More - 12" cover (front)
More - 12" cover (back)
More - 12" label (side A)
More - 12" label (side B)
More - Merciful Release / WEA CD
More - Merciful Release/WEA CD (back)
More - Merciful Release/WEA CD (disc in tray)
More - Merciful Release / WEA CD (disc)
More - Elektra CD Maxi-single (disc)
More - Elektra CD Maxi-single (front)
More - Electra CD Maxi-single (inner cover)
More - Elektra CD Maxi-single (back)
More - WEA Cassette Single (full view)
More- WEA Cassette Single
More - ELEKTRA Cassette
More - Special 12" CD cover (front)
More - Special 12" CD Edition (Disc on Cover)
More - Special Edition 12" Cover
More - Special Edition (view of disc on cover)
More - Special 12" CD Edition Cover (half unfolded)
More - Special 12" CD Edition (disc in tray - detail)
More - Special 12" CD Edition Cover (fully unfolded)
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More - Special 12" CD cover (back)