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,
  alledgedly a limited edition of 5000  
  Elektra   9 66595-2         1990   Maxi-CD   USA   versions exist with juwel case or hardpaper gatefold 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  


  *** 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
  • Several promotional editions do exist as well, for some information on these, please, look under Promos


Band Line up at the time


Additional Pictures


- more to follow soon - Please click into pictures for larger views...

More - 7" label (side A)
More - 7" label (side B)
More - 7" with wrongly 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)


This page is Work in Progress and going to be extended as soon as ever possible