Dropped to $39ish, 5 left.

For anyone unsure about this purchase and unfamiliar with this era of SOM, it’s the most generally lamented. I like the 2 preceding albums a lot, some of the singles, and was waffling on this so I looked up some reviews:

https://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-five-most-disappointing-goth-albums-sisters-of-mercy-vision-thing-6519840

https://www.post-punk.com/the-sisters-of-mercy-happy-25th-birthday-vision-thing/amp/

TLDR the against is a pretty well reasoned critique, the pro is basically “Germans like it, I’m german so I like it”, written by an apparent abuser of women (how is this apparent? His byline):

https://imgur.com/a/0a0L87a

While I’m sure that there are plenty of non-abusive “vision thing” fans out there, it is kind of telling that this would be the most internet-prominent pro-review (if you give some vision thing tracks a listen, it fits).