Believe In Nothing

EMI, 2001

Their third gothtronica album (following One Second and

1999’s Host) was a disaster.

Both Holmes and Mackintosh were struggling with personal issues during its creation, and it shows – Something Real and the atrocious Sell It To The World were the work of a band who had run out of road.

The band have pointed to a lacklustre production, but that was only part of the problem. A bigger issue was that they’d taken The Sisters Of Mercy/Depeche Mode approach as far as they could; what once sounded innovative now sounded clueless.

A remixed version of the album was released this year.