Doctor Jeep Explained

Doctor Jeep
Cover:The Sisters of Mercy - Doctor Jeep cover.jpg
Type:single
Artist:the Sisters of Mercy
Album:Vision Thing
B-Side:Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Released:December 1990
Genre:Hard rock, post-punk
Label:Merciful Release/EastWest
Producer:Andrew Eldritch
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Prev Year:1990
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Next Year:1991

"Doctor Jeep" is a song by the Sisters of Mercy, from their album Vision Thing. It was the second single from the album and was later included on their greatest hits compilation, A Slight Case of Overbombing. The single reached no. 37 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1990.[1] [2]

Critical reception

In review of 5 January 1991 Paul Elliott of Sounds called this song "an inexorable, Olympian noise close to nine minutes of skeletal metal riffing, frosted with keys, Eldritch slurring about everything and nothing" and expressed an opinion that it "won't sound" on radio programmes of Dave Lee Travis. Live version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" was described "heavy-handed, but no more so than Guns N' Roses."[3]

Track listing

CD: Merciful Release / MR51CD

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 504.
  2. Web site: UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts . everyHit.com . 2000-03-16 . 2014-05-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070717022953/http://www.everyhit.com/ . 2007-07-17 .
  3. Elliott. Paul. Review: The Sisters of Mercy – "Doctor Jeep". Sounds. 5 January 1991. 19. Peterborough. United Newspapers. 13 June 2022. World Radio History. https://web.archive.org/web/20220620080936/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Sounds/90s/Sounds-1991-01-05-S-OCR.pdf. 20 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 25 March 1991. 25 March 2022.