Awesome Music: "This Corrosion," "Dominion / Mother Russia," "Lucretia My Reflection" ...Really, all of Floodland.
Broken Base: Pretty much every period of the band is subject to this, with fanatics who will hold it up as the only good thing the band did, and detractors who will dismiss it as the worst thing the band did.
Their indie period might have the most vicious split of all. Those who zealously adhere to this period levy accusations of selling out at the band, while others disdain the raw, at times amateurish sound of recordings from this time. It doesn't help that the band's guitarist at the time, Ben Gunn, and legendary tastemaking DJ John Peel, a notable early supporter of the band, both expressed their distaste with the band's direction on F&L&A and later releases.
"First and Last and Always". The gothic old guard tend to gravitate towards this album, seeing it as the only "real" Goth Rock album they produced, and other fans despise the notable influence of Wayne Hussey on the record.
"Floodland" is eschewed by a number of fans due to the heavier presence of synthesizers (bordering on Dark Wave), its bombastic style and lush production, whereas its defenders often cite the exact same reasons.
"Vision Thing" catches the most flak of their three albums, with its Hard Rock stylings departing from the gothic sensibilities of the first two, while other fans view it as more faithful to Andrew's view of the band as a non-goth, purely rock outfit.
There's also "Gift", which, while technically not a Sisters album, divides the fanbase just as much. Some dismiss it as inaccessible electronics with no resemblance to the sound of the Sisters, or worse, an intentional dud only produced out of spite for Andrew's former bandmates, while others hold it up as the "lost fourth Sisters album" and a landmark early Dark Wave and EBM release.
And that's not even getting into Andrew's decision to tour extensively since the 90s without releasing any new music...
Epic Riff: Both "Lucretia My Reflection" and "Driven Like the Snow" have epic bass riffs.
Da-na-naaaaaaaaaah, da-na-naaaaaaaaaah, da-na-naaaaaaaaaah, da-na-naaaah-naaaaaaaaaah. "Dominion / Mother Russia" takes a simple six note riff and milks seven fat minutes of AWESOME out of it.
"This Corrosion" has that choppy synth riff combined with staccato guitar.
Also "Alice" and "Temple of Love" for guitar, and while "Valentine" and "Kiss the Carpet" aren't really epic (going by the internet definition of that word) they both freeze the blood. The latter is insanely complicated for an independent release.
Here's a challenge: Name a track on First and Last and Always that doesn't revolve around an awesome riff. Go ahead, I'll wait.
Hilarious in Hindsight: Andrew Eldritch has said that the "Mother Russia" part of "Dominion" was a call for the West to give up control of all of Berlin to the Soviets, as in his words: "because in reality they already control the city. It's only stupid to pretend otherwise". Guess what happened two years later?
Ho Yay: The Sisters covered both ABBA's "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)" and Dolly Parton's "Jolene."
Narm: While "More" is an otherwise great song, Andrew's 'choking seagull' noises at about 5:40 in can make you crack up laughing.
