- folk rock, contemporary folk, rock, rock pop
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Oh Mercy is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 12, 1989, by Columbia Records. Produced by Daniel Lanois, it was hailed by critics as a triumph for Dylan, after a string of poorly reviewed albums. Oh Mercy gave Dylan his best chart showing in years, reaching No. 30 on the Billboard charts in the United States and No. 6 in Norway and the UK.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- MusicHound3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Political World3:47
- 2Where Teardrops Fall2:33
- 3Everything Is Broken3:15
- 4Ring Them Bells3:00
- 5Man in the Long Black Coat4:34
- 6Most of the Time5:03
- 7What Good Am I?4:45
- 8Disease of Conceit3:44
- 9What Was It You Wanted5:03
- 10Shooting Star3:15
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bob Dylan
- Label
- Columbia
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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