- electronic, art rock
- 72 min
- 12 tracks
- Double Six Records
Mercy is the seventeenth studio album by the Welsh musician and composer John Cale. It was released on 20 January 2023 by Double Six Records, making it Cale's first album of new songs in over a decade.
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Character
Grave, character-led, spare and prestige.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 81/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- American Songwriter4/5 ★
- Clash9/10
- Classic Rock4/5 ★
- DIY4.5/5 ★
- Exclaim!8/10
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.8/10
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- Uncut9/10
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Tracks
- 1MERCY7:00
- 2MARILYN MONROE’S LEGS (beauty elsewhere)6:53
- 3NOISE OF YOU5:15
- 4STORY OF BLOOD7:31
- 5TIME STANDS STILL5:20
- 6MOONSTRUCK (Nico’s Song)5:31
- 7EVERLASTING DAYS5:02
- 8NIGHT CRAWLING4:53
- 9NOT THE END OF THE WORLD6:17
- 10THE LEGAL STATUS OF ICE7:24
- 11I KNOW YOU’RE HAPPY5:15
- 12OUT YOUR WINDOW5:13
12 tracks, 72 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Cale
- Label
- Double Six Records
- Released
- January 20, 2023
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
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