- soft rock, rock, pop, alternative rock
- 48 min
- 10 tracks
- A&M Records
Mercury Falling is the fifth studio album by English musician Sting. It was released on 4 March 1996 through A&M Records and was produced by Sting alongside longtime producer Hugh Padgham.
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Character
Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune2/4 ★
- Entertainment Weekly(A-)
- Houston Chronicle3/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- Robert Christgau(bad record)
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Hounds of Winter5:27
- 2I Hung My Head4:41
- 3Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot6:43
- 4I Was Brought to My Senses5:50
- 5You Still Touch Me3:47
- 6I’m So Happy I Can’t Stop Crying3:57
- 7All Four Seasons4:29
- 8La Belle Dame sans regrets5:17
- 9Valparaiso5:28
- 10Lithium Sunset2:37
10 tracks, 48 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Sting
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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