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Mercy (The Men album)

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Mercy
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
Length35:37
LabelSacred Bones
The Men chronology
Drift
(2018)
Mercy
(2020)
New York City
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.6/10[1]
Metacritic67/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
MusicOMH[4]
Pitchfork7.2/10[5]
Slant Magazine[6]

Mercy is the eighth studio album by American punk rock band The Men. It was released on February 14, 2020 under Sacred Bones Records.[7]

Release

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The announcement of the album, along with the first single "Children All Over the World", was released on January 9, 2020.[7] The second single from the album, "Breeze" was released on January 30, 2020.[8]

Critical reception

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Mercy was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 67, based on 6 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 66 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 6 reviews.[9]

Track listing

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Mercy track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Cool Water"5:13
2."Wading in Dirty Water"10:29
3."Fallin' Thru"3:59
4."Children All Over the World"5:53
5."Call the Dr."3:53
6."Breeze"2:54
7."Mercy"3:16

References

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  1. ^ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Simpson, Paul. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  4. ^ Horton, Ross (February 18, 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  5. ^ Berman, Stuart (February 19, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  6. ^ Wilson, Seth (February 7, 2020). "The Men's Mercy Finds a Mercurial Band Settling Into Their Sound". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Minsker, Evan (January 9, 2020). "The Men Announce New Album Mercy, Share New Song". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  8. ^ Kaye, Ben (January 30, 2020). "The Men share new single "Breeze"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved July 27, 2020.