Mercy (The Men album)

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Mercy
The Men - Mercy.png
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)
Length35:37
Label Sacred Bones
The Men chronology
Drift
(2018)
Mercy
(2020)
New York City
(2023)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.6/10 [1]
Metacritic 67/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [5]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

Release

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

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

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

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  7. 1 2 Minsker, Evan (January 9, 2020). "The Men Announce New Album Mercy, Share New Song". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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