Mercy | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 14, 2020 | |||
Length | 35:37 | |||
Label | Sacred Bones | |||
The Men chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 67/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
MusicOMH | [4] |
Pitchfork | 7.2/10 [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]
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]
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]
No. | Title | Length |
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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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