No Mercy in This Land

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No Mercy in This Land
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
StudioVillage Studios, Santa Monica
Genre Southern soul
Length35:03
Label Anti-
Producer Ethan Allen
Ben Harper chronology
Call It What It Is
(2016)
No Mercy in This Land
(2018)
Winter Is For Lovers
(2020)
Charlie Musselwhite chronology
Get Up
(2013)
No Mercy in This Land
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]

No Mercy in This Land is the fourteenth studio album by American artist Ben Harper and the twelfth studio album by the American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader Charlie Musselwhite released by Anti- on March 30, 2018. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ben Harper; except where indicated

No Mercy in This Land track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When I Go"Harper, Jason Mozersky, Jesse Ingalls3:45
2."Bad Habits" 3:45
3."Love and Trust" 3:07
4."The Bottle Wins Again (Blues)"Harper, Ingalls3:38
5."Found the One"Harper, Mozersky, Jimmy Paxson2:47
6."When Love Is Not Enough"Harper, Mozersky4:09
7."Trust You to Dig My Grave" 3:33
8."No Mercy in This Land" 3:45
9."Movin' On" 3:02
10."Nothing at All" 3:37
Total length:35:03

Charts

Chart performance for No Mercy in This Land
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 28
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 101
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 51
Italian Albums (FIMI) [13] 19
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [14] 38
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 8
US Billboard 200 [16] 132
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [17] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [18] 19

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