Mercy Now Explained

Mercy Now
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mary Gauthier
Cover:	Mercy Now Album.jpg
Released:	February 15, 2005
Studio:	Rootball Studio, Austin, Texas
Genre:	Country, folk
Length:	50:15
Label:	Lost Highway
Producer:	Gurf Morlix
Prev Title:	Filth & Fire
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	Between Daylight and Dark
Next Year:	2007

Mercy Now is the fourth studio album by Mary Gauthier.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mary Gauthier; except where indicated

Personnel

• Mary Gauthier - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Gurf Morlix - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, lap steel, octophone, percussion, backing vocals
• Rich Brotherton - acoustic guitar, banjo
• Ian "Mac" Lagan - Hammond B3 organ
• Rick Richards - drums
• Ray Bonneville - harmonica
• Brian Standefer - cello
• Eamon McLoughlin - viola
• Paul Mills, Patty Griffin - backing vocals

Critical reception

Thom Jurek at AllMusic praises "her literate American gothic songs about wasted lives, desolate characters who roam the highways like ghosts, shattered dreams, and frustrated expectations."^[1]

Jon Lusk's BBC review liked "her searing honesty, gift for gritty stories and willingness to acknowledge the darker side of life, without fear."^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/mercy-now-mw0000261177 Mercy Now, review by Thom Jurek
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zf25 Mary Gauthier Mercy Now Review