Mercy (Meredith Monk album) explained

Mercy
Type:	studio
Artist:	Meredith Monk
Cover:	Meredith Monk - Mercy.jpg
Released:	October 29, 2002
Recorded:	March 19–20, 2002
Studio:	Sorcerer Sound, New York
Genre:	Minimalism
Length:	57:16
Label:	ECM New Series
Producer:	Tom Bogdan Meredith Monk
Prev Title:	Volcano Songs
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Impermanence
Next Year:	2008

Mercy is the eleventh album by Meredith Monk, released on October 29, 2002, through ECM New Series. In 2014, the fourteenth track, "Core Chant", was featured in the show True Detective.

Personnel

Musicians

• Allison Easter – vocals (1)
• Theo Bleckmann – vocals (1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11–14)
• Katie Geissinger – vocals (1–4, 8, 9, 11–14)
• Ching Gonzalez – vocals (1–4, 8, 9, 11–14)
• Bohdan Hilash – A clarinet (1), soprano clarinet (1, 10), bass clarinet (9, 13), E♭ clarinet (13), contrabass clarinet (13)
• John Hollenbeck – bells (1, 9), xylophone (1, 11), vibraphone (1, 6, 12, 13), marimba (1, 2, 6, 13, 11, 14), piano (3), vocals (4), cymbals (5, 7, 9), melodica (8, 10), percussion (9), cowbell (11), gong (11), bass drum (13), percussion (13), triangle (13)
• Meredith Monk – vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 8–14), production
• Allison Sniffin – viola (1), vocals (1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 13), piano (1, 6, 8–11, 14), synthesizer (3), violin (7)

Production

• Tom Bogdan – production
• Ann Hamilton – cover art
• Ulrike Körner – design
• Scott Lehrer – engineering, mixing
• Dieter Rehm – design