Album Info Hide Show Artist: John Cale Album: Mercy Released: Worldwide, 20 Jan 2023 Tracklist: A1 Mercy Featuring, Effects, Synth [Synths], Vocals [Additional] – Laurel Halo Mixed By – Mikaelin “Blue” BlueSpruce Vocals, Synth [Synths], Piano, Drums, Bass – John Cale A2 Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere) Cello – Matt Fish Double Bass – Ian Walker Featuring, Synth [Synths], Effects, Producer [Additional] – Actress Mixed By – Seven Davis Jr. Vocals, Synth [Synths], Piano, Drums, Noises – John Cale A3 Noise Of You Bass – Joey Maramba Cello – Matt Fish Double Bass – Ian Walker Drums [Acoustic Drums], Timpani – Deantoni Parks Guitar – Dustin Boyer Mixed By – Mikaelin “Blue” BlueSpruce Synth [Synths], Vocals, Keyboards [Vintage Keys], Drums – John Cale Viola – Caroline Buckman, Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz Violin – Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Jenny Takamatsu, Marissa Kuney B1 Story Of Blood Bass – Dustin Boyer Bass [Bowed] – Joey Maramba Cello – Matt Fish Double Bass – Ian Walker Drums [Additional] – Nita Scott Featuring, Vocals – Weyes Blood Mixed By – Mikaelin “Blue” BlueSpruce Viola – Caroline Buckman, Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz Violin – Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Jenny Takamatsu, Marissa Kuney Vocals, Piano, Drums, Bass – John Cale B2 Time Stands Still Acoustic Guitar – Nick Sanborn Bass – Joey Maramba Featuring – Sylvan Esso Mixed By – TOKiMONSTA Synth [Additional] – Deantoni Parks Synthesizer [Swarmatron], Vocals, Keyboards [Vintage], Drums, Bass – John Cale Vocals – Amelia Meath B3 Moonstruck (Nico’s Song) Backing Vocals – Destani Wolfe Cello – Matt Fish Double Bass – Ian Walker Mixed By – Seven Davis Jr. Viola – Caroline Buckman, Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz Violin – Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Jenny Takamatsu, Marissa Kuney Vocals, Keyboards [Keys], Bass – John Cale C1 Everlasting Days Cello – Matt Fish Double Bass – Ian Walker Drums [Acoustic & Electronic] – Deantoni Parks Featuring – Animal Collective Mixed By – Justin Raisen Noises – Dustin Boyer Synth [Synths] – Brian Weitz Viola – Caroline Buckman, Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz Violin – Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Jenny Takamatsu, Marissa Kuney Vocals – Dave Portner, Noah Lennox Vocals, Keyboards [Keys], Piano, Bass, Drums – John Cale C2 Night Crawling Backing Vocals, Producer [Additional] – Dustin Boyer Drums [Additional] – Deantoni Parks Mixed By – Seven Davis Jr. Vocals, Synth [Synths], Piano, Drums, Bass – John Cale C3 Not The End Of The World Effects – TOKiMONSTA Mixed By – Seven Davis Jr. Percussion [Additional] – Nita Scott Vocals, Synth [Synths], Piano, Drums, Bass – John Cale D1 I Know You’re Happy Acoustic Guitar – Dev Hynes Featuring, Vocals – Tei Shi Mixed By – Mikaelin “Blue” BlueSpruce Rhythm Guitar, Guitar [Guitar Solo] – Dustin Boyer Vocals, Synth [Synths], Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass – John Cale D2 The Legal Status Of Ice Backing Vocals, Drum Programming [Additional] – Nita Scott Drums [Acoustic], Backing Vocals – Jack Everett Featuring – Fat White Family Guitar, Backing Vocals – Adam J. Harmer, Dustin Boyer Keyboards [Juno], Backing Vocals – Nathan Saoudi Mixed By – Justin Raisen Vocals – Lias Saoudi Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards [Keys], Bass, Drums – John Cale D3 Out Your Window Cello – Matt Fish Double Bass – Ian Walker Guitar – Dustin Boyer Mixed By – Justin Raisen Viola – Caroline Buckman, Leah Katz, Rodney Wirtz Violin – Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Jenny Takamatsu, Marissa Kuney Vocals, Piano, Strings [Additional] – John Cale Related Content: Info About Buying Vinyl From Our Record Store We are a small independent record store located at 211 High St, Preston in Melbourne, Australia (North of Northcote, between Thornbury & Reservoir) We buy and sell new and used vinyl records – if you have a collection you’d like to sell please click here . We ship Australia wide for a flat rate of $10 for standard shipping or $15 for express post. Free Shipping for orders $150 and over. You can also pick up your order in store, just select Local Pickup at the checkout. 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There was the bewitching chamber folk of Paris 1919 followed instantly by the gnarled rock of Fear, the provocative and spare song cycle Music for a New Society followed more than 30 years later by mighty and unabashed electronic updates. Once again, here is Cale, reimagining how his music is made, sounds, and even works. His engrossing 12-track Mercy moves through true dark-night-of-the-soul electronics toward vulnerable love songs and hopeful considerations for the future. On Mercy, Cale enlists some of musics most curious young minds: Animal Collective, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, Actress. Theyre only some of the astounding cast here, brilliant musicians who climb inside Cales consummate vision of the world and help him redecorate there. Cale turned 80 in March, and hes watched as many peers have passed away, particularly during the last decade. Mercy is the continuation of a long careers work with wonder. Cale has always searched for new ways to explore old ideas of alienation, hurt, and joy; Mercy is the latest transfixing find of this unsatisfied mind. The writings and recordings that shaped Mercy piled up for years, as Cale watched society totter at the brink of dystopia. Trump and Brexit, Covid and climate change, civil rights and right-wing extremismCale let the bad news of the day filter into his lines, whether that meant contemplating the sovereignty and legal status of sea ice melting near the poles or the unhinged arming of Americans. Lessons from a life (still being) richly lived floated to the fore, too, nodded to on the previously released Night Crawling. If were always regretting our past, arent we conscripting ourselves to permanent disappointment? During Story Of Blood, after the piano prelude gives way to a frame-rattling beat and synthesizers that feel like sunshine splashed across a snowfield, the voices of Cale and Weyes Bloods Natalie Mering slide past one another, two phantoms trying to find a partner amid the modern din. Swing your soul, they both sing in aspiration. In the final verse, Cale remembers this existence is not just about himself. Im going back to get them, my friends in the morning. Bring them with me into the light. The accompanying video by Emmy-winning director Jethro Waters is a mix of disturbing and serene featuring both Cale and Weyes Blood. Its deep tones and religious images emphasize the tracks dark, spiritual mood. Cale elaborates: Id been listening to Weyes Bloods latest record and remembered Natalies puritanical vocals. I thought if I could get her to come and sing with me on the Swing your soul section, and a few other harmonies, it would be beautiful. What I got from her was something else! Once I understood the versatility in her voice, it was as if Id written the song with her in mind all along. Her range and fearless approach to tonality was an unexpected surprise. Theres even a little passage in there where shes a dead-ringer for Nico. Product Reviews Hide Show Write a Review