Mercy (Meredith Monk album)

2002 studio album by Meredith Monk

Mercy

Studio album by Meredith Monk

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

Meredith Monk chronology

Volcano Songs
(1997)

Mercy
(2002)

Impermanence
(2008)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

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.

Track listing

Mercy: Opera for 6 Voices, 2 Keyboards, Percussion, Violin & Theremin
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Braid 1 and Leaping Song" (for voices and ensemble)	Meredith Monk	8:14
2.	"Braid 2" (for voices and ensemble)	Meredith Monk	2:35
3.	"Urban March (Shadow)" (for voices, synthesizer and piano)	Meredith Monk	3:10
4.	"Masks" (for voices)	Meredith Monk	1:43
5.	"Line 1" (for cymbals with microphone)	Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Allison Sniffi	1:14

Mercy: Opera for 6 Voices, 2 Keyboards, Percussion, Violin & Theremin
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Doctor/Patient" (for voices, piano, marimba and vibraphone)	Meredith Monk	8:21
7.	"Line 2" (for cymbals with microphone and violin)	Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Allison Sniffi	1:01

Mercy: Opera for 6 voices, 2 keyboards, percussion, violin & theremin
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Woman at the Door" (for voices, piano and melodica)	Meredith Monk	5:55
9.	"Line 3 and Prisoner" (voices and ensemble)	Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Allison Sniffi	5:23
10.	"Epilogue" (for voice, clarinet, piano and melodica)	Meredith Monk	1:54
11.	"Shaking" (for voices and ensemble)	Meredith Monk	3:05
12.	"Liquid Air" (for voices and bowed vibraphone)	Meredith Monk	3:53
13.	"Urban March (Light)" (for voices and ensemble)	Meredith Monk	6:05
14.	"Core Chant" (for voices and marimba)	Meredith Monk	4:43

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

References

Brennan, Gerald. "Mercy". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2013.

v t e Meredith Monk
Studio albums	Key Our Lady of Late Songs from the Hill/Tablet Dolmen Music Turtle Dreams Do You Be Book of Days Facing North Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts Mercy Impermanence Songs of Ascension
Compilation albums	Beginnings
Compositions	Atlas Possible Sky Stringsongs

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