Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) is the band Ours' third major label release. The album was recorded with renowned record producer Rick Rubin over several years, and was released on April 15, 2008. Music videos have been made for "Live Again", "God Only Wants You", and "The Worst Things Beautiful". Also, "Murder" has been background music for a commercial for CSI.
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| Released | April 15, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | April 2005 – December 2006 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 59:46 | |||
| Label | American Recordings | |||
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| ARTISTdirect |   [1] |
| Blogcritics |  [2] |
| PopMatters |   [3] |
| Sputnikmusic | [4] |
"Ran Away to Tell the World" was featured in the second part of the NCIS backdoor pilot episode for NCIS Los Angeles.
The album leaked to the internet on March 7, 2008.
Track listing
edit- "Mercy" - 6:41
- "The Worst Things Beautiful" - 4:21
- "Ran Away to Tell the World" - 5:00
- "Black" - 4:51
- "Moth" - 4:34
- "Murder" - 5:35
- "God Only Wants You" - 4:23
- "Live Again" - 4:27
- "Willing" - 4:41
- "Saint" - 5:06
- "Lost" - 5:18
- "Get Up" - 4:50
Engineers: Peter Katis & Jon Berman
Recorded at: The Mansion
Mixers: Jonathan Florencio, Tim Palmer
Mastered by: Ted Jensen
References
edit- ^ ARTISTdirect review
- ^ Blogcritics review Archived 2008-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Sputnikmusic review
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