Annotation
UK 1988 CD release
Label: Mute - Cat#: CD STUMM 52 - EAN: 5016025610525
Recordings engineered at Hansa Tonstudios, Berlin; Vieklang, Berlin; Trident, London; The Strongroom, London between August 87 and January 88.
Except "Mercy" and "Alice" at The Studio, Richmond, Aust.
Mixes engineered at The Strongroom in January 88 and The Power Plant, Carlton, Aust. in March 88.
Except "Alice" mixed at The Studio, Richmond, Aust.
This album is dedicated to Ferdinand Ramos, better known as "PIXOTE". Remembered for his brilliant performance in the film of the same name. Killed by Sao Paulo police in November 1987, age 19.
Tracklist
| 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | The Mercy Seat
| 7:18 | |
| 2 | Up Jumped the Devil
| 5:16 | |
| 3 | Deanna
| 3:45 | |
| 4 | Watching Alice
| 4:02 | |
| 5 | Mercy
| 6:22 | |
| 6 | City of Refuge
| 4:48 | |
| 7 | Slowly Goes the Night
| 5:24 | |
| 8 | Sunday’s Slave
| 3:41 | |
| 9 | Sugar Sugar Sugar
| 5:01 | |
| 10 | New Morning
| 3:46 | |
| 11 | The Mercy Seat (video mix)
| 5:06 | |
Credits
Release
| design/illustration: | Slim Smith (artwork/design) |
|---|---|
| photography: | Bleddyn Butcher Peter Gruchot |
| producer: | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
| vocals: | Nick Cave (Australian singer‐songwriter, musician and score composer) |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/582000 [info] |
|---|---|
| ASIN: | US: B000003Z51 [info] |
Release group
| associated singles/EPs: | Deanna The Mercy Seat |
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