Mercy (Meredith Monk album)

Mercy
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

ReleasedOctober 29, 2002

RecordedMarch 19–20, 2002

StudioSorcerer Sound, New York

GenreMinimalism

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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.

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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

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

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

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

Mercy (Meredith Monk album)

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