Mercury Falling (Enhanced) [Import]

Sting | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 10, 1999)
• Format: Import
• Label: Plygr
• ASIN: B00000I5P9
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,626,914 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Hounds Of Winter

2. I Hung My Head

3. Let Your Soul Be Your Pil

4. I Was Brought To My Sense

5. You Still Touch Me

6. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop

7. All Four Seasons

8. La Belle Dame Sans Regret

9. Valparaiso

10. Lithium Sunset

11. Let Your Soul Be Yor Pilo

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered reissue of 1996 album includes one bonus video track, 'Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot'. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Sting's best albums!, September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MERCURY FALLING (Audio CD)

A wonderful CD, with themes of cycles, seasons, winter, loss, and renewal. First and final tracks begin and end respectively with the name of the album, with a variety of musical styles used throughout; note the unusual time signature used in 'I hung my Head'. Every track a field of gold. Well worth the investment.

3.0 out of 5 stars Sting - MERCURY FALLING (1996), August 6, 2006

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Tom Benton (North Springfield, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mercury Falling (Enhanced) (Audio CD)

Sting followed up the superb TEN SUMMONER'S TALES with MERCURY FALLING, on which the former Police frontman experiments with blues, country, folk, and a little bit of gospel. The album's biggest problem is a lack of energy. Part of the charm of Sting's earlier releases was the power of his songs and the passion in his vocals. Most of the songs on MERCURY FALLING are devoid of much energy, resulting in an unexciting, often pretentious album. It does have its highlights, namely the bluesy "All Four Seasons" and the uptempo "Twenty Five To Midnight", the latter of which was inexplicably omitted from the US and Canadian releases of the album; also, the emotional "You Still Touch Me" and the gospel-influenced "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot". It's far from a bad album, but in the end it feels like Sting doesn't have his heart in it, resulting in an enjoyable, but unextraodinary recording.