On January 20, 2023, “Double Six Records” label released “Mercy” the seventeenth John Cale studio album. It was recorded in 2022, at “Arm Studios”, EastWest Studios” and “Vox Studios” in Los Angeles, “Snap Studios” in London, and was produced by Nita Scott and John Cale.
Personnel:
- John Cale – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, vintage keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, additional strings, string arrangements, noises, Swarmatron, drone
- Weyes Blood – vocals
- Amelia Meath – vocals
- Tei Shi – vocals
- Lias Saoudi – vocals
- Dustin Boyer – guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, noises, backing vocals
- Nick Sanborn – acoustic guitar
- Dev Hynes – acoustic guitar
- Adam J. Harmer – guitar, backing vocals
- Actress – synthesizers, effects
- Laurel Halo – additional vocals, synthesizer, effects
- Brian Weitz – synthesizer
- Joey Maramba – bass guitar, bowed bass
- Ian Walker – double bass
- Deantoni Parks – acoustic and electronic drums, timpani, additional synthesizer
- Jack Everett – acoustic drums, backing vocals
- Tony Allen – acoustic drums
- Nita Scott – additional drums, additional percussion, additional drum programming, backing vocals
- Marissa Kuney – violin
- Jenny Takamatsu – violin
- Eric Gorfain – violin
- Caroline Buckman – viola
- Leah Katz – viola
- Rodney Wirtz – viola
- Matt Fish – cello
- Nathan Saoudi – Juno, backing vocals
- Destani Wolf – backing vocals
- Tokimonsta – effects
- Dustin Boyer – engineer, mixing, additional production
- Nita Scott – mixing
- Mikaelin Bluespruce – mixing
- Seven Davis Jr – mixing
- Tokimonsta – mixing
- Justin Raisen – mixing
- Mike Bozzi – mastering
- Actress – additional production
- Abby Portner – artwork
- Rob Carmichael – design
Track listing:
All tracks by John Cale.
- Mercy
- Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere)
- Noise of You
- Story of Blood
- Time Stands Still
- Moonstruck
- Everlasting Days
- Night Crawling
- Not the End of the World
- The Legal Status of Ice
- I Know You’re Happy
- Out Your Window
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