Mercy Now

Mercy Now is the fourth studio album by Mary Gauthier.

Mercy Now
Studio album by Mary Gauthier
Released	February 15, 2005
Studio	Rootball Studio, Austin, Texas
Genre	Country, folk
Length	50:15
Label	Lost Highway
Producer	Gurf Morlix
Mary Gauthier chronology
Filth & Fire (2002) Mercy Now (2005) Between Daylight and Dark (2007)

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mary Gauthier; except where indicated

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Falling Out of Love"		5:57
2.	"Mercy Now"		5:51
3.	"Wheel Inside the Wheel"		6:33
4.	"I Drink"	Gauthier, Crit Harmon	4:31
5.	"Just Say She's a Rhymer"	Harlan Howard	4:17
6.	"Prayer Without Words"		6:09
7.	"Your Sister Cried"	Fred Eaglesmith	5:00
8.	"Empty Spaces"	Gauthier, Dale Keys	3:43
9.	"Drop in a Bucket"		4:11
10.	"It Ain't the Wind, It's the Rain"		4:03
Total length:			50:15

Personnel

• Mary Gauthier - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Gurf Morlix - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, lap steel, octophone, percussion, backing vocals
• Rich Brotherton - acoustic guitar, banjo
• Ian "Mac" Lagan - Hammond B3 organ
• Rick Richards - drums
• Ray Bonneville - harmonica
• Brian Standefer - cello
• Eamon McLoughlin - viola
• Paul Mills, Patty Griffin - backing vocals

Critical reception

Thom Jurek at AllMusic praises "her literate American gothic songs about wasted lives, desolate characters who roam the highways like ghosts, shattered dreams, and frustrated expectations."^[1]

Jon Lusk's BBC review liked "her searing honesty, gift for gritty stories and willingness to acknowledge the darker side of life, without fear."^[2]