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2015 studio album by Mercury Rev
The Light in You studio album by American rock band Mercury Rev , released on September 18, 2015, by Bella Union .[1] The Light in You is the band's first entirely self-produced and recorded album, as well as the first not to be produced by longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann .[2]
Critical reception [ edit ] Upon its release, The Light in You received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 75 based on 14 reviews.[3]
Track listing [ edit ] Title 1. "The Queen of Swans" 3:58 2. "Amelie" 3:57 3. "You've Gone with So Little for So Long" 3:30 4. "Central Park East" 6:13 5. "Emotional Free Fall" 4:16 6. "Coming up for Air" 3:16 7. "Autumn's in the Air" 4:31 8. "Are You Ready?" 3:47 9. "Sunflower" 3:28 10. "Moth Light" 3:43 11. "Rainy Day Record" 3:41
Personnel [ edit ] Mercury Rev Jonathan Donahue — lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, transistor organ, bells, chimes, orchestral arrangements
Grasshopper — Cabronita electric guitar, harmony vocals, electric sitar, National steel mandolin, clarinet, Moon-glo organ, vibraphone, Perico percussion, Gretsch kit drums; lead vocals (track 10) Additional personnel Jennifer Donovan – violin
Jesse Chandler — pianos, harmony vocals, flutes, woodwinds
Anthony Molina — bass, harmony vocals, piano
Scott Petito — Hofner bass, electric sitar, electric guitar
Jason Miranda — drums
Hari Prakaash — gong
Ken Stringfellow — vocalsAden Stringfellow — vocals
Vanessa Gray — vocals (tracks 1, 5, 11)
Alise Marie — vocals (tracks 3, 4, 6)
Rebecca Bortman — vocals (track 8)
Nicole Atkins — vocals (tracks 10, 11) References [ edit ]
^ a b Garratt, John (September 16, 2015). "Mercury Rev: The Light in You" . PopMatters . Retrieved October 2, 2015 . ^ a b Berman, Stuart (October 1, 2015). "Mercury Rev: The Light in You" . Pitchfork Media . Retrieved October 2, 2015 . ^ a b "Reviews for The Light in You by Mercury Rev" . Metacritic . Retrieved October 2, 2015 .^ Phares, Heather. "The Light in You – Mercury Rev" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 2, 2015 . ^ Lavery, Aaron (October 2, 2015). "Album Review: Mercury Rev – The Light In You" . Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015 . ^ Hann, Michael (September 17, 2015). "Mercury Rev: The Light in You review – redemption songs from a band restored" . The Guardian . Retrieved October 2, 2015 . ^ Nash, Ed (October 2, 2015). "Mercury Rev - The Light In You" . Retrieved October 2, 2015 . ^ Gorin, François (September 26, 2015). "Mercury Rev: The Light in You" . Télérama . Retrieved September 26, 2015 . ^ "Ultratop.be – Mercury Rev – The Light in You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 9, 2015.^ "Ultratop.be – Mercury Rev – The Light in You" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 9, 2015.^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mercury Rev – The Light in You" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 9, 2015.^ "Lescharts.com – Mercury Rev – The Light in You" . Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2015.^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 41, 2015" . Chart-Track . IRMA . Retrieved October 9, 2015.^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved October 9, 2015.
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