# Mercy Now

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Mercy Now
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Mary Gauthier](/source/Mary_Gauthier)
| cover      = Mercy Now Album.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = February 15, 2005
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = Rootball Studio, [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas)
| genre      = [Country](/source/Country_music), [folk](/source/Folk_music)
| length     = 50:15
| label      = [Lost Highway](/source/Lost_Highway_Records)
| producer   = [Gurf Morlix](/source/Gurf_Morlix)
| prev_title = Filth & Fire
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = Between Daylight and Dark
| next_year  = 2007
}}

'''''Mercy Now''''' is the fourth studio album by [Mary Gauthier](/source/Mary_Gauthier).

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Mary Gauthier; except where indicated
{{Track listing
| total_length    = 50:15
| title1          = Falling Out of Love
| length1         = 5:57
| title2          = Mercy Now
| length2         = 5:51
| title3          = Wheel Inside the Wheel
| length3         = 6:33
| title4          = I Drink
| writer4         = Gauthier, Crit Harmon
| length4         = 4:31
| title5          = Just Say She's a Rhymer
| writer5         = [Harlan Howard](/source/Harlan_Howard)
| length5         = 4:17
| title6          = Prayer Without Words
| writer          = Gauthier, Tom Damphier
| length6         = 6:09
| title7          = Your Sister Cried
| writer7         = [Fred Eaglesmith](/source/Fred_Eaglesmith)
| length7         = 5:00
| title8          = Empty Spaces
| writer8         = Gauthier, Dale Keys
| length8         = 3:43
| title9          = Drop in a Bucket
| length9         = 4:11
| title10         = It Ain't the Wind, It's the Rain
| length10        = 4:03
}}

==Personnel==
*Mary Gauthier - vocals, acoustic guitar
*[Gurf Morlix](/source/Gurf_Morlix) - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, lap steel, octophone, percussion, backing vocals
*Rich Brotherton - acoustic guitar, banjo
*[Ian "Mac" Lagan](/source/Ian_McLagan) - Hammond B3 organ
*Rick Richards - drums
*Ray Bonneville - harmonica
*Brian Standefer - cello
*Eamon McLoughlin - viola
*Paul Mills, [Patty Griffin](/source/Patty_Griffin) - backing vocals

==Critical reception==
Thom Jurek at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) praises "her literate American gothic songs about wasted lives, desolate characters who roam the highways like ghosts, shattered dreams, and frustrated expectations."<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/mercy-now-mw0000261177 Mercy Now, review by  Thom Jurek], AllMusic, 2005. Rating: 4/5 stars</ref>

Jon Lusk's [BBC](/source/BBC) review liked "her searing honesty, gift for gritty stories and willingness to acknowledge the darker side of life, without fear."<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zf25  Mary Gauthier Mercy Now Review ] at BBC</ref>

==References==
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Category:Mary Gauthier albums
Category:2005 albums
Category:Lost Highway Records albums

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