Mercury Falling (album)

Mercury Falling
Studio album by Sting
Publication (s)	February 26, 1996
admission	1995
Label (s)	A&M Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop , rock
Title (number)	10/11
running time	48:08
production	Sting , Hugh Padgham
Studio (s)	Lake House, Steerpike Studio
chronology Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) Mercury Falling Brand New Day (1999)
Single releases February 1, 1996 Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot April 1, 1996 You Still Touch Me September 1, 1996 I Was Brought to My Senses October 8, 1996 I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

Mercury Falling is Sting's fifth studio album . It was released on February 26, 1996 via A&M Records . According to the awards, it has sold at least 2,250,000 times.

In 1997, Sting was nominated for two Grammy Awards , for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the song Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot .

background

The album was recorded in 1995 at Sting's Lake House and Steerpike Studios with Hugh Padgham . The album begins and ends with the words "mercury falling". The title Twenty Five to Midnight was not included on the US and Canadian releases. It was included as the fourth track on the You Still Touch Me CD maxi single . The song Valparaiso was used by Ridley Scott in 1996 during the credits of the film White Squall .

reception

The album reached number two in the charts in Germany , top position in Austria and Switzerland and gold status in all three countries . In the UK and the US it reached platinum status in the UK in fourth place and fifth place in the United States of charts. The album was also number one in Finland and Italy , as well as in the European charts.

The Rolling Stone magazine wrote: " Mercury Falling is the plate of a man who has reconciled with his fieseren spirits, and the music neither himself nor the world has to prove anything." The songs were "not angry, not ambitious. But they're good for you. ”The rating was three out of five stars.

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	Mercury Falling	DE2 gold (32 weeks)DE	AT1 gold (16 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (15 weeks)CH	UK4th platinum (27 weeks)UK	US5 platinum (34 weeks)US	First published: February 26, 1996 Sales: 2,250,000

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot	DE58 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US86 (5 weeks) US	First published: February 1996
	You Still Touch Me	-	-	-	UK27 (6 weeks) UK	US60 (13 weeks) US	First published: April 1996
	I Was Brought to My Senses	-	-	-	UK31 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1996
	I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying	DE74 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	US94 (3 weeks) US	First release: October 1996 was re-recorded a year later by Toby Keith together with Sting

Track list

All songs were written by Sting unless otherwise noted.

No.	title	Songwriter	length
1.	The Hounds of Winter		5:27
2.	I hung my head		4:40
3.	Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot		6:41
4th	I Was Brought to My Senses		5:48
5.	You Still Touch Me		3:46
6th	I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying		3:56
7th	All four seasons		4:28
8th.	Twenty Five to Midnight (not on Canadian / US releases)		4:09
9.	La Belle Dame Sans Regrets	Sting, Dominic Miller	5:17
10.	Valparaiso		5:27
11.	Lithium Sunset		2:38

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sting&titel=Mercury+Falling&cat=a
2. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.de/reviews/sting-mercury-falling/
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US