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| Artist = [[American Music Club]] | | Artist = [[American Music Club]] | ||
| Cover = AMC-Mercury2.jpg | | Cover = AMC-Mercury2.jpg | ||
| Released = March 1993 | | Released = March 15, 1993 | ||
| Recorded = 1992 | | Recorded = 1992 | ||
| Length = 49:37 | | Length = 49:37 | ||
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| Next album =''[[San Francisco]]''<br />(1994) | | Next album =''[[San Francisco]]''<br />(1994) | ||
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'''''Mercury''''' is American Music Club's sixth album, released in early 1993. It was their major label debut. | |||
==Background== | |||
The album's title comes from a beverage featured in the lyrics of "[[Challenger]]". The inside front cover photo is Jennifer Gonsalves photographed by Robby Müller outside of Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco, California. | |||
===Singles & promotion=== | |||
''[[Keep Me Around]]'' and ''[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]'' were released as singles on CD single and cassingle formats. A promotional version of the ''[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]'' CD had a 10-track bonus live CD; it was recorded at Slim's in San Francisco on June 15, 1993, and is usually called ''Live at Slim's''. A promotional single for "Over And Done" was issued to radio, but ended up without a commercial release. Additionally, there was a different promotional CD for "Over And Done" featuring interviews, demos and other unreleased tracks. | |||
A black-and-white 11-minute promotional VHS tape, generally referred to as "[[1992 Press Kit]]," was issued in advance of the album's release. This contained interviews with each band member, live performances, studio footage, clips of Eitzel riding his bike by the ocean, etc. The band members talk at length about the origins of AMC, with two of them commenting on how scary it is to be in the band. | |||
===Reception=== | |||
{{Album reviews | {{Album reviews | ||
|rev1 = Allmusic | |rev1 = Allmusic | ||
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|rev2 = ''Rolling Stone'' | |rev2 = ''Rolling Stone'' | ||
|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/americanmusicclub/albums/album/231091/review/5944673/mercury Rolling Stone review]</ref> | |rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/americanmusicclub/albums/album/231091/review/5944673/mercury Rolling Stone review]</ref> | ||
|rev3 = ''New Musical Express'' | |||
|rev3score = {{Rating|9|10}} | |||
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' | "It's weird how people are starting to compare us to Springsteen. Somebody said ''Mercury'' was like ''Born To Run'' (Bruce Springsteen), although I like that album...or I guess I do. Why not? Why should I put it down? It never hurt me, never bit me in the face. Maybe it's because of my big baritone shout or my big bulging musculature," Eitzel said in a 1993 interview with ''Ray Gun'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Howard |first=David |date=May 1993 |title=Hanging By A Thread |url= |magazine=Ray Gun |location= |publisher= |access-date=March 9, 2018}}</ref> | ||
'' | ''Spin Magazine'' voted ''Mercury'' the 14th best album of 1993. | ||
===Reissue=== | |||
The album was remastered and re-issued on 180-gram vinyl on January 21, 2014 by [[Plain Recordings]], on license from Warner Bros. Records. | |||
==Influence== | ==Influence== | ||
Franz Nicolay, of The Hold Steady, states that ''Mercury'' is one of his biggest musical influences.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lindsay |first=Andrew |url=http://www.stereokill.net/2009/02/interview-franz-nicolay-the-hold-steady/ |title=Interview: Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) |publisher=stereokill.net |date= |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> | Franz Nicolay, of The Hold Steady, states that ''Mercury'' is one of his biggest musical influences.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lindsay |first=Andrew |url=http://www.stereokill.net/2009/02/interview-franz-nicolay-the-hold-steady/ |title=Interview: Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) |publisher=stereokill.net |date= |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> | ||
==Video== | |||
[[1992 Press Kit]] for ''Mercury'' | |||
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEyMhgbGBDg</embedvideo> | |||
==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||
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* Art direction: [[Tom Recchion]] & [[Jeff Gold]] | * Art direction: [[Tom Recchion]] & [[Jeff Gold]] | ||
* Design: [[Tom Recchion]] | * Design: [[Tom Recchion]] | ||
* Cover & inlay photography: [[Bobby | * Cover & inlay photography: [[Bobby Neel Adams]] | ||
* Inside cover photograph: Robby Müller | |||
* Other photography: [[Ralf Strathmann]] | * Other photography: [[Ralf Strathmann]] | ||
* All songs written by [[Mark Eitzel]] and published by Songs Of PolyGram International Inc./I Failed In Life Music, BMI | * All songs written by [[Mark Eitzel]] and published by Songs Of PolyGram International Inc./I Failed In Life Music, BMI | ||
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* [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1725 Stylus "On Second Thought" album review, 2007] | * [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1725 Stylus "On Second Thought" album review, 2007] | ||
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