The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen

by The Mekons

The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 November 1979
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:00
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Bob Last

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originating from the same fertile Leeds art-school scene as Gang of Four, the band's debut is a wildly eccentric, politically charged slice of post-punk. The deliberately sloppy, amateurish musicianship is heavily offset by a wry, intellectual sense of humor and jagged, dub-influenced basslines. Featuring a famously misspelled title and an intentionally poor photograph of a different band on the cover, it revels in anti-commercial art-punk absurdity.

Genres

Descriptors: existential, progressive, rhythmic, minimalistic, DIY, lo-fi, witty, experimental, minimal, dissonant, guitars, satirical

Tracklist

  1. Like Spoons No More (2:05)
  2. Join Us In The Countryside (2:05)
  3. Rosanne (2:34)
  4. Trevira Trousers (4:05)
  5. After 6 (4:53)
  6. What Are We Going To Do Tonight (1:48)
  7. What (2:08)
  8. Watch The Film (3:18)
  9. Beetroot (4:12)
  10. I Saw You Dance (2:17)
  11. Lonely And Wet (5:03)
  12. Dan Dare (2:32)

Credits

  • The Mekons - primary artist, composed by, sleeve
  • Porky - lacquer cut by
  • Cooke Key - sleeve

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