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Universal acclaim- based on 210 Ratings
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Positive: 197 out of 210
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Mixed: 6 out of 210
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Negative: 7 out of 210
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Sep 21, 2011This album has the precision of a surgeon and the cruelness of a puppy. All the experimentation and blips and dissonance, it works out so damn well! Strange Mercy simply one of the best, if not, the best pop albums of 2011. I am in love with this.
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Sep 14, 2011
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Sep 28, 2011Might sound slightly off-putting at first, but 5 listens later, I can confidently say there isn't a stinker on this album. Highly experimental, yet highly rewarding. One of my favorites from 2011.
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Sep 19, 2011Annie turned it up a notch with Strange Mercy, which is deffo her best so far. Lyrically, it's simple but clever and how cannot i resist loving the brilliant erotic delivery in Chloe In The Afternoon or the fusion of her voice into the guitar freakout in Northern Lights? Flabbergasting masterwork.
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Jan 8, 2012In her own words, Annie Clark said this album was wirtten in a solitude moment of her life, and it sounds very personal. It's like she put all of her thoughts about life itself in this album, and they seem to be brilliant. She left behind the experimental/baroque sound of "Actor", and gave us a different kind of pop, mixed with folk. It is one of the marvelous CDs from last year.
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Dec 25, 2011This is a sometimes beautiful, sometimes experimental and always interesting record. It's still growing on me but I think it might be growing on me for a long while to come. And what a voice.
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Dec 30, 2011
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Sep 13, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 2, 2011On Strange Mercy St. Vincent finally releases her inner freak. While itâ
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Feb 6, 2020Strange Mercy is a delicious musical influeneces' mix full of creativity .
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Mar 19, 2012Clark's gotten a bit of criticism for the lyrics on this album, and I really don't understand whyâ
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Oct 14, 2011In the running with P.J. Harvey's "Let England Shake" as album of the year. It's twisted and glorious. St. Vincent matures with each new album and she continues to throw curveballs where a melody sounds so familiar but is twisted into her own brilliant and original outcome.
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Jan 25, 2012
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Oct 9, 2011Strange Mercy feels like it is definitely up for album of the year. It feels so out there, but with familiar aspects. St. Vincent is an artist who is very unknown, but is truly innovative. Great melodies over what is in some songs absolute chaos. Phenomenal album.
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Sep 25, 2011Instantly liked it. Grows on you so easily. Its the cardigans mixed with Bjork mixed with addictive guitar. And I dont even like Bjork. Dont be put off my the first track, start with the second, Cruel. Great sound and so original. Top 10 for 2011, another great female vocalist to add to The Cults and Phantogram. When you get it, you will eventually love the first track!
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Dec 30, 2011St. Vincent invites you into a world that pairs her hypnotic, beautiful voice with music that is elegant yet chaotic. It's an unusual, surreal treat that feels like The Beatles meet Bjork. Strange Mercy is an indie powerhouse that is one of the best albums from 2011.
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Apr 27, 2014And incredible album...one of my three faves from that year.
My faves for the decade?- "The Whole Love" by Wilco (2011)..."So Beautiful Of So What" by Paul Simon (2011)..."Strange Mercy" by St. Vincent (2011) & "St. Vincent" by St. Vincent (2014). -
Sep 13, 2011
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Oct 25, 2011It wasn't unti I saw St. Vincent live at the Treasure Island Music Festival that I realized what a talented guitar player she was. She has serious chops and this album will suck you in. The vocal melody of Cheerleader gets stuck in my head for days. A great effort.
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Dec 14, 2011strong melodies great lyrics she has a good voice as well as being an accomplished musician well constructed you may have to give it a few listens but eventually it will suck you in
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Dec 17, 2011
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Nov 23, 2017Strange Mercy is a strong follow up to Clark's opus, Actor, however doesn't seem as new and fresh. I will say this though, the thematic idea of high school exclusion is incredibly interesting to hear in such a mature sound. Download: Cheerleader, Year of the Tiger, Surgeon.
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Jul 25, 2014Marvelously created, beautifully designed and planned, and fantastically performed. And it has Surgeon: that's enough to say. St Vincent has nothing else to prove, she is just great. Bravo!
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Sep 20, 2021
Awards & Rankings
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Jan 3, 2012St. Vincent's most sonically rich effort to date.
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The WireDec 6, 2011Musically, in other words, Strange Mercy delivers plenty of interest. What's not so convincing is the songwriting, specifically the lyrics. [Oct 2011, p.60]
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Entertainment WeeklyOct 6, 2011It's cerebral and a little chilly, but also full of musical surprises. [23 Sep 2011, p.79]