Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - Live At "The Club"
by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - Live At "The Club" is ranked 3rd best out of 27 albums by Cannonball Adderley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Cannonball Adderley is Somethin' Else which is ranked number 585 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,905.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! - Live At "The Club" rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 79 Music Albums of 1967 | 55/79 | 2 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 80 Music Albums of 1967 | 53/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Best Ever Live Albums Part 2: #’s 101-200 | 4/14 | - |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1967 by Acclaimed Music | 46/58 | - |
| 2025 | TodFitz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1967 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 92/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | replacementlevel | Top 50 Music Albums of 1967 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2025 | Elauqsapid | Top 33 Music Albums of 1967 | 31/33 | 0 |
| 2024 | LosWochos | Top 96 Music Albums of 1967 | 41/96 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 49 | |||
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| ! | 10/25/2025 15:40 | Elauqsapid | 2,778 | 64/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2024 01:37 | baystateoftheart | 2,903 | 72/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2024 02:53 | kjistok | 855 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.0.
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/15/2020 17:04 | #251476
I get a kick out of the story behind this album. It was not recorded at "The Club" in Chicago as the title cover indicates, but rather at a studio in Hollywood, with an invited audience. Wherever it was recorded, the audience are into it; a cynic might say that's because not only were they invited, but also given free drinks. But I'd still say it was because this is a totally kickass set! Stone cold sober in my living room, I get into this big time and feel moved to do a little hootin' and hollerin' myself. There is this critical mass of musical energy bursting forth from every member of the group. Roy McCurdy's drumming is anything but subtle, but it is filled with a powerful, propulsive drive that seems to spur the soloists on to even greater expression. Cannonball's brother Nat rips like never before and Cannonball himself is on fire.
Mercy indeed. Five big fat, brilliantly shining stars for this one. If this album doesn't get you fired up, you're probably dead. (Edited)
Listening to this, you might think that the audience is incredibly receptive, enthusiastic about every note, this guy and his band really have a following at The Club. Turns out, it was recorded in a studio with an invited audience...and an open bar. It's a terrific album musically, but the audience...well, technically, the claque...is very obtrusive, which spoils it for me.
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