Mercury Falling (studio album) by Sting

Mercury Falling by Sting
Year: 1996
Overall rank: 8,041st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 76 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1996 (155th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,346th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,041st)
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Mercury Falling is ranked 6th best out of 21 albums by Sting on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sting is ...Nothing Like The Sun which is ranked number 1213 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,469.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 76 votes)
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35/100
From 02/08/2024 21:17
No life in this. Dull as dishwater. Very disappointed. But on saying that I was amazingly surprised that 'I Hung My Head' is his composition. Johnny Cash's version is 1000 times better and done it way more justice
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From 03/03/2020 12:42
Solid album, typical Sting
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From 06/09/2016 16:04
Mercury Falling is one of Sting's weaker works. The set of songs aren't memorable and most feed into the perception that Sting is pretentious.

Singles like I'm So Happy I Cant Stop Crying are corny.

Hung My Head and Hounds of Winter are good songs.

I generally skip over this album in the Sting catalogue
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65/100
From 02/16/2016 00:21
Same old Sting, nothing new here.
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From 11/16/2014 19:07
Only just good album. Best 10 songs average is 79,7/100 and the album can get good 80/100. Bit too melancholy for me. Best songs are "I'm so happy..." 90/100, followed by "I hung my head", "Let your soul..." and "You still touch me" all 80/100. All other songs average 65-75/100.
Genre: Pop Rock
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From 11/07/2013 07:00
Guess it's average
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