The Mekons - The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen LP 12-inches Stay Awake

Stay Awake

Lonely Beaches

– Uchenna Ikonne (excerpt from the liner notes)

CD version contains album tracks + four studio tracks + "Prescient Dreams" single as well as a 1981 live performance (58 minutes video)

The Pope Speaks

The Mekons - The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen LP 12-inches Stay AwakeAfter two singles for Fast Product, Leeds art punk collective The Mekons signed with Virgin Records in 1979. The band would have to borrow gear from their mates Gang Of Four to record their major label debut. In classic Mekons style, the album's back cover featured a photo of Gang Of Four instead of themselves. As Simon Reynolds writes, "The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen got a mixed reception at the time. Listening to it now, though, the first LP