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James Mercer (26 Dec 1970 - )

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (3)

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden 20 Feb 2003
  2. 2004-01-07: Live on KBOO, Portland, OR, USA 07 Jan 2004
  3. 2004-10-10: The Moonshine Festival, Laguna Beach, CA 10 Oct 2004

Relationships (3)

Collaborator On

  1. Broken Bells

Member Of

  1. Flake Music (1992 - 1999)
  2. The Shins (1997)

Recordings by (24)

  1. Intro 0:27 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  2. Caring Is Creepy 3:58 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  3. Girl Inform Me 2:36 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  4. Those Bold City Girls 2:34 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  5. Sphagnum Esplanade 3:23 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  6. One by One All Day 3:28 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  7. Know Your Onion! 2:51 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  8. When I Goose-Step 3:00 (20 Feb 2003) live, 2003-02-20: Herrgarn, Linkoping, Sweden
  9. Baby Boomerang ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  10. So Says I ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  11. New Slang ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  12. Young Pilgrims ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  13. Gone for Good ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  14. Harvest ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  15. The Past and Pending ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  16. The Holiday Song ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  17. The Gloating Sun ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  18. Pink Bullets ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  19. Turn a Square ?:?? (07 Jan 2004) live, 2004-01-07: KBOO, Portland, OR, USA
  20. Won One Too Many Fights 3:41 (10 Oct 2004)
  21. Saint Simon 3:56 (10 Oct 2004)
  22. Doug’s Theme 1:51 (21 Jun 2010)
  23. Journey Through the Past 3:47 (21 Jun 2010)
  24. Caring Is Creepy (solo acoustic version) 3:26 (2011)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. The High Road 3:52 Broken Bells (22 Dec 2009) bass guitar, guitar
  2. Vaporize 3:29 Broken Bells (11 Feb 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  3. Your Head Is on Fire 3:04 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  4. Sailing to Nowhere 3:46 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  5. Trap Doors 3:19 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  6. Citizen 4:29 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  7. Mongrel Heart 4:23 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  8. The Mall & Misery 4:06 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  9. The Ghost Inside 3:18 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  10. October 3:39 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010) bass guitar, guitar
  11. Goodbye Girl 2:56 The Shins (2010) bass guitar, acoustic guitar

Vocals

  1. Mine’s Not a High Horse 3:20 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  2. Pink Bullets 3:53 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  3. Gone for Good 3:13 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  4. Those to Come 4:24 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  5. Kissing the Lipless 3:18 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  6. Young Pilgrims 2:47 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  7. Turn a Square 3:11 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  8. Saint Simon 4:25 The Shins (21 Oct 2003)
  9. Missed the Boat 4:24 Modest Mouse (20 Mar 2007) background vocals
  10. Florida 2:57 Modest Mouse (20 Mar 2007) background vocals
  11. We’ve Got Everything 3:40 Modest Mouse (20 Mar 2007) background vocals
  12. Perpetual Motion Machine 3:10 Modest Mouse (16 Jul 2009) background vocals
  13. The High Road 3:52 Broken Bells (22 Dec 2009)
  14. Vaporize 3:29 Broken Bells (11 Feb 2010)
  15. Your Head Is on Fire 3:04 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  16. Mongrel Heart 4:23 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  17. The Ghost Inside 3:18 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  18. Citizen 4:29 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  19. October 3:39 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  20. Trap Doors 3:19 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  21. Sailing to Nowhere 3:46 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  22. The Mall & Misery 4:06 Broken Bells (05 Mar 2010)
  23. Goodbye Girl 2:56 The Shins (2010)
  24. For a Fool 3:56 The Shins (15 Mar 2012)
  25. It’s Only Life 4:01 The Shins (15 Mar 2012)

Produced

  1. New Slang 3:51 The Shins (2000)
  2. Weird Divide 1:58 The Shins (2000)
  3. The Celibate Life 1:50 The Shins (2000)
  4. Girl on the Wing 2:50 The Shins (19 Jun 2001)
  5. The Past and Pending 5:22 The Shins (19 Jun 2001)
  6. Know Your Onion! 2:29 The Shins (19 Jun 2001)
  7. Pressed in a Book 2:55 The Shins (19 Jun 2001)
  8. Caring Is Creepy 3:20 The Shins (19 Jun 2001)
  9. Girl Inform Me 2:20 The Shins (19 Jun 2001)
  10. One by One All Day 4:08 The Shins (19 Jun 2001)
  11. We Will Become Silhouettes 3:01 The Shins (21 Jan 2003)
  12. They’ll Soon Discover 3:24 The Shins (09 Nov 2004)
  13. Goodbye Girl 2:56 The Shins (2010)

Recording Engineer For

  1. We Will Become Silhouettes 3:01 The Shins (21 Jan 2003)

Credited as (12)

  1. James Mercer
  2. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse feat. James Mercer
  3. James Mercer of the Shins
  4. James Mercer with Sam Beam
  5. James Mercer with Rosie Thomas
  6. Crane Like the Bird feat. James Mercer
  7. James Mercer & Robert Pierce Mercer
  8. Bruce Hornsby & James Mercer
  9. Bruce Hornsby and James Mercer
  10. Black Prairie feat. James Mercer
  11. James Mercer of the Shins feat. Sam Beam and Rosie Thomas
  12. The Decemberists feat. James Mercer

Works (118)

Wrote

  1. We’re Not in Orbit Yet…
  2. It's That Talk Again
  3. Meyrin Fields
  4. An Easy Life
  5. Windows
  6. Heartless Empire
  7. The Ghost Inside
  8. Vaporize
  9. Your Head Is on Fire
  10. Sailing to Nowhere
  11. Trap Doors
  12. Citizen
  13. October
  14. Mongrel Heart
  15. The Mall & Misery
  16. Into the Blue
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Composed

  1. Caring Is Creepy
  2. One by One All Day
  3. Weird Divide
  4. Know Your Onion!
  5. Girl Inform Me
  6. New Slang
  7. The Celibate Life
  8. Girl on the Wing
  9. Your Algebra
  10. Pressed in a Book
  11. The Past and Pending
  12. Sleeping Lessons
  13. When I Goose-Step
  14. Spilt Needles
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Lyrics

  1. When I Goose-Step
  2. Kissing the Lipless
  3. Mine's Not a High Horse
  4. Pink Bullets
  5. Young Pilgrims
  6. Fighting in a Sack
  7. Gone for Good
  8. Saint Simon
  9. So Says I
  10. Those to Come
  11. Turn a Square
  12. The Rifle’s Spiral
  13. It’s Only Life
  14. Bait and Switch
  15. September
  16. No Way Down
  17. For a Fool
  18. Fall of ’82
  19. 40 Mark Strasse
  20. Port of Morrow
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Links (6)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james_mercer

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/270644

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000785230

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2843407/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/107677309

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1394654