The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991–2006
# The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991–2006

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| Pitchfork Media | 8.3/10 |
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| Record Collector | |
| Sound Generator | 8/10 |

The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991–2006 is a double disc compilation album by the band Mercury Rev. Disc one compiles tracks from their first six studio albums, while disc two consists of covers, B-sides, and previously unreleased tracks.

## Track listing

### Disc 1

* "Diamonds" (from The Secret Migration)
* "Everlasting Arm" (from See You on the Other Side)
* "In a Funny Way" (from The Secret Migration)
* "Goddess on a Hiway" (from Deserter's Songs)
* "Chasing a Bee" (from Yerself Is Steam)
* "The Dark Is Rising" (from All Is Dream)
* "Black Forest (Lorelei)" (from The Secret Migration)
* "Holes" (from Deserter's Songs)
* "Car Wash Hair" (from Yerself Is Steam)
* "Empire State (Son House in Excelsis)" (from See You on the Other Side)
* "Something for Joey" (from Boces)
* "Frittering" (from Yerself Is Steam)
* "A Drop in Time" (from All Is Dream)
* "Opus 40" (from Deserter's Songs)

### Disc 2

* "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier" (John Lennon)
* "I Only Have Eyes for You (featuring Sean O'Hagan)" (The Lettermen)
* "Observatory Crest" (Captain Beefheart)
* "Streets of Laredo" (Famous cowboy ballad)
* "So There (featuring Robert Creeley)"
* "Afraid" (Nico)
* "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Traditional folk song - Bob Dylan arrangement)
* "Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp" (Chemical Brothers remix)
* "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown)
* "Clamor" (Mercury Rev)
* "Seagull" (Mercury Rev)
* "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (The Beatles)
* "Coney Island Cyclone" (Mercury Rev)
* "Silver Street" (Nikki Sudden and David Kusworth)
* "Deadman" (Alan Vega)
* "Philadelphia" (Neil Young)
* "Good Times Ahead" (Mercury Rev)
* "Memory of a Free Festival" (David Bowie)
