@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Sting – Mercury Falling Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1996, Adult Alternative, Jazz Pop/Sophisti-Pop, Wallsend, England 5/26 Matrix #: CD-0483 Condition: Used CD, condition not provided VZ | Members: Sting (51' - ) Cultural Facts: Studio Lore Mercury Falling leaned into Sting’s long-running jazz circle, using players like Kenny Kirkland, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Dominic Miller instead of chasing the louder mid-90s alternative trend. Personal Struggle Sting grew up in a working-class shipbuilding town and had a difficult relationship with his father, a background that kept showing up in his writing about escape, class, and emotional distance. Life After Music “I Hung My Head” later took on a second life when Johnny Cash recorded it, turning Sting’s narrative song into something that felt closer to an old murder ballad.
