Mercury - Act 2
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60
Mercury — Act 2 is the product of a band that realizes the essence of its appeal, tweaking it just enough to potentially interest nonfans while never losing sight of how they reached the world’s biggest stages in the first place.
60
While the buoyant handclaps-and-synths highlight "Younger" and the riffs-and-breakbeats blazer "Blur" come closest to joining their array of mainstream smashes on a future Greatest Hits set, the bulk of Act 2 is truly for the dedicated fans who care to patiently sit with Reynolds and his feelings until everyone's ready to pump out a more focused and immediate set.
9mo
40
Put simply, Mercury – Act 2 gets a bit boring as it goes on. And it really does go on.
40
In a bid to appeal to everyone, the band have removed anything that would make them stand out. There’s no doubt you’ll hear Imagine Dragons’ music everywhere over the next few months, but you’ll be hard pushed to remember it.
Yeah yeah it’s a positive review for the new Imagine Dragons from me who could have possibly guessed.
I wasn’t looking forward to this one as much as Act 1 to be honest, was afraid this would just be a B-sides album but it’s actually pretty different from Act 1, way more mellow. I doubt it’ll make anybody who hates them go *wow Imagine Dragons is actually a good band* but maybe you won’t hate it as much because it is very different, they aren’t exactly ... read more
The same as the first part, just less annoying
On "mercury act ll" imagine dragons manage to make some listenable tunes and there is no sign of dan reynolds unprofessional and annoying screams. But the bad songwriting and unnecessarily fast singing and insufferable choruses, basically things that keep imagine dragons from even being close to a decent band are still heard in their new record. And containing 18 songs and the total length being almost 1 hour for such a boring album ... read more
makes everything in Act 1 feel like extra crap they needed to get rid of. act 2 is not perfect but no songs made me as annoyed as act 1 did
“Sharks” isn’t the best song of all time but it mighta saved this album
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Track List
| 1 | Bones 2:45 | 60 |
| 2 | Symphony 2:55 | 53 |
| 3 | Sharks 3:10 | 65 |
| 4 | I Don't Like Myself 3:05 | 50 |
| 5 | Blur 2:55 | 57 |
| 6 | Higher Ground 2:41 | 48 |
| 7 | Crushed 3:08 | 55 |
| 8 | Take It Easy 2:38 | 46 |
| 9 | Waves 3:45 | 50 |
| 10 | I'm Happy 3:05 | 44 |
| 11 | Ferris Wheel 3:23 | 54 |
| 12 | Peace Of Mind 2:53 | 52 |
| 13 | Sirens 2:35 | 65 |
| 14 | Tied 4:01 | 53 |
| 15 | Younger 3:11 | 52 |
| 16 | I Wish 3:27 | 53 |
| 17 | Continual 3:49 feat. Cory Henry | 46 |
| 18 | They Don't Know You Like I Do 4:17 | 57 |
| 19 | Enemy 2:53 with JID | 67 |
Total Length: 1 hour
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Added on: April 6, 2022