title: The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991–2006
text: # The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991–2006
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Pitchfork Media | 8.3/10 |
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  | 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)
  