Small Mercies is the second album by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 group Fra Lippo Lippi

Fra Lippo Lippi (band)

Fra Lippo Lippi is a New Wave band from Norway. They had several hits in the 1980s, such as "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That", "Everytime I See You" and "Light and Shade", and recorded a new album as late as 2002...

 and the first to feature new lead vocalist Per Øystein Sørensen

Per Øystein Sørensen

Per Øystein Sørensen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the New Wave/synth pop band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Biography :...

. In contrast to the New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 sound of the band's debut album In Silence

In Silence

In Silence is the 1981 debut album by Norwegian group Fra Lippo Lippi. The dark punk sound of the album was heavily influenced by bands such as Joy Division and The Cure....

, the addition of Sørensen gave Small Mercies and the band's further recordings a more pop-oriented

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 feel.

This album (sans the song "Some Things Never Change") and In Silence were re-released by Rune Arkiv

Rune Grammofon

Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its artists being featured heavily in magazines such as The...

 in 2003 as the compilation album The Early Years

The Early Years (Fra Lippo Lippi album)

The Early Years is a compilation album by Norwegian pop rock group Fra Lippo Lippi, consisting of the band's first two albums - In Silence and Small Mercies ....

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Track listing

1. "Some Things Never Change"
2. "A Small Mercy"
3. "Barrier"
4. "Sense of Doubt"
5. "The Treasure"
6. "Slow Sway"
7. "Now and Forever"
8. "French Painter Dead"

Personnel

• Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen
  Rune Kristoffersen is a Norwegian best known for being the founder and bassist of the pop rock band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Background :Rune Kristoffersen spent the eighties playing bass in Norwegian pop outfit Fra Lippo Lippi, signed to Virgin Records and had an album produced by Walter Becker from...
  
   - Keyboards, guitar, bass
• Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen
  Per Øystein Sørensen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the New Wave/synth pop band Fra Lippo Lippi.- Biography :...
  
   - Vocals
• Morten Sjøberg - Drums