The Sea Has No Mercy
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| Released | 23 October 2026 | |||
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| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 49:26 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Producer | Frank Liddell | |||
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The Sea Has No Mercy is the fourth studio album by the English songwriter Bernie Taupin. It was released on 23 October 2026, through Vertigo Records. Produced by Frank Liddell, it is Taupin's first solo album in almost 40 years, following Tribe (1987), and the first that Taupin has written solely by himself.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Bernie Taupin.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Fisherman" | 5:11 |
| 2. | "Old Church Road" | 5:09 |
| 3. | "The Sea Has No Mercy" | 3:57 |
| 4. | "Elephant Boy" | 5:11 |
| 5. | "Ghosts of Greater Men" | 4:24 |
| 6. | "Joker" | 5:51 |
| 7. | "Come on California" (featuring Brandi Carlile) | 4:59 |
| 8. | "The Favor" | 5:46 |
| 9. | "Old Dog" | 6:17 |
| 10. | "One Hundred Ways" (featuring Georgey Devon Taupin) | 2:41 |
| Total length: | 49:26 | |
Personnel
Credited are adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.
Musicians
- Bernie Taupin – vocals, arrangements (all tracks); background vocals, baritone horn (track 4)
- Glen Worf – bass, arrangements (all tracks); upright bass (2, 3), background vocals (4)
- Adam Wright – guitars, arrangements (all tracks); background vocals (1, 4, 9); harmonica, wind chimes (1)
- Michael Rojas – keyboards, arrangements (all tracks); piano (1, 2, 5), synthesizer (1, 2); guitar, harp, wind chimes (1); organ (2, 4, 6, 9, 10), Wurlitzer organ (3, 5, 7, 9), Mellotron (3, 5), upright piano (4, 5); background vocals, harmonica (4); accordion (7); bells, vibraphone (8)
- Eleonore Denig – viola, violin, string arrangement (1, 8)
- Shannon Wright – background vocals (1)
- Armand Hutton – background vocal arrangement (2, 5, 6), French horn arrangement (3), background vocals (6)
- Jedd Hughes – acoustic guitar, banjo (2); electric guitar (8)
- Lee Ann Womack – background vocals (2, 9)
- The Jeremy Jordon Ensemble – background vocals (2)
- Jeremy Jordon – conducting (2)
- Michelle McCleary – French horn (3)
- Jay Bellerose – drum kit, percussion (4–7, 9)
- Thomm Jutz – 5-string banjo, acoustic guitar (4)
- Frank Liddell – background vocals (4)
- Harrison Whitford – slide guitar (7), electric guitar (10)
- Brandi Carlile – vocals (7)
- Anna Lise Liddell – background vocals (8)
- Scarlet Rivera – viola, violin, string arrangement (9)
- Georgey Devon Taupin – vocals (10)
Technical and creative
- Frank Liddell – production
- Anna Lise Liddell – recording, mixing, The Tennessee Stone Cutters photography
- Jay Bellerose – recording
- Skyler Chuckry – recording assistance, mixing assistance
- Anika Heywood – recording assistance, mixing assistance
- Kaitlyn Walker – recording assistance, mixing assistance
- Riley Aasby – recording assistance, mixing assistance
- William Carroll – additional recording
- Jerry Streeter – additional recording
- John Raspante – additional recording
- Brandon Bell – additional editing
- David Spreng – drum recording and engineering
- Bernie Taupin – album cover concept
- Nemo Agency – album cover design
- James Isaacs – album cover design
- Jill Augusto – back sleeve photography, Polaroid photography
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Bernie Grundman – vinyl cut
- Brittany Hamlin – production coordination
References
- 1 2 The Sea Has No Mercy (liner notes). Bernie Taupin. Vertigo Records. October 23, 2026. 6101894.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ↑ Farber, Jim (22 October 2026). "Bernie Taupin Thought It Was Time to Make 'a Bernie Taupin Record'". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
- ↑ Brown, Lily (23 October 2026). "Bernie Taupin Calls His New Album a 'Late Life Manifesto': 'I Could Never Have Made This Record' Before Now". People. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
- ↑ Newman, Melinda (22 October 2026). "Bernie Taupin Talks His New Solo Album, Working with Elton John and Why He Can't Name a Taylor Swift Song: 'I Don't Listen to the Radio'". Billboard. Retrieved 31 October 2026.
- ↑ "The Sea Has No Mercy / Bernie Taupin / Credits". Tidal. Retrieved October 31, 2026.