Limited edition containing four bonus tracks of 'stripped' mixes. Gathering Mercury is a portrait of Colin Hay the performer, songwriter, and recordingartist and perhaps most importantly the man behind the persona. The lyrics reveal theemotional peaks and valleys of the past year during which time Hay lost his father, but Haystands the test of a true artist and demonstrates his ability to marry immediacy and depthwithout being maudlin or sacrificing the pop accessibility for which he is known.