Love Among the Ruins (album)

Love Among the Ruins
Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs
Released	June 17, 1997 July 7, 1997 UK
Genre	Rock
Length	49:19
Label	Geffen Records
Producer	Fred Maher, John Keane
10,000 Maniacs chronology
MTV Unplugged (1993) Love Among the Ruins (1997) The Earth Pressed Flat (1999)

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Love Among the Ruins (1997) was the first album released by 10,000 Maniacs with their new lead singer, Mary Ramsey after the 1993 departure of Natalie Merchant. The two singles from the album, "More Than This" and "Rainy Day", were not originally slated to be included on the album at all. John Lombardo had just written "Rainy Day," which was deemed more radio friendly than the other songs, and the record company insisted the band record a cover song for inclusion. The band chose to credit the songs as group collaborations so that all members would receive equal royalties. Mary Ramsey and John Lombardo shared the lyric writing. Ramsey wrote the music to "All That Never Happens". Lombardo wrote "Rainy Day", "Even with My Eyes Closed", "Big Star", "Shining Light", and "Across the Fields". Lombardo shared writing credit with Jerry Augustyniak on "Girl on a Train". Rob Buck wrote "Love Among the Ruins", and Dennis Drew wrote "A Room For Everything".

The album title is adapted from Robert Browning's poem of the same name.

Track listing

All songs written by 10,000 Maniacs, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rainy Day"		4:46
2.	"Love Among the Ruins"	10,000 Maniacs, Jules Shear	4:01
3.	"Even with My Eyes Closed"		3:56
4.	"Girl on a Train"		4:11
5.	"Green Children"		4:14
6.	"A Room for Everything"		3:56
7.	"More Than This"	Bryan Ferry	4:06
8.	"Big Star"		3:07
9.	"You Won't Find Me There"	10,000 Maniacs, Jules Shear	4:09
10.	"All That Never Happens"		4:59
11.	"Shining Light"	10,000 Maniacs, Jules Shear	4:06
12.	"Across the Fields"		3:53

Personnel

10,000 Maniacs

• Jerome Augustyniak - percussion, drums, backing vocals
• Robert Buck - acoustic & electric guitars
• Dennis Drew - piano, Hammond organ
• Steve Gustafson - bass guitar
• John Lombardo - acoustic & electric guitars
• Mary Ramsey - viola, vocals

Additional Musicians

• John Keane - guitar
• Jules Shear - backing vocals
• Fred Maher - percussion

Technical Staff

• Billy Field - assistant engineer
• Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
• John Keane - producer, engineer
• Fred Maher - producer
• Doug Sax - mastering
• John Lombardo - cover design
• Mike McLaughlin - photography
• Lloyd Puckett - engineer

Singles

More Than This (U.S.)

1. "More Than This"
2. "More Than This" (Tee's Radio Edit)
3. "Beyond the Blue"

More Than This (Australia)

1. "More Than This"
2. "More Than This" (Tee's Radio Edit)
3. "Time Turns"

References

Liner notes from 10,000 Maniacs album: Love Among the Ruins.