Our Time in Eden
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| Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs | ||||
| Released | September 29, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, folk rock, jangle pop, college rock, soft rock | |||
| Length | 47:55 | |||
| Label | Elektra (US, Europe, Brazil, Canada)[1] | |||
| Producer | Paul Fox | |||
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| Slant Magazine | link |
Our Time in Eden is a 1992 album by 10,000 Maniacs, the last studio album featuring original lead singer Natalie Merchant. The album featured her future replacement Mary Ramsey on viola on such tracks as "Stockton Gala Days," "Jezebel," and "How You've Grown." Singles from the album were "These Are Days," "Candy Everybody Wants," and "Few and Far Between."
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Natalie Merchant except as noted.
- "Noah's Dove" – 4:29
- "These Are Days" (Robert Buck, Merchant) – 3:40
- "Eden" (Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 4:07
- "Few and Far Between" – 3:13
- "Stockton Gala Days" (Augustyniak, Drew, Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) - 4:18
- "Gold Rush Brides" (Buck, Merchant) – 3:22
- "Jezebel" – 4:00
- "How You've Grown" – 3:39
- "Candy Everybody Wants" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:04
- "Tolerance" – 4:13
- "Circle Dream" (Augustyniak, Drew, Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 3:25
- "If You Intend" – 3:01
- "I'm Not the Man" – 3:24
[edit] Personnel
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Jerome Augustyniak - drums, percussion
- Robert Buck - electric and acoustic guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal & lap steels, mandocello
- Dennis Drew - Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
- Steven Gustafson - bass guitar
- Natalie Merchant - vocals, piano
- Additional musicians
- Larry Corbett - cello
- Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
- Bruce Dukov - violin
- Charles Fleischer - harmonica
- Pamela Goldsmith - viola
- Kim Laskowski - bassoon
- Ralph Morrison - viola
- Mary Ramsey - violin, viola
- Atsuko Sato - bassoon
- James Brown - Horns
- Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis - tenor saxophone
- Maceo Parker - alto saxophone
- Fred Wesley - trombone
- Paul Buckmaster - Arranged By [String Quartet], Conductor [String Quartet]
- Technical staff
- Paul Fox - production
- Frank Olinsky, Miss Merchant - Design [Package]
- Peter Leak - Management
- Stephen Marcussen - Mastered By
- Scott Blockland - Mixed By [Second Engineer]
- Rob Marinissen - Photography
- Michael Reiter - Recorded By [Second Engineer]
- Ed Thacker - Recorded By, Mixed By[2]
[edit] References
- Liner notes from 10,000 Maniacs album: Our Time in Eden.
