Our Time in Eden
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| Our Time in Eden | ||||
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| Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs | ||||
| Released | 29 September 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York, July 1991 - May 1992 | |||
| 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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Our Time in Eden is a studio album by the folk rock band 10,000 Maniacs. It was released in 1992 on Elektra Records. The release is the band's fifth studio album, and its last studio album with the original lead singer, Natalie Merchant. The album included her future replacement Mary Ramsey on viola on such tracks as "Stockton Gala Days", "Jezebel" and "How You've Grown". Singles released from the album were "These Are Days", "Candy Everybody Wants" and "Few and Far Between".
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
Personnel
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Jerome Augustyniak - drums, percussion
- Robert Buck - electric and acoustic guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal and lap steel guitars, 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 - string quartet arranger/conductor
- Technical staff
- Paul Fox - production
- Frank Olinsky, Miss Merchant - package design
- Peter Leak - management
- Stephen Marcussen - mastering
- Scott Blockland - mixing (second engineer)
- Rob Marinissen - photography
- Michael Reiter - recording (second engineer)
- Ed Thacker - recording, mixing[2]
References
- Liner notes from 10,000 Maniacs album: Our Time in Eden.
