Album
Our Time In Eden
1992 · Rock
16 collectors on Gatefold own this
Our Time In Eden is an Alt/Indie album by 10,000 Maniacs, originally released in 1992. On Gatefold: 40 pressings tracked, owned by 16 collectors.
About
10,000 Maniacs reached full artistic maturity on <i>Our Time in Eden</i>, the band’s final studio album with founding vocalist and songwriter Natalie Merchant. Every musical seed planted through the band’s catalog comes into full bloom here, whether it’s the theatrical balladry of “Jezebel” and “How You’ve Grown” or the band’s once-timid flirtation with Motown grooves blossoming into unapologetic tributes to Holland-Dozier-Holland on career highlights “Candy Everybody Wants” and “Few and Far Between.” The melodramatic uptempo number “Stockton Gala Days” splits the difference between these two extremes and may be the band’s all-time best song, with Merchant singing from the perspective of an older woman who has spent her entire life as a people pleaser while repressing her own desire. The album may be the end of the line for the classic version of 10,000 Maniac, but much of the record conveys a yearning romanticism and sense of unlimited possibility that feels more like the beginning of a story. “These Are Day,” which would go on to become the band’s signature hit, is particularly wistful and sentimental as Merchant advises the listener to live in the moment before they become nostalgic for it later on. The sound is bright and joyful but has subtle traces of melancholy, hinting that this wisdom is coming from someone who may feel life has already passed them by. .
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Tracklist
- 1Noah's Dove4:29
- 2These Are Days3:40
- 3Eden4:07
- 4Few And Far Between3:13
- 5Stockton Gala Days4:18
- 6Gold Rush Brides3:22
- 7Jezebel4:00
- 8How You've Grown3:39
- 9Candy Everybody Wants3:04
- 10Tolerance4:13
- 11Circle Dream3:25
- 12If You Intend3:01
- 13I'm Not The Man3:24
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- shimmering
- bittersweet
- pastoral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dennis DrewBAND , ORGAN , PIANO, KEYBOARDS, ACCORDION ELECTRIC ORGAN , PIANO, KEYBOARDS, ACCORDION ORGAN , PIANO, KEYBOARDS, ACCORDION
- Jerome AugustyniakBAND , DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Natalie MerchantBAND , VOCALS, PIANO VOCALS, PIANO VOCALS, PIANO, ARTWORK
- Paul BuckmasterARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY
- Robert BuckBAND , ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SITAR , BANJO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, LAP STEEL GUITAR, MANDOCELLO ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BANJO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, LAP STEEL GUITAR, MANDOCELLO, ELECTRIC SITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC SITAR, BANJO, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, LAP STEEL GUITAR, MANDOCELLO
- Steven GustafsonBAND , BASS GUITAR BASS BASS GUITAR
- Atsuko SatoBASSOON MUSICIAN , BASSOON
- Bruce DukovMUSICIAN , STRINGS , VIOLIN STRINGS , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Charles FleischerHARMONICA MUSICIAN , HARMONICA
- Fred WesleyMUSICIAN , HORNS , TROMBONE TROMBONE
- JB HornsHORNS MUSICIAN , HORNS
- Kim LaskowskiBASSOON MUSICIAN , BASSOON
- Larry CorbettCELLO MUSICIAN , STRINGS , CELLO STRINGS , CELLO
- Maceo ParkerALTO SAXOPHONE MUSICIAN , HORNS , ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Mary RamseyMUSICIAN , VIOLA MUSICIAN , VIOLIN VIOLA
- Pamela GoldsmithMUSICIAN , STRINGS , VIOLA STRINGS , VIOLA VIOLA
- Paulinho Da CostaMUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Pee Wee EllisMUSICIAN , HORNS , TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
16 collectors on Gatefold own this · 40 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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