10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs are an American alternative rock band founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four albums that c ...
. The album, their first full-length in 14 years, contains eleven original songs. This album is the first to feature guitarist Jeff Erickson since he took over for Robert Buck following his death in 2000, and the first Maniacs album to feature Mary Ramsey without her longtime music partner,
John Lombardo
John Lombardo (born 30 September 1952) is one of the founding members of the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs and one of the band's most influential members, writing much of its early material, also being its oldest member in age. He ...
. In addition to his guitar efforts, Erickson provides the first male lead vocals on a Maniacs song since John Lombardo's vocal on the ''Human Conflict Number Five'' album of 1982. As with 1999's ''
The Earth Pressed Flat
''The Earth Pressed Flat'' is the seventh album by 10,000 Maniacs, released in 1999. The album contains nine songs that had been written for, but not used in, the band's previous album, ''Love Among the Ruins (album), Love Among the Ruins'': "T ...
'' and the following 2015 album ''
Twice Told Tales
''Twice-Told Tales'' is a short story collection in two volumes by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The first volume was published in the spring of 1837 and the second in 1842. The stories had all been previously published in magazines and annuals, hence t ...
'', the album did not chart in either the United States or the United Kingdom.
Track listing
# "I Don't Love You Too" (Dennis Drew) – 3:56
# "When We Walked on Clouds" (Drew) – 5:25
# "Gold" (Drew, Jeff Erickson) – 3:31
# "Triangles" (Drew, Mary Ramsey) – 5:26
# "Live for the Time of Your Life" (Drew, Ramsey) – 3:31
# "Whippoorwill" (Ramsey) – 3:57
# "It's a Beautiful Life" (Traditional; arranged by 10,000 Maniacs) – 4:32
# "Fine Line" (Erickson) – 3:53
# "Tiny Arrows" (Drew) – 6:22
# "Downhill" (Drew) – 3:48
# "Chautauqua Moon" (Ramsey) – 2:59
Dennis Drew
Dennis Arnold Drew (born August 8, 1957) is the keyboardist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. He has been with the band since its inception in 1981 and is one of three founding members along with Steve Gustafson and John Lo ...
– organ, keyboards, vocals on track 10
* Jeff Erickson – guitar, vocals on tracks 3 & 8
*
Steve Gustafson
Steven E. "Steve" Gustafson (born April 10, 1957) is the bass guitarist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. He, Dennis Drew and John Lombardo are the only remaining founding members of the group. Drummer Jerome Augustyniak has ...
* John Merino – finger style guitar on track 2
* David Hone – additional programming and keyboards
Additional album credits
*Produced by
10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs are an American alternative rock band founded in 1981. They have released nine studio albums, six EPs, and five live albums. They achieved their most significant success between 1987 and 1993, when they released four albums that c ...
*Directed by
Steven Gustafson
Steven E. "Steve" Gustafson (born April 10, 1957) is the bass guitarist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. He, Dennis Drew and John Lombardo are the only remaining founding members of the group. Drummer Jerome Augustyniak has ...
*Recorded & Mixed by David Hone
*Recorded at the Robert Lee Scharmann Theatre & FM Studios in Jamestown NY
*Additional Recording & Mixing at AllSound Media in Warren PA
*Mastered by