Our Time in Eden

Our Time in Eden
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
Producer Paul Fox
10,000 Maniacs chronology
Hope Chest
(1990)		 Our Time in Eden
(1992)		 MTV Unplugged
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC[3]
Q[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[8]

Our Time in Eden is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. It was released in 1992 on Elektra Records. The release is 10,000 Maniacs' last studio album with original lead singer Natalie Merchant. The album included her future replacement Mary Ramsey on violin and viola on such tracks as "Stockton Gala Days" and "How You've Grown". Singles released from the album were "These Are Days", "Candy Everybody Wants" and "Few and Far Between". The brass and woodwind section is covered by the J.B.'s, or James Brown's band.

Track listing

All songs written by Natalie Merchant except as noted.

  1. "Noah's Dove" – 4:29
  2. "These Are Days" (Robert Buck, Merchant) – 3:40
  3. "Eden" (Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 4:07
  4. "Few and Far Between" – 3:13
  5. "Stockton Gala Days" (Augustyniak, Drew, Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 4:18
  6. "Gold Rush Brides" (Buck, Merchant) – 3:22
  7. "Jezebel" – 4:00
  8. "How You've Grown" – 3:39
  9. "Candy Everybody Wants" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:04
  10. "Tolerance" – 4:13
  11. "Circle Dream" (Augustyniak, Drew, Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 3:25
  12. "If You Intend" – 3:01
  13. "I'm Not the Man" – 3:24

Personnel

10,000 Maniacs
Additional musicians
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[9]

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[10] 33
US Billboard 200[11] 28

References

  1. ↑ McCartney, Kelly. "Our Time in Eden – 10,000 Maniacs". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2006.
  2. ↑ Kot, Greg (October 15, 1992). "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time In Eden (Elektra)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Browne, David (October 16, 1992). "Our Time in Eden". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden". Q (74): 122. November 1992.
  5. ↑ DeCurtis, Anthony (October 1, 1992). "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ Considine, J. D. (2004). "10,000 Maniacs". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 807. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  7. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (September 29, 2003). "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden". Slant Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  8. ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. ↑ "Our Time in Eden". Discogs.
  10. ↑ David Roberts, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles and Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. p. 553. ISBN 978-1904994107.
  11. ↑ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
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