''The Earth Pressed Flat'' is the seventh album by
10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was 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 album ...
, 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'': "The Earth Pressed Flat", "Once a City", "On & On (Mersey Song)", "Somebody's Heaven", "Cabaret", "Beyond the Blue", "Smallest Step", "Time Turns" and "Hidden in My Heart". "Beyond the Blue" and "Time Turns" had been released on the single "
More Than This", but were re-recorded for this album.
All tracks are credited to
10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was 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 album ...
as a band for royalty purposes, though the lyricists of the songs received additional credit.
Dennis Drew wrote "Ellen", "Glow", "Smallest Step" and "Rainbows".
John Lombardo wrote "The Earth Pressed Flat", "Once a City", "On & On (Mersey Song)", "Beyond the Blue" and "Time Turns". Lombardo and Drew shared writing credit on "Hidden in My Heart". Lombardo, Mary Ramsey and
Rob Buck shared writing credit on "Somebody's Heaven".
Track listing
#"The Earth Pressed Flat" – 4:11
#"Ellen" – 3:27
#"Once a City" – 4:22
#"Glow" – 2:31
#"On & On (Mersey Song)" – 3:32
#"Somebody's Heaven" – 4:41
#"Cabaret" – 3:02
#"Beyond the Blue" – 3:17
#"Smallest Step" – 3:32
#"In the Quiet Morning" – 2:53
#"Time Turns" – 3:49
#"Hidden in My Heart" – 4:18
#"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" – 6:40
#"Rainbows" – 5:16 (hidden track, US release)
Personnel
;10,000 Maniacs
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Jerome Augustyniak
Jerome Stanley Augustyniak (born September 2, 1958) is the drummer for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. Augustyniak joined the band in March 1983, two years after the group formed. Augustyniak continues to perform with the band ...
– percussion, drums, vocals
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Robert Buck – guitar
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Dennis Drew – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, pump organ
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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 ...
– bass guitar
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John Lombardo – acoustic and electric guitar, package concept
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Mary Ramsey
Mary Ramsey (born December 24, 1963) is a member of folk rock duo John & Mary and lead singer and violinist for the American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. Ramsey has also worked with other well-known artists such as Jackson Browne, Goo Go ...
– violin, viola, vocals
;Technical staff
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John Caruso – engineer
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Armand John Petri
Armand refer to:
People
* Armand (name), list of people with this name
*Armand (photographer) (1901–1963), Armenian photographer
*Armand (singer) (1946–2015), Dutch protest singer
*Sean Armand (born 1991), American basketball player
*Armand, ...
– producer, engineer
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Blair Woods – coordination,
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John Lombardo – graphic design, album artwork
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Nick Balgona – mastering
References
Liner notes from
10,000 Maniacs
10,000 Maniacs is an American alternative rock band that was 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 album ...
album: ''The Earth Pressed Flat''.
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10,000 Maniacs albums
1999 albums
Bar/None Records albums