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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 ...

. 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. 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'': "The Earth Pressed Flat", "Once ...

'' and the following 2015 album '' Twice Told Tales'', the album did not chart in either the US or the UK.

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

Personnel

10,000 Maniacs

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 *

Dennis Drew Dennis Arnold Drew (born 8 August 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 Lomba ...

– organ, keyboards, vocals on track 10 *

Jeff Erickson Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey. Music * DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes * ...

– 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 ...

– bass guitar, vocals *

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

Additional musicians

John Merino John Merino (1967 – September 6, 2009) was an Ecuadorian colonel and the head of security for President Rafael Correa. After co-ordinating security for such events as the Union of South American Nations and the independent bicentennial celebrati ...

– finger style guitar on track 2 *

David Hone David Jeremy Hone (born 30 June 1946) is an Australian former sportsman who played first-class cricket with Oxford University and Australian rules football for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hone spent the 1969 VFL season wit ...

– additional programming and keyboards

Additional album credits

*Produced by

*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

*Recorded at the Robert Lee Scharmann Theatre & FM Studios in Jamestown NY *Additional Recording & Mixing at AllSound Media in Warren PA *Mastered by

Gavin Lurssen Gavin Lurssen is an American mastering engineer. He owns Lurssen Mastering in Hollywood, California.10,000 Maniacs albums 2013 albums Self-released albums