''Twice Told Tales'' is the ninth studio album by Jamestown, New York band

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 ...

. It is an album that consists of many traditional folk songs from the British Isles. For this album, they team up with producer Armand John Petri, who had worked with the band since 1991, as well as producing their 1999 album ''

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 ...

''. Coming back into the fold was founding member

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. He is also a member of folk rock duo Joh ...

, who had supplied the band with a cassette full of songs he loved, as well as putting together the arrangements. The band funded the project through the online direct-to-fan music platform

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. The funding drive ran from May 2014 to March 2015. Early promotion of the project included a concert held at the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts in Jamestown, which was also streamed online. The album was released through

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on April 10, 2015.

Reception

Track listing

All songs traditional except "

The Song of Wandering Aengus "The Song of Wandering Aengus" is a poem by Irish poet W. B. Yeats. It was first printed in 1897 in British magazine ''The Sketch'' under the title "A Mad Song." It was then published under its standard name in Yeats' 1899 anthology ''The Wind Amo ...

": words by

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, set to music by Travis Edmonson. # "Lady Mary Ramsey I" # "

" # " She Moved Through the Fair" # "Dark Eyed Sailor" # "Misty Moisty Morning" # "Bonny May" # " Canadee-I-O" # "Do You Love an Apple?" # " Greenwood Sidey" # "

Carrickfergus Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,998 at the 2011 Census. It is County Antrim's oldest ...

" # " Death of Queen Jane" # "

Wild Mountain Thyme "Wild Mountain Thyme" (also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?") is a Scottish/Irish folk song. The lyrics and melody are a variant of the song "The Braes of Balquhither" by Scottish poet Robert Tannahill (1774–1810) and S ...

" # "

Marie's Wedding "Mairi's Wedding" (also known as Marie's Wedding, the Lewis Bridal Song, or gd, Màiri Bhàn "Blond Mary") is a Scottish folk song originally written in Gaelic by John Roderick Bannerman (1865–1938) for Mary C. MacNiven (1905–1997) on the ...

" # "Lady Mary Ramsay II"

Personnel

10,000 Maniacs * Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion *

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 ...

– keyboards * Jeff Erickson – guitar & vocal * Steve Gustafson – bass guitar *

– guitar *

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 ...

– vocals, violin, viola Additional musicians *Susan Ramsey – violin *Bryan Eckenrode – cello *Armand John Petri – mellotron *Joe Rozler – string trio arrangement on "Death of Queen Jane" *Danny Hicks/Timothy Patrick Quill – handclaps on "Canadee-I-O" Additional album credits *Produced and engineered by Armand John Petri *Mastering Engineer Bernd Gottinger *Design by Don Keller *Cover collage by

*Creative Direction:

*Executive Producers: Donald Semmens, Adam Zeitz, Julie Gochenour, Flavio Louzada, Henry Houh, Andreas Laemmermann, Catherine Fredericks, Damon Torres, Therese Fisher, Tom Galloway, Brian Matthias, Murry Galloway, Nicholas Randall, James Lawrence, Richard C. Castagana Jr., Martin Ziesch, Alexander Glintschert, Mike Bleecher, Jeff Crabill, Mick Mueller, Frits Demortier, Stephen Monroe, Rick Strezo, Gehrig Peterson, Harvey Kivel, Alan Cohen, James Serio, Alistair McLean, Laurie Gengo, Wesley Costas

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