Our Time in Eden

Our Time in Eden
Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs
Released	September 29, 1992
Recorded	Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York
Genre	Alternative Rock Folk-Rock Jangle Pop College Rock
Length	47:55
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul Fox
10,000 Maniacs chronology
Hope Chest (1990) Our Time in Eden (1992) MTV Unplugged (1993)

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Our Time in Eden is a 1992 album by 10,000 Maniacs, the last studio album featuring original lead singer Natalie Merchant. The album featured her future replacement Mary Ramsey on viola on such tracks as "Stockton Gala Days," "Jezebel," and "How You've Grown." Singles from the album were "These Are Days," "Candy Everybody Wants," and "Few and Far Between."

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

• Jerome Augustyniak - drums, percussion
• Robert Buck - electric and acoustic guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal & lap steels, mandocello
• Dennis Drew - Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
• Steven Gustafson - bass guitar
• Natalie Merchant - vocals, piano

Additional musicians

• Larry Corbett - cello
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Bruce Dukov - violin
• Charles Fleischer - harmonica
• Pamela Goldsmith - viola
• Kim Laskowski - bassoon
• Ralph Morrison - viola
• Mary Ramsey - violin, viola
• Atsuko Sato - bassoon
• James Brown - Horns
• Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis - tenor saxophone
• Maceo Parker - alto saxophone
• Fred Wesley - trombone

Technical staff

• Paul Fox - production

References

Liner notes from 10,000 Maniacs album: Our Time in Eden.