The Earth Pressed Flat

Infobox Album |
Name = The Earth Pressed Flat
Type = Album
Artist = 10,000 Maniacs


Released = April 20, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 49:19
Label = Bar/None Records
Producer = Armand John Petri
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rg0e4j374wau link]
Last album = "Love Among the Ruins"
(1997)
This album = "The Earth Pressed Flat"
(1999)
Next album = ""
(2004)

"The Earth Pressed Flat" is a 1999 album by 10,000 Maniacs. It features vocalist Mary Ramsey.

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 into My Heart - 4:18
#Who Knows Where the Time Goes - 6:40
#Rainbows - 5:16

Personnel

*Jerome Augustyniak - Percussion, Drums, Vocals
*Robert Buck - Guitar
*Dennis Drew - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Pump Organ
*Steve Gustafson - Bass
*John Lombardo - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Package Concept
*Mary Ramsey - Violin, Viola, Vocals
*John Caruso - Engineer
*Armand John Petri - Producer, Engineer
*Blair Woods - Coordination, Graphic Design

*Recording Information: Produced and engineered by Armand John Petri.
*Additional engineering: John Caruso.
*Technical assistance: David Fridmann & Tandy Merrill.
*Recorded at Maniacs Home Studio, Jamestown, NY; Beartracks, Suffern, NY; Chameleon Studios, Buffalo, NY; Ear Candy, Buffalo, NY; & Armand's Living Room, Silver Creek, NY.
*Mixed at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, NY.
*Mastered by Nick Balgona at Metal Works, Mississauga, Ontario.

Trivia

* "Rainbows" is a hidden track on the US version of the CD.
* The album contains nine songs that had been written for, but left off the band's previous album "Love Among the Ruins": "The Earth Pressed Flat," "Once a City," "On & On," "Somebody's Heaven," "Cabaret," "Beyond the Blue," "Smallest Step," "Time Turns," and "Hidden in My Heart." Two of the songs, "Beyond the Blue" and "Time Turns" had been released on the single "More Than This," but were re-recorded for this album.
*The songs are credited to 10,000 Maniacs as a band for royalty purposes, though the lyricists of the songs got additional credit. Dennis Drew wrote "Ellen," "Glow," "Smallest Step," and "Rainbows." John Lombardo wrote "The Earth Pressed Flat," "Once a City," "On & On," "Beyond the Blue," and "Time Turns." Lombardo and Drew shared writing credit on "Hidden in My Heart." Lombardo, Ramsey, and Rob Buck share writing credit on "Somebody's Heaven."