
On September 29, 1992, “Elektra” label released “Our Time in Eden”, the fifth 10,000 Maniacs studio album. It was recorded July 1991 – May 1992, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, New York, and was produced by Paul Fox.
Personnel:
- Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano
- Dennis Drew – Hammond organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
- Robert Buck – acoustic and electric guitars, electric sitar, banjo, pedal and lap steel guitars, mandocello
- Steven Gustafson – bass guitar
- Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Ralph Morrison – violin
- Bruce Dukov – violin
- Mary Ramsey – violin, viola
- Pamela Goldsmith – viola
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Charles Fleischer – harmonica
- Kim Laskowski – bassoon
- Atsuko Sato – bassoon
- James Brown – horns
- Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis – tenor saxophone
- Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
- Fred Wesley – trombone
- Paul Buckmaster – string quartet arranger, conductor
- Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
- Michael Reiter – second engineer
- Scott Blockland – mixing (second engineer)
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Frank Olinsky, Miss Merchant – package design
- Rob Marinissen – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Natalie Merchant except where noted.
- Noah’s Dove
- These Are Days – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
- Eden – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
- Few and Far Between
- Stockton Gala Days – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
- Gold Rush Brides – Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
- Jezebel
- How You’ve Grown
- Candy Everybody Wants – Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant
- Tolerance
- Circle Dream – Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Robert Buck, Natalie Merchant
- If You Intend
- I’m Not the Man