Our Time in Eden

Our Time in Eden is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. It was released in 1992 on Elektra Records. The release is 10,000 Maniacs' last studio album with original lead singer Natalie Merchant. The album included her future replacement Mary Ramsey on violin and viola on such tracks as "Stockton Gala Days" and "How You've Grown". Singles released from the album were "These Are Days", "Candy Everybody Wants" and "Few and Far Between". The brass and woodwind section is covered by the J.B.'s, or James Brown's band. The album had the working title African Violet Society.

Critical reception

The Boston Globe wrote that "these are some of [Merchant's] finest songs yet—intellectually challenging, lyrically brilliant and filled with intricate, dream-weaving melodies sparked by multi-instrumentalist Rob Buck (on guitars, sitar, banjo, pedal steel and mandocello)."

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" (Buck, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Jerome Augustyniak, Merchant) – 4:07
4. "Few and Far Between" – 3:13
5. "Stockton Gala Days" (Buck, Drew, Gustafson, Augustyniak, 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" (Buck, Drew, Gustafson, Augustyniak, Merchant) – 3:25
12. "If You Intend" – 3:01
13. "I'm Not the Man" – 3:24

Personnel

Charts

References

1. 10,000 Maniacs
2. These Are Days
3. Jezebel
4. Natalie Merchant
5. Candy Everybody Wants
6. Jezebel (disambiguation)
7. Amanda Kramer
8. A Hero of Our Time
9. Mary Ramsey (musician)
10. Garden of Eden
11. Anthony Eden
12. Campfire Songs (10,000 Maniacs album)
13. MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album)
14. Fred Wesley
15. Eden Project
16. Rob Buck
17. 1992 in music
18. John Behr
19. Maceo Parker
20. Steve Gustafson