The 1992 release is the band's fifth studio album and its last studio album with the original lead singer, Natalie Merchant.
"10,000 Maniacs offer up a baker's dozen of wonderful folk-pop songs with hard-hitting messages, nearly matching the brilliance of In My Tribe, their major-label debut. Natalie Merchant is a few years older here, a few tribulations wiser, and a few shakes looser, although that's not to say she doesn't have a point (or 13) to make. Whether with old-school R&B horns ablaze or the simple elegance of a piano and strings, she glorifies, condemns, and cherishes the world she witnesses, not excusing herself or anyone else from the part they play." - Allmusic
Features:
180g Audiophile Vinyl
Musicians:
Natalie Merchant, vocals, piano
Jerome Augustyniak, drums, percussion
Robert Buck, guitar, sitar, banjo, mandocello
Dennis Drew, organ, piano, keyboards, accordion
Steven Gustafson, bass
Selections:
Side A:
1. Noah's Dove
2. These Are Days
3. Eden
4. Few and Far Between
5. Stockton Gala Days
6. Gold Rush Brides
7. Jezebel
Side B:
8. How You've Grown
9. Candy Everybody Wants
10. Tolerance
11. Circle Dream
12. If You Intend
13. I'm Not the Man