| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[4] |
| Q | [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Slant Magazine | [8] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[9] |
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.[10]
Track listing
All songs written by Natalie Merchant except as noted.
- "Noah's Dove" – 4:29
- "These Are Days" (Robert Buck, Merchant) – 3:40
- "Eden" (Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 4:07
- "Few and Far Between" – 3:13
- "Stockton Gala Days" (Augustyniak, Drew, Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 4:18
- "Gold Rush Brides" (Buck, Merchant) – 3:22
- "Jezebel" – 4:00
- "How You've Grown" – 3:39
- "Candy Everybody Wants" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:04
- "Tolerance" – 4:13
- "Circle Dream" (Augustyniak, Drew, Gustafson, Buck, Merchant) – 3:25
- "If You Intend" – 3:01
- "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 and lap steel guitars, 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 – violin
- Mary Ramsey – violin, viola
- 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
- Technical staff
- Paul Fox – production
- Frank Olinsky, Miss Merchant – package design
- Peter Leak – management
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Scott Blockland – mixing (second engineer)
- Rob Marinissen – photography
- Michael Reiter – recording (second engineer)
- Ed Thacker – recording, mixing[11]
Charts
| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart[12] | 33 |
| US Billboard 200[13] | 28 |
References
- ^ France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
- ^ McCartney, Kelly. "Our Time in Eden – 10,000 Maniacs". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2006.
- ^ Kot, Greg (October 15, 1992). "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time In Eden (Elektra)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ Browne, David (October 16, 1992). "Our Time in Eden". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden". Q (74): 122. November 1992.
- ^ DeCurtis, Anthony (October 1, 1992). "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "10,000 Maniacs". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 807. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
- ^ Cinquemani, Sal (September 29, 2003). "10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden". Slant Magazine. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
- ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ Wild, David (August 1992). "10,000 Maniacs on the Loose Again". Rolling Stone. p. 17.
- ^ "Our Time in Eden". Discogs.
- ^ David Roberts, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles and Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. p. 553. ISBN 978-1904994107.
- ^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.