10,000 MANIACS
''TWICE TOLD TALES''
APRIL 28 2015
49:57
1 Lady Mary Ramsey 01:10
2 The Song of Wandering Aengus (Christy Moore, William Butler Yeats) 01:32
3 She Moved Through The Fair 05:21
4 Dark Eyed Sailor 04:34
5 Misty Moisty Morning 03:05
6 Bonny May 04:51
7 Canadee-I-O 05:07
8 Do You Love an Apple 03:02
9 Greenwood Sidey 02:19
10 Carrickfergus 04:37
11 Death of Queen Jane 04:32
12 Wild Mountain Thyme 03:37
13 Marie's Wedding 04:04
14 Lady Mary Ramsay II 01:58
Traditional Tracks, Except 2
Mary Ramsey – vocals, violin, viola
Dennis Drew – keyboards
Steve Gustafson – bass guitar
Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion
Jeff Erickson – guitar & vocal
Additional Musicians:
John Lombardo - guitar
Susan Ramsey – violin
Bryan Eckenrode – cello
Armand John Petrie - mellotron
Joe Rozler - string trio arrangement on "Death of Queen Jane"
Danny Hicks/Timothy Patrick Quill - handclaps on Canadee-I-O
REVIEW/AMG
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Reuniting with founding member John Lombardo, 10,000 Maniacs return to their roots in other ways on 2015's Twice Told Tales. This is their first collection devoted entirely to covers of traditional folk songs, all from the British Isles. Some of these 14 songs are instrumental or scaled back so they're stark, but much of the album is delivered in the chipper style that recalls the jangle of In My Tribe. Twice Told Tales -- a clever title for a covers album, that -- isn't as bright or poppy as that college rock classic, but there's a warmth and comfort here that show the benefits of a band growing older together. Accordingly, this is a record for longtime fans: it not only evokes warm memories, but it speaks to the band's present.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by William Ruhlmann
10,000 Maniacs (named after the low-budget horror movie 2,000 Maniacs) was formed in Jamestown, New York, in 1981 by singer Natalie Merchant and guitarist John Lombardo. Other members of the sextet were Robert Buck (guitar), Steven Gustafson (bass), Dennis Drew (keyboards), and Jerry Augustyniak (drums). The group gigged extensively and recorded independently before signing with Elektra and making The Wishing Chair in 1985. Co-founder Lombardo left the band in 1986, and they continued as a quintet, releasing their second album, In My Tribe, in 1987. This album broke into the charts, where it stayed 77 weeks, peaking at number 37. Blind Man's Zoo, the 1989 follow-up, hit number 13 and went gold.
After 1992's Our Time in Eden had finished its run on the charts, Merchant announced that she was leaving for a solo career. MTV Unplugged was released a few months after her departure. The remaining 10,000 Maniacs decided to continue performing, adding the folk-rock duo John & Mary (original member Lombardo and violinist/vocalist Mary Ramsey). The new lineup released Love Among the Ruins. Merchant released her first solo album, Tigerlily, in the summer of 1995 and a follow-up, Ophelia, in 1998. In 1999, the remaining Maniacs released The Earth Pressed Flat on Bar/None. Sadly, a year later lead guitarist and founding member Robert Buck, who co-wrote some of the band's classics like "Hey Jack Kerouac," "What's the Matter Here?," and "These Are Days," died of liver failure on December 19, 2000. He was 42.
Following Buck's death, 10,0000 Maniacs took a yearlong hiatus, reconvening in December 2001 to play a benefit concert with Jeff Erickson now playing guitar. After this concert, Gustafson, Drew, and Augustyniak assembled a new lineup of 10,000 Maniacs featuring guitarist Erickson and vocalist Oskar Saville, who previously sang with Rubygrass. Over the next four years, this version of the Maniacs toured regularly -- their profile was raised somewhat in 2004 when Rhino released the career retrospective Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings -- and in 2006, Mary Ramsey began playing the occasional concert with the band. Saville left the band in 2007 and Ramsey returned to her role as frontwoman.
10,000 Maniacs remained a staple on the folk-rock circuit right into the new decade, and in 2011 they released their first new recording in a decade: an EP called Triangles, which appeared on their label, Ruby Wristwatch. That year, the group also played two 30th anniversary concerts in their hometown of Jamestown, New York, then set out to record a new album in 2012. The resulting Music from the Motion Picture -- the first new 10,000 Maniacs album in 14 years -- appeared in February 2013.
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''TWICE TOLD TALES''
APRIL 28 2015
49:57
1 Lady Mary Ramsey 01:10
2 The Song of Wandering Aengus (Christy Moore, William Butler Yeats) 01:32
3 She Moved Through The Fair 05:21
4 Dark Eyed Sailor 04:34
5 Misty Moisty Morning 03:05
6 Bonny May 04:51
7 Canadee-I-O 05:07
8 Do You Love an Apple 03:02
9 Greenwood Sidey 02:19
10 Carrickfergus 04:37
11 Death of Queen Jane 04:32
12 Wild Mountain Thyme 03:37
13 Marie's Wedding 04:04
14 Lady Mary Ramsay II 01:58
Traditional Tracks, Except 2
Mary Ramsey – vocals, violin, viola
Dennis Drew – keyboards
Steve Gustafson – bass guitar
Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion
Jeff Erickson – guitar & vocal
Additional Musicians:
John Lombardo - guitar
Susan Ramsey – violin
Bryan Eckenrode – cello
Armand John Petrie - mellotron
Joe Rozler - string trio arrangement on "Death of Queen Jane"
Danny Hicks/Timothy Patrick Quill - handclaps on Canadee-I-O
REVIEW/AMG
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Reuniting with founding member John Lombardo, 10,000 Maniacs return to their roots in other ways on 2015's Twice Told Tales. This is their first collection devoted entirely to covers of traditional folk songs, all from the British Isles. Some of these 14 songs are instrumental or scaled back so they're stark, but much of the album is delivered in the chipper style that recalls the jangle of In My Tribe. Twice Told Tales -- a clever title for a covers album, that -- isn't as bright or poppy as that college rock classic, but there's a warmth and comfort here that show the benefits of a band growing older together. Accordingly, this is a record for longtime fans: it not only evokes warm memories, but it speaks to the band's present.
BIOGRAPHY/AMG
by William Ruhlmann
10,000 Maniacs (named after the low-budget horror movie 2,000 Maniacs) was formed in Jamestown, New York, in 1981 by singer Natalie Merchant and guitarist John Lombardo. Other members of the sextet were Robert Buck (guitar), Steven Gustafson (bass), Dennis Drew (keyboards), and Jerry Augustyniak (drums). The group gigged extensively and recorded independently before signing with Elektra and making The Wishing Chair in 1985. Co-founder Lombardo left the band in 1986, and they continued as a quintet, releasing their second album, In My Tribe, in 1987. This album broke into the charts, where it stayed 77 weeks, peaking at number 37. Blind Man's Zoo, the 1989 follow-up, hit number 13 and went gold.
After 1992's Our Time in Eden had finished its run on the charts, Merchant announced that she was leaving for a solo career. MTV Unplugged was released a few months after her departure. The remaining 10,000 Maniacs decided to continue performing, adding the folk-rock duo John & Mary (original member Lombardo and violinist/vocalist Mary Ramsey). The new lineup released Love Among the Ruins. Merchant released her first solo album, Tigerlily, in the summer of 1995 and a follow-up, Ophelia, in 1998. In 1999, the remaining Maniacs released The Earth Pressed Flat on Bar/None. Sadly, a year later lead guitarist and founding member Robert Buck, who co-wrote some of the band's classics like "Hey Jack Kerouac," "What's the Matter Here?," and "These Are Days," died of liver failure on December 19, 2000. He was 42.
Following Buck's death, 10,0000 Maniacs took a yearlong hiatus, reconvening in December 2001 to play a benefit concert with Jeff Erickson now playing guitar. After this concert, Gustafson, Drew, and Augustyniak assembled a new lineup of 10,000 Maniacs featuring guitarist Erickson and vocalist Oskar Saville, who previously sang with Rubygrass. Over the next four years, this version of the Maniacs toured regularly -- their profile was raised somewhat in 2004 when Rhino released the career retrospective Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings -- and in 2006, Mary Ramsey began playing the occasional concert with the band. Saville left the band in 2007 and Ramsey returned to her role as frontwoman.
10,000 Maniacs remained a staple on the folk-rock circuit right into the new decade, and in 2011 they released their first new recording in a decade: an EP called Triangles, which appeared on their label, Ruby Wristwatch. That year, the group also played two 30th anniversary concerts in their hometown of Jamestown, New York, then set out to record a new album in 2012. The resulting Music from the Motion Picture -- the first new 10,000 Maniacs album in 14 years -- appeared in February 2013.
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