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.^[2]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Chicago Tribune	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C^[5]
Q	^[6]
Rolling Stone	^[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[8]
Slant Magazine	^[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10^[10]

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)."^[11]

Track listing

All songs written by Natalie Merchant, except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

10,000 Maniacs

Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano
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
Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

The J.B. horns – horns on "Few and Far Between" and "Candy Everybody Wants":
- Maceo Parker – alto saxophone
- Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis – tenor saxophone
- Fred Wesley – trombone
Mary Ramsey – violin on "Stockton Gala Days", viola on "How You've Grown"
Paulinho Da Costa – percussion on "These Are Days", "Candy Everybody Wants" and "Circle Dream"
Charles Fleischer – harmonica on "Gold Rush Brides"
Kim Laskowski – bassoon on "I'm Not the Man"
Atsuko Sato – bassoon on "I'm Not the Man"

String quartet on "Jezebel"

Larry Corbett – cello
Bruce Dukov – violin
Pamela Goldsmith – viola
Ralph Morrison – violin

Technical

Paul Fox – producer
Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
Paul Buckmaster – string quartet arranger and conductor
Michael Reiter – second engineer
Scott Blockland – second engineer (mixing)
Stephen Marcussen – mastering
Rob Marinissen – photography
Frank Olinsky – package design
Natalie Merchant – package design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–1993)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	33
US Billboard 200^[13]	28

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
US Billboard 200^[14]	57

References

^ France, Kim (March 18, 1993). "10,000 Maniacs: Eden's Children". Rolling Stone.
^ Wild, David (August 1992). "10,000 Maniacs on the Loose Again". Rolling Stone. p. 17.
^ 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.
^ Morse, Steve (15 Oct 1992). "Recordings". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. 8.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
^ "10,000 Maniacs Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

v t e 10,000 Maniacs
Dennis Drew Steve Gustafson John Lombardo Jerome Augustyniak Mary Ramsey Rob Buck Duane Calhoun Chet Cardinale Jim Colavito Tim Edborg Jeff Erickson Jim Foti Debbie Heverly Natalie Merchant Leigh Nash Terry Newhouse Oskar Saville Matt Slocum Bob Wachter
Studio albums	Secrets of the I Ching The Wishing Chair In My Tribe Blind Man's Zoo Our Time in Eden Love Among the Ruins The Earth Pressed Flat Music from the Motion Picture Twice Told Tales
Extended plays	Human Conflict Number Five Triangles
Live albums	MTV Unplugged Live Twenty-Five Playing Favorites
Compilation albums	Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983 Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs
Singles	"Peace Train" "Like the Weather" "What's the Matter Here" "Trouble Me" "These Are Days" "Candy Everybody Wants" "Few and Far Between" "Everyday Is Like Sunday" "Because the Night" "More Than This"
Related articles	Two Thousand Maniacs! Evening in Torpor League of Blind Women John & Mary The Mighty Wallop!

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