The Earth Pressed Flat
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| Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs | ||
| Released | April 20, 1999 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 49:19 | |
| Label | Bar/None Records | |
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| 10,000 Maniacs chronology | ||
| Love Among the Ruins (1997) |
The Earth Pressed Flat (1999) |
Campfire Songs (2004) |
| 10,000 Maniacs with Mary Ramsey chronology | ||
| Love Among the Ruins (1997) |
The Earth Pressed Flat (1999) |
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The Earth Pressed Flat is a 1999 album by 10,000 Maniacs. It features vocalist Mary Ramsey.
[edit] Track listing
- The Earth Pressed Flat (Lombardo/Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 4:11
- Ellen (Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 3:27
- Once a City (Lombardo/Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 4:22
- Glow (Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 2:31
- On & On [Mersey Song] (Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 3:32
- Somebody's Heaven (Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 4:41
- Cabaret (Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 3:02
- Beyond the Blue (Lombardo/Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 3:17
- Smallest Step (Lombardo/Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 3:32
- In the Quiet Morning (Farina) - 2:53
- Time Turns (Lombardo/Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 3:49
- Hidden into My Heart (Lombardo/Ramsey/10,000 Maniacs) - 4:18
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Denny) - 6:40
- Rainbows - (10,000 Maniacs) 5:16
[edit] Personnel
- Jerome Augustyniak - Percussion, Drums, Vocals
- Robert Buck - Guitar
- Dennis Drew - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Pump Organ
- Steve Gustafson - Bass
- John Lombardo - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Package Concept
- Mary Ramsey - Violin, Viola, Vocals
- John Caruso - Engineer
- Armand John Petri - Producer, Engineer
- Blair Woods - Coordination, Graphic Design
- Recording Information: Produced and engineered by Armand John Petri.
- Additional engineering: John Caruso.
- Technical assistance: David Fridmann & Tandy Merrill.
- Recorded at Maniacs Home Studio, Jamestown, NY; Beartracks, Suffern, NY; Chameleon Studios, Buffalo, NY; Ear Candy, Buffalo, NY; & Armand's Living Room, Silver Creek, NY.
- Mixed at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, NY.
- Mastered by Nick Balgona at Metal Works, Mississauga, Ontario.
[edit] Trivia
- "Rainbows" is a hidden track on the US version of the CD.
- The album contains nine songs that had been written for, but left off of the band's previous album Love Among the Ruins: The Earth Pressed Flat, Once a City, On & On, Somebody's Heaven, Cabaret, Beyond the Blue, Smallest Step, Time Turns, and Hidden in My Heart. Two of the songs, Beyond the Blue and Time Turns had been released on the single "More Than This," but were re-recorded for this album.
- The songs are credited to 10,000 Maniacs as a band for royalty purposes, though the lyricists of the songs got additional credit. Dennis Drew wrote "Ellen," "Glow," "Smallest Step," and "Rainbows." John Lombardo wrote "The Earth Pressed Flat," "Once a City," "On & On," "Beyond the Blue," and "Time Turns." Lombardo and Drew shared writing credit on "Hidden in My Heart." Lombardo, Ramsey, and Rob Buck share writing credit on "Somebody's Heaven."
