The Wishing Chair
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The Wishing Chair | ||
Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs | ||
Released | 1985 | |
Genre | Rock | |
Length | 49:38 | |
Label | Elektra Records | |
Professional reviews | ||
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10,000 Maniacs chronology | ||
Secrets of the I Ching (1983) |
The Wishing Chair (1985) |
In My Tribe (1987) |
The Wishing Chair is the major-label debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. The album was released in 1985 by Elektra Records.
[edit] Track listing
- "Can't Ignore the Train" (Lombardo, Merchant)
- "Scorpio Rising" (Buck, Lombardo, Merchant)
- "Just as the Tide Was a Flowing" (Traditional, 10,000 Maniacs)
- "Lilydale" (Buck, Merchant)
- "Back o' the Moon" (Drew, Merchant)
- "Maddox Table" (Merchant)
- "The Colonial Wing" (Buck, Merchant)(*)
- "Grey Victory" (Lombardo, Grey, Merchant)
- "Among the Americans" (Buck, Drew, Merchant)
- "Everyone a Puzzle Lover" (Lombardo, Merchant)
- "Cotton Alley" (Lombardo, Merchant)
- "Daktari" (Lombardo, Merchant)(*)
- "My Mother the War" (Lombardo, Merchant, Walsh)
- "Tension Makes a Tangle" (Lombardo, Merchant)
- "Arbor Day" (Merchant)
(*) These tracks were not on the original vinyl release (which had a different running order) They were originally released on the 12" single of "Can't Ignore The Train" along with "Grey Victory"
[edit] Credits
- Robert Buck: electric guitar/devices, acoustic guitar, mandolin, pedal steel
- Jerry Augustyniak: drums
- Steven Gustafson: bass, electric guitar
- John Lombardo: 6 & 12 string guitars, bass
- Dennis Drew: organ, piano, accordion
- Natalie Merchant: voice
- Produced by Joe Boyd
- Engineered by Jerry Boys and Tony Harris
- Assisted by Barry Clempson
- Recorded at Livingstone Studios in London, England
- Mastered at Sterling Sound in New York City, New York, USA by Jack Skinner
- Sleeve design by 10,000 Maniacs and T+CP, London