Secrets of the I Ching

Secrets of the I Ching
Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs
Released 1983
Recorded March-July 1983
Label Christian Burial Music, Mark Recordings (1983 US/Germany)[1]
10,000 Maniacs chronology
Human Conflict Number Five (EP)
(1982)
Secrets of the I Ching
(1983)
The Wishing Chair
(1985)
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Secrets of the I Ching is the 1983 independent debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. This is also the first album with new and permanent drummer Jerome Augustyniak. Rerecorded versions of the songs "Grey Victory", "Daktari" and "My Mother the War" appeared on their 1985 album The Wishing Chair.

Track listing

All songs written by John Lombardo and Natalie Merchant, unless if noted

  1. "Grey Victory" (John Lombardo/Robert Buck/Natalie Merchant)- 2:59
  2. "Poor de Chirico" - 3:09
  3. "Death of Manolete" - 3:52
  4. "Tension" - 3:30
  5. "Daktari" - 4:10
  6. "Pit Viper" (Steven Gustafson/Natalie Merchant)- 3:51
  7. "Katrina's Fair" (Robert Buck/Natalie Merchant)- 2:57
  8. "The Latin One" (John Lombardo/Wilfred Owen)- 2:59
  9. "National Education Week" (Dennis Drew/Natalie Merchant)- 2:47
  10. "My Mother the War" (John Lombardo/Michael Walsh/Natalie Merchant)- 3:31

The above tracklisting is for the original Mark Records pressing for Christian Burial Music, the band's own label. Subsequent editions of this album are missing "National Education Week."

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