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.

Track listing

All songs written by Natalie Merchant, except as noted.

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

Charts

References

1. 10,000 Maniacs
2. These Are Days
3. Natalie Merchant
4. Candy Everybody Wants
5. Garden of Eden
6. Anthony Eden
7. A Hero of Our Time
8. Jezebel (disambiguation)
9. Mary Ramsey (musician)
10. Campfire Songs (10,000 Maniacs album)
11. Amanda Kramer
12. MTV Unplugged (10,000 Maniacs album)
13. Maceo Parker
14. Fred Wesley
15. Rob Buck
16. Eden Project
17. Hersheypark Stadium
18. 1992 in music
19. Eden Riegel
20. In Our Time (short story collection)