Campfire Songs (10,000 Maniacs album) explained
| Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | 10,000 Maniacs |
| Cover: | CampfireSongsCover.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1982–1993 |
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| Length: | 114:23 |
| Label: | Elektra |
| Producer: | 10,000 Maniacs, Bill Waldman, Joe Boyd, Peter Asher, Paul Fox, Gary Smith, Lenny Kaye |
| Prev Title: | The Earth Pressed Flat |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Live Twenty-Five |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs is a compilation album by American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs, released in 2004. It includes their biggest hits, B-sides and unreleased recordings from the Natalie Merchant era. Despite the album's title, the collection does not include "A Campfire Song" from In My Tribe (1987).
Track listing
Notes
- "Tension" originally appeared on the EP Human Conflict Number Five. The version present on Campfire Songs is from Secrets of the I Ching.
Personnel
10,000 Maniacs
- Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion (except CD 1, track 1)
- Robert Buck – guitars, mandolin, steel, banjo, devices, synthesizer
- Dennis Drew – organ, piano, accordion
- Steven Gustafson – guitar, bass guitar
- John Lombardo – guitars, bass guitar, occasional vocals (CD 1, tracks 1–4 and CD 2, tracks 1–2)
- Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano
Technical
- 10,000 Maniacs – producer, compilation
- Bill Waldman – producer
- Joe Boyd – producer
- Peter Asher – producer
- Paul Fox – producer
- Gary Smith – producer
- Lenny Kaye – producer
- Natalie Merchant – compilation, art direction
- Dan Hersch – remastering
- Bill Inglot – remastering
- Steve Woolard – discographical annotation
- Julee Stover – editorial supervision
- Mary Lynch – design assistance
