10,000 Maniacs - 1985 - The Wishing Chair

Artist...............: 10,000 Maniacs

Album................: The Wishing Chair

Genre................: Alternative

Source...............: Retail CD

Year.................: 1985

Ripper...............: ravakk

Codec................: macFLAC

Quality..............: vbr med

Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz

Information..........: G6 repack from SRL





Tracklisting





01 - "Can't Ignore the Train" - 2:43

02 - "Scorpio Rising" - 3:06

03 - "Just as the Tide Was A Flowing" - 2:25

04 - "Lilydale" - 3:11

05 - "Back o' the Moon" - 3:32

06 - "Maddox Table" - 3:19

07 - "*The Colonial Wing" - 4:02

08 - "Grey Victory" - 3:07

09 - "Among the Americans" - 3:07

10 - "Everyone a Puzzle Lover" - 3:17

11 - "Cotton Alley" - 3:23

12 - "*Daktari" - 4:23

13 - "My Mother the War" - 3:31

14 - "Tension Makes a Tangle" - 3:33

15 - "Arbor Day" - 2:59





10,000 Maniacs was a United States-based alternative rock band, formed in 1981 and active with various line-ups through 2007. Their best-known member is Natalie Merchant, who left the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career.



The Wishing Chair is the major-label debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. The album was released in 1985 by Elektra Records.



The Wishing Chair is like a painting or a novel. It's an American dreamscape...songs like "Cotton Alley" and "Can't Ignore the Train" show snippets of small town life, "Grey Victory" recounts the bombing of Hiroshima, "Among the Americans" tells the story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears and "Maddox Table," one of my favorite tracks on The Wishing Chair, tells the story of industrialization and the beginning of unionization without being preachy.