Campfire Songs (10,000 Maniacs album)

Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs
Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs
Compilation album by 10,000 Maniacs
Released	January 27, 2004
Recorded	1982–1993
Genre	Pop rock; alternative rock; college rock; folk-pop;
Length	114:23
Label	Elektra
Producer	10,000 Maniacs, Bill Waldman, Joe Boyd, Peter Asher, Paul Fox, Gary Smith, Lenny Kaye
10,000 Maniacs chronology

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).

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[2]
Q	link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Track listing

Disc one – The Most Popular Recordings
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Planned Obsolescence"	Natalie Merchant, Dennis Drew	Human Conflict Number Five	4:29
2.	"My Mother the War"	John Lombardo, Michael Walsh, Merchant	Secrets of the I Ching	3:32
3.	"Tension"	Merchant, Lombardo	Secrets of the I Ching	3:31
4.	"Scorpio Rising"	Robert Buck, Merchant, Lombardo	The Wishing Chair	3:14
5.	"Like the Weather"	Merchant	In My Tribe	3:58
6.	"Don't Talk"	Merchant, Drew	In My Tribe	5:06
7.	"What's the Matter Here"	Merchant, Buck	In My Tribe	4:52
8.	"Hey Jack Kerouac"	Merchant, Buck	In My Tribe	3:27
9.	"Verdi Cries"	Merchant	In My Tribe	4:24
10.	"Trouble Me"	Merchant, Drew	Blind Man's Zoo	3:15
11.	"Poison in the Well"	Merchant, Drew	Blind Man's Zoo	3:09
12.	"You Happy Puppet"	Merchant, Buck	Blind Man's Zoo	3:39
13.	"Eat for Two"	Merchant	Blind Man's Zoo	3:32
14.	"Stockton Gala Days"	Jerome Augustyniak, Steve Gustafson, Merchant, Buck, Drew	Our Time in Eden	4:22
15.	"Candy Everybody Wants"	Merchant, Drew	Our Time in Eden	3:08
16.	"These Are Days"	Merchant, Buck	Our Time in Eden	3:43
17.	"Because the Night" (Patti Smith Group cover)	Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen	MTV Unplugged	3:44

Disc two – The Obscure & Unknown Recordings
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original release	Length
1.	"Poppy Selling Man"	Merchant	Previously unreleased	3:34
2.	"Can't Ignore the Train" (Demo)	Merchant, Lombardo	Previously unreleased	2:53
3.	"Peace Train" (Cat Stevens cover)	Stevens	In My Tribe	3:28
4.	"Wildwood Flower" (Carter Family cover)	A. P. Carter	"Eat for Two" single	1:53
5.	"Hello in There" (John Prine cover)	Prine	"Eat for Two" single	4:27
6.	"To Sir with Love" (Lulu cover; featuring Michael Stipe)	Donald Black, Mark London	MTV's Rock n' Roll Inaugural Ball	4:17
7.	"Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey cover)	Morrissey, Stephen Street	"Candy Everybody Wants" single	3:15
8.	"These Days" (Jackson Browne cover)	Browne	Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary	3:28
9.	"I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" (Tom Waits cover)	Waits	Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits	3:39
10.	"Starman" (David Bowie cover)	Bowie	"These Are Days" single	4:14
11.	"Let the Mystery Be" (Iris DeMent cover; featuring David Byrne)	DeMent	MTV Unplugged	3:10
12.	"Noah's Dove" (Demo)	Merchant	Previously unreleased	4:12
13.	"Circle Dream" (Alternate Lyrics Demo)	Merchant, Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Gustafson	Previously unreleased	3:25
14.	"Eden" (Alternate Lyrics Demo)	Merchant, Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Gustafson	Previously unreleased	3:33

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings - 10,000 Maniacs". AllMusic.
^ ^a ^b Vincentelli, Elizabeth (March 17, 2020). "Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure, and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs". Entertainment Weekly.
^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 807. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone 10,000 maniacs album guide.

[AllMusic-1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings - 10,000 Maniacs". AllMusic.

[Entertainment_Weekly-2] Vincentelli, Elizabeth (March 17, 2020). "Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure, and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs". Entertainment Weekly.

[3] Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 807. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone 10,000 maniacs album guide.

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