MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged
Live album by 10,000 Maniacs
Released	October 26, 1993 (1993-10-26)
Recorded	April 21, 1993 (1993-04-21), New York City, New York, United States
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	60:03
Language	English
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul Fox
Professional reviews
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10,000 Maniacs chronology
Our Time in Eden (1992) MTV Unplugged (1993) Love Among the Ruins (1997)
10,000 Maniacs with Natalie Merchant chronology
Our Time in Eden (1992) MTV Unplugged (1993) Campfire Songs (2004)

MTV Unplugged is a 1993 live album by 10,000 Maniacs. The music was recorded for the MTV Unplugged series and it was also the last album by the band featuring Natalie Merchant as vocalist. In addition to the songs released on this album, four takes of "How You've Grown" were recorded, second takes of "Because the Night" and "Gold Rush Brides", a brief take of "Puff the Magic Dragon" and three other songs which featured singer David Byrne as a guest: "Let The Mystery Be" (two takes, one of which was released as a B-Side to "Few and Far Between" and on Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings), "Jolene", and "Dallas". In 1994, it reached 13 on the Billboard 200.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

1. "These Are Days" (Rob Buck and Natalie Merchant) – 4:22
2. "Eat for Two" (Merchant) – 4:12
3. "Candy Everybody Wants" (Dennis Drew and Merchant) – 3:19
4. "I'm Not the Man" (Merchant) – 3:46
5. "Don't Talk" (Drew and Merchant) – 5:22
6. "Hey Jack Kerouac" (Buck and Merchant) – 3:29
7. "What's the Matter Here?" (Buck and Merchant) – 4:50
8. "Gold Rush Brides" (Buck and Merchant) – 4:12
9. "Like the Weather" (Merchant) – 4:15
10. "Trouble Me" (Drew and Merchant) – 3:40
11. "Jezebel" (Merchant) – 4:20
12. "Because the Night" (Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen) – 3:44 Listen (help·info)
13. "Stockton Gala Days" (Jerome Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Steve Gustafson, and Merchant) – 5:25
14. "Noah's Dove" (Merchant) – 5:07

Personnel

10,000 Maniacs

• Jerome Augustyniak – percussion, drums
• Rob Buck – acoustic guitar
• Dennis Drew – organ, piano, pump organ, Hammond organ
• Steve Gustafson – acoustic bass guitar
• Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano

Additional musicians

• Bill Dillon – acoustic guitar, mandolin, slide guitar
• Morgan Fichter – violin, backing vocals
• Amanda Kramer – organ, pump organ, piano
• Kim Laskowski – bassoon
• Jerry Marotta – percussion
• Mary Ramsey – viola, backing vocals
• Atsuko Sato – bassoon
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello
• Rich Stearns – banjo

Technical staff

• Paul Fox – production
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Mike Scott – engineering
• Ed Thacker – engineer, mixing
• Jay Vicari – engineering

External links

• Lyrics