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. A third studio recording of the same song, re-titled "Tension Makes a Tangle", appears on The Wishing Chair.
Personnel 10,000 Maniacs Natalie Merchant – vocals, piano 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) Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion (except CD 1, track 1)
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
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