Love Among the Ruins by 000 Maniacs 10 (CD, Jun-1997, Geffen)

Album Features
UPC:	720642500927
Artist:	000 Maniacs 10
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1997
Record Label:	Geffen
Genre:	Alternative, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Rainy Day
2. Love Among the Ruins
3. Even With My Eyes Closed
4. Girl on a Train
5. Green Children
6. Room for Everything, A
7. More Than This
8. Big Star
9. You Won't Find Me There
10. All That Never Happens
11. Shining Light
12. Across the Fields

Details
Contributing Artists:	Fred Maher, Jules Shear
Producer:	Fred Maher, John Keane
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
10,000 Maniacs: Mary Ramsey (vocals, viola); John Lombardo (acoustic & electric guitars); Robert Buck (electric & acoustic guitars); Dennis Drew (Hammond organ, piano); Steven Gustafson (bass); Jerome Augustyniak (drums, percussion, background vocals).Additional personnel: John Keane (guitar); Fred Maher (percussion); Jules Shear (background vocals).Recorded at John Keane Studios, Athens, Georgia and Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York.Personnel: Mary Ramsey (vocals, viola); John Keane (guitar); John Lombardo, Robert Buck (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Dennis Drew (piano); Steve Gustafson (bass guitar); Jerome Augustyniak (drums, percussion, background vocals); Fred Maher (percussion); Jules Shear (background vocals).Audio Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge.Recording information: Bearsville Sound Studios, Bearsville, NY; John Keane's Studio, Athens, GA.Photographer: Mike McLaughlin.After original lead singer Natalie Merchant left 10,000 Maniacs to pursue a solo career in 1993, many felt the group was finished. The remaining members rallied, and brought original guitarist John Lombardo back into the fold along with his post-Maniacs musical partner, Mary Ramsey. On her last tour with 10,000 Maniacs, Merchant had tapped Ramsey to augment the band's sound, so this was an easy transition. Although Ramsey's singing is as lilting as Merchant's, her delivery is lighter and her viola playing adds another dimension to the Maniacs' sound. Songs like "Rainy Day" and "All That Never Happens" have a bubbly feel and an ethereal guitar sound that fits in with the group's prior material. There's also a tasteful cover of Roxy Music's "More Than This" that's the cherry on top of this triumphant comeback.