Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs

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Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs
Compilation album by 10,000 Maniacs
Released	January 27, 2004 (2004-01-27)
Recorded	1982–1993
Genre	Pop rock
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
The Earth Pressed Flat (1999) Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs (2004) Live Twenty-Five (2005)

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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[]

Disc One – The Most Popular Recordings

1. "Planned Obsolescence" (Dennis Drew, Natalie Merchant) – 4:29
2. "My Mother the War" (John Lombardo, Merchant, Michael Walsh) – 3:32
3. "Tension" (Lombardo, Merchant) – 3:31
4. "Scorpio Rising" (Robert Buck, Lombardo, Merchant) – 3:14
5. "Like the Weather" (Merchant) – 3:58
6. "Don't Talk" (Drew, Merchant) – 5:06
7. "What's the Matter Here?" (Buck, Merchant) – 4:52
8. "Hey Jack Kerouac" (Buck, Merchant) – 3:27
9. "Verdi Cries" (Merchant) – 4:24
10. "Trouble Me" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:15
11. "Poison in the Well" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:09
12. "You Happy Puppet" (Buck, Merchant) – 3:39
13. "Eat for Two" (Merchant) – 3:32
14. "Stockton Gala Days" (Jerome Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Steve Gustafson, Merchant) – 4:22
15. "Candy Everybody Wants" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:08
16. "These Are Days" (Buck, Merchant) – 3:43
17. "Because the Night" (MTV Unplugged) (Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen) – 3:44

Disc Two – The Obscure & Unknown Recordings

1. "Poppy Selling Man" (Merchant) – 3:34
2. "Can't Ignore the Train" (Demo) (Lombardo, Merchant) – 2:53
3. "Peace Train" (Cat Stevens) – 3:28
4. "Wildwood Flower" (A. P. Carter) – 1:53
5. "Hello in There" (John Prine) – 4:27
6. "To Sir with Love" (MTV's Rock n' Roll Inaugural Ball) (Featuring Michael Stipe) (Donald Black, Mark London) – 4:17
7. "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey, Stephen Street) – 3:15
8. "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 3:28
9. "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" (Tom Waits) – 3:39
10. "Starman" (David Bowie) – 4:14
11. "Let the Mystery Be" (MTV Unplugged) (Featuring David Byrne) (Iris DeMent) – 3:10
12. "Noah's Dove" (Demo) (Merchant) – 4:12
13. "Circle Dream" (Alternate Lyrics Demo) (Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Gustafson, Merchant) – 3:25
14. "Eden" (Alternate Lyrics Demo) (Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Gustafson, Merchant) – 3:33

• Tracks 1, 2, 12–14 previously unreleased.

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

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