Album
The Wishing Chair
1985 · Rock
11 collectors on Gatefold own this

The Wishing Chair is a Rock album by 10,000 Maniacs, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 35 pressings tracked, owned by 11 collectors.
About
The 1985 major-label debut from 10,000 Maniacs distills the group’s globally sourced influences (Nigerian jùjú, British power pop, American roots rock) into an exquisite launching point for lead singer Natalie Merchant’s imagistic yet politically charged poetry. Much of the album’s thrill comes from the interplay between Merchant’s deeply felt alto and guitarist Robert Buck’s nimble riffing, which darts around the thoughtful lyrics of “Can’t Ignore the Train” and adds sparkle to the folk-pop epistle “Back o’ the Moon.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Can't Ignore The Train2:43
- A2Just As The Tide Was A Flowing2:25
- A3Scorpio Rising3:06
- A4Lilydale3:11
- A5Maddox Table3:19
- A6Everyone A Puzzle Lover3:17
- A7Arbor Day2:59
Side B
- B1Back O' The Moon3:32
- B2Tension Makes A Tangle3:33
- B3Among The Americans3:07
- B4Grey Victory3:07
- B5Cotton Alley3:23
- B6My Mother The War3:31
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- jangly
- earnest
- storytelling
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dennis DrewORGAN, PIANO, ACCORDION
- Jerome AugustyniakDRUMS
- John LombardoBASS, GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR GUITAR , BASS GUITAR , TWELVE-STRING GUITAR , BASS
- Robert BuckACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR, MANDOLIN, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR , PEDAL STEEL GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR, MANDOLIN
- Steven GustafsonBASS, ELECTRIC GUITAR BASS, GUITAR
11 collectors on Gatefold own this · 35 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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