Twice Told Tales (album)
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| Studio album by 10,000 Maniacs | ||||
| Released | April 4, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Cleopatra Records | |||
| Producer | Armand John Petri | |||
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Twice Told Tales is the ninth studio album by Jamestown, New York band 10,000 Maniacs. It is an album that consists of many traditional folk songs from the British Isles. For this album, they team up with producer Armand John Petri, who had worked with the band since 1991, as well as producing their 1999 album The Earth Pressed Flat. Coming back into the fold is founding member John Lombardo, who had supplied the band with a cassette full of songs he loved, as well as putting together the arrangements. The band funded the project by using the online Direct-to-fan music platform PledgeMusic, which began May 13, 2014. Early promotion of the project included a concert held at the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts in Jamestown, New York, which was also streamed online for fans from far parts of the world to tune in. The pledge closed on March 17, 2015 and was released through Cleopatra Records on April 10, 2015.
Reception
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 57/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Twice Told Tales received an average score of 57, based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[1]
Track listing
All songs traditional except the song "Wandering Aengus": words by William Butler Yeates, set to music by Christy Moore.
- "Lady Mary Ramsey I"
- "The Song of Wandering Aengus"
- "She Moved Through the Fair"
- "Dark Eyed Sailor"
- "Misty Moisty Morning"
- "Bonny May"
- "Canadee-I-O"
- "Do You Love an Apple?"
- "Greenwood Sidey"
- "Carrickfergus"
- "Death of Queen Jane"
- "Wild Mountain Thyme"
- "Marie's Wedding"
- "Lady Mary Ramsey II"
Personnel
- 10,000 Maniacs
- Mary Ramsey – vocals, violin, viola
- Dennis Drew – keyboards
- Steve Gustafson – bass guitar
- Jerome Augustyniak – drums, percussion
- Jeff Erickson – guitar & vocal
- Additional musicians
- John Lombardo – guitar
- Susan Ramsey – violin
- Bryan Eckenrode – cello
- Armand John Petri - mellotron
- Joe Rozler - string trio arrangement on "Death of Queen Jane"
- Danny Hicks/Timothy Patrick Quill - handclaps on Canadee-I-O
- Additional album credits
- Produced and engineered by Armand John Petri
- Recorded at Tarbox Studios, Cassadaga, NY and at the Funhouse, Silver Creek, NY
- Mastering Engineer Bernd Gottinger
- Design by Don Keller
- Cover collage by John Lombardo
- Creative Direction: John Lombardo
- 10KM Managed Care: Gehrig Peterson
- 10KM Crew: David Hone, Colin Braeger, Scott Barton, and Shaughn Bryant
- Executive Producers: Donald Semmens, Adam Zeitz, Julie Gochenour, Flavio Louzada, Henry Houh, Andreas Laemmermann, Catherine Fredericks, Damon Torres, Therese Fisher, Tom Galloway, Brian Matthias, Murry Galloway, Nicholas Randall, James Lawrence, Richard C. Castagana Jr., Martin Ziesch, Alexander Glintschert, Mike Bleecher, Jeff Crabill, Mick Mueller, Frits Demortier, Stephen Monroe, Rick Strezo, Gehrig Peterson, Harvey Kivel, Alan Cohen, James Serio, Alistair McLean, Laurie Gengo, Wesley Costas
- A&R/Artist Relations: John Lappen
References
- 1 2 "Critic Reviews for Twice Told Tales". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Twice Told Tales - 10,000 Maniacs". Allmusic.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
External links
- Twice Told Tales at Discogs (list of releases)