The Wishing Chair

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studio album
First released:
1985

Overview Edit

The Wishing Chair is the major-label debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. The album was released in 1985 by Elektra Records.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
60428
Release dates:
  • 1985 in United States

Genres

Adult Alternative, Folk, Folk-Rock. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Their finest hour
They never topped this one. It remains one of the greatest rock albums of all time and certainly one of the most criminally underrated. The six-piece Maniacs on this album showed many different sides and colors - leading some to the conclusion that the album is disjointed; well, what's wrong with that? Who wants to listen to a bunch of clones of the same song? The shifts in style are fascinating - it's sometimes hard to believe it's the same band you were listening to moments before. This album'…
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3 stars 10,000 Maniacs' 'Wishing Chair' Grants a Whimsical Listen
A few years ago I saw the 10,000 Maniacs 'Wishing Chair' on sale in a second hand CD shop. I picked it up on a whim and found myself gifted with a poppy, yet textured treat that I still regularily listen to today. Opening with the lightly bouncy 'Can't Ignore the Train', lyricist/singer Natalie Merchant delivers band-mate John Lombardo's warmly yet bouncy melody with a richness that leaves the listener with a feeling not unlike that of sipping really good scotch in a really great dance bar. That…
Written by an unknown author

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Can't Ignore the Train
    2:44
    2
    Scorpio Rising
    3:13
    3
    Just as the Tide Was a Flowing
    2:18
    4
    Lilydale
    3:12
    5
    Back O' the Moon
    3:32
    6
    Maddox Table
    3:19
    7
    The Colonial Wing
    4:05
    8
    Grey Victory
    3:07
    9
    Among the Americans
    3:07
    10
    Everyone a Puzzle Lover
    3:17
    11
    Cotton Alley
    3:23
    12
    Daktari
    4:29
    13
    My Mother the War
    3:32
    14
    Tension Makes a Tangle
    3:32
    15
    Arbor Day
    2:17

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The Wishing Chair 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Elektra / Wea
catalog number: 60428
release dates: Oct 25 1990
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