 | Retrospective 1990-2005 by Natalie Merchant
Buy used from: $17.95 A wonderful 2-CD set that collects Nat's hits on the first disc and assorted rarities on the second. Features insightful liner notes, too. Well worth picking up.
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 | Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $9.99 An exquisite collection that's a good jumping off point for folks just getting acquainted with the Maniacs; and a necessity for us older fans, as it contains a truck-load of rarities.
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 | The House Carpenter's Daughter by Natalie Merchant
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $6.94 Natalie's voice remains wondrous and luscious, something I could soak in for hours on end. The songs, covers all, are fairly somber. The best of the bunch: the union classic "Which Side Are You On?"
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 | Motherland by Natalie Merchant
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.08 My choice for 2001's "Album of the Year." Nat's voice is like honey oozing from the grooves. "Tell Yourself" rates among the best songs she's ever written. Great message, great melody.
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 | Live in Concert by Natalie Merchant
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.48 A smart set that includes several choice covers, highlighted by Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" and David Bowie's "Space Oddity."
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 | Live in Concert-Natalie Merchant
Buy used from: $124.94 I'm not one for watching music on the TV ... usually. This DVD is an exception. Well worthwhile.
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 | Ophelia by Natalie Merchant
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.01 Three words: "Break Your Heart." Possibly her best-ever song. If you're like me (or even less demented), you'll be hitting repeat ad infinitum. The rest of the album? Good, but occasionally ponderous.
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 | Tigerlily by Natalie Merchant
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 An intense, introspective, romantic and fanciful collection of songs, capped by the gritty "Carnival."
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 | 10,000 Maniacs - Time Capsule (1982-1993)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $7.99 A near-perfect overview of all phases of the 10K experience.
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 | MTV Unplugged by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Essentially a live greatest hits of the Maniacs' best known songs, with the bonus of a sultry rendition of Patti Smith's "Because the Night" thrown into the mix. Worthwhile.
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 | Our Time in Eden by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 From the opening, hypnotic groove of "Noah's Dove" to the closing lament "I'm Not the Man," and featuring "These Are Days" and "Candy Everybody Wants," this is a perfect - and essential - album.
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 | Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983 by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.52 The songs herein date to two independent albums the band released pre-The Wishing Chair. It's an interesting collection filled with sound and fury, but doesn't signify much.
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 | Blind Man's Zoo by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $0.17 A solid effort. Includes "Trouble Me," a lilting ode to friendship, and the sarcastic "You Happy Puppet," which questions mindless devotion (a perfect encapsulation of the Reagan years).
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 | In My Tribe by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.50 A great album highlighted by "Hey Jack Kerouac," which won the Maniacs an audience with aging beats and English majors everywhere! Also: "What's the Matter Here?"; "Like the Weather."
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 | The Wishing Chair by 10,000 Maniacs
Buy used from: $0.79 The lead-off track "Scorpio Rising" is the song that perked this Cat's ear. It's an up-tempo tune that's as catchy as it is cool ... "cool white stare," indeed. Non-essential, but fun.
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