The Earth Pressed Flat

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1999 studio album by 10,000 Maniacs

The Earth Pressed Flat

Studio album by

10,000 Maniacs

Released| 20 April 1999
Genre| Rock
Length| 55:38
Label| Bar/None Records
Producer| Armand John Petri
10,000 Maniacs chronology
| Love Among the Ruins
(1997)  | The Earth Pressed Flat
(1999)  | Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs
(2004)

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Entertainment Weekly| C− link
The Phoenix|  link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide|  [1]

The Earth Pressed Flat is the seventh album by 10,000 Maniacs, released in 1999. The album contains nine songs that had been written for, but not used in, the band's previous album, Love Among the Ruins: "The Earth Pressed Flat", "Once a City", "On & On (Mersey Song)", "Somebody's Heaven", "Cabaret", "Beyond the Blue", "Smallest Step", "Time Turns" and "Hidden in My Heart". "Beyond the Blue" and "Time Turns" had been released on the single "More Than This", but were re-recorded for this album.

All tracks are credited to 10,000 Maniacs as a band for royalty purposes, though the lyricists of the songs received additional credit. Dennis Drew wrote "Ellen", "Glow", "Smallest Step" and "Rainbows". John Lombardo wrote "The Earth Pressed Flat", "Once a City", "On & On (Mersey Song)", "Beyond the Blue" and "Time Turns". Lombardo and Drew shared writing credit on "Hidden in My Heart". Lombardo, Mary Ramsey and Rob Buck shared writing credit on "Somebody's Heaven".

## Track listing[edit]

1. "The Earth Pressed Flat" – 4:11
2. "Ellen" – 3:27
3. "Once a City" – 4:22
4. "Glow" – 2:31
5. "On & On (Mersey Song)" – 3:32
6. "Somebody's Heaven" – 4:41
7. "Cabaret" – 3:02
8. "Beyond the Blue" – 3:17
9. "Smallest Step" – 3:32
10. "In the Quiet Morning" – 2:53
11. "Time Turns" – 3:49
12. "Hidden in My Heart" – 4:18
13. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" – 6:40
14. "Rainbows" – 5:16 (hidden track, US release)

## Personnel[edit]

10,000 Maniacs

* Jerome Augustyniak – percussion, drums, vocals
* Robert Buck – guitar
* Dennis Drew – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, pump organ
* Steve Gustafson – bass guitar
* John Lombardo – acoustic and electric guitar, package concept
* Mary Ramsey – violin, viola, vocals

Technical staff

* John Caruso – engineer
* Armand John Petri – producer, engineer
* Blair Woods – coordination,
* John Lombardo – graphic design, album artwork
* Nick Balgona – mastering

## References[edit]

Liner notes from 10,000 Maniacs album: The Earth Pressed Flat.

1. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 807. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. "rolling stone 10,000 maniacs album guide."

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10,000 Maniacs

* Dennis Drew
* Steve Gustafson
* John Lombardo
* Jerome Augustyniak
* Mary Ramsey

* Rob Buck
* Duane Calhoun
* Chet Cardinale
* Jim Colavito
* Tim Edborg
* Jeff Erickson
* Jim Foti
* Debbie Heverly
* Natalie Merchant
* Leigh Nash
* Terry Newhouse
* Oskar Saville
* Matt Slocum
* Bob Wachter

Studio albums|

* Secrets of the I Ching
* The Wishing Chair
* In My Tribe
* Blind Man's Zoo
* Our Time in Eden
* Love Among the Ruins
* The Earth Pressed Flat
* Music from the Motion Picture
* Twice Told Tales

Extended plays|

* Human Conflict Number Five
* Triangles

Live albums|

* MTV Unplugged
* Live Twenty-Five
* Playing Favorites

Compilation albums|

* Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983
* Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs

Singles|

* "Peace Train"
* "Like the Weather"
* "What's the Matter Here"
* "Trouble Me"
* "These Are Days"
* "Candy Everybody Wants"
* "Few and Far Between"
* "Everyday Is Like Sunday"
* "Because the Night"
* "More Than This"

Related articles|

* Two Thousand Maniacs!
* Evening in Torpor
* League of Blind Women
* John & Mary
* The Mighty Wallop!

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John & Mary

* John Lombardo
* Mary Ramsey

Albums|

* Victory Gardens
* The Weedkiller's Daughter
* The Pinwheel Galaxy
* Peace Bridge

Related articles|

* 10,000 Maniacs

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* MusicBrainz release group

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