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The Wishing Chair

~ 10,000 Maniacs
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Warner
  • ASIN: B000002H2U
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,433 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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The first 10,000 Maniacs record for a major record company,THE WISHING CHAIR, is an eclectic affair. The band combineselements of rock and folk music in a manner that initially drew comparisons to Fairport Convention. In fact, the album's producer (Joe Boyd) did work with Fairport on that group'srecords.
Opening with "Can't Ignore The Train", the album's lyrics address the minutiae of small-town American life,anti-war sentiments, thoughts on ageing, and any number of passing fancies that occur to vocalist and primary lyricist Natalie Merchant. Musically, bass and solid drumming accompany the overlapping, precise guitars of Robert Buck and John Lombardo. The whole affair is tweaked with occasional organ,piano, and electronic keyboard effects. THE WISHING CHAIR is the quintessential 10,000 Maniacs album. Muscular tracks like "Scorpio Rising" and "My Mother The War", both re-recorded from the band's full-length debut, SECRETS OF THE I CHING, sit comfortably next to more delicate tracks such as "Lilydale" and the Maniacs' version of "Just As The Tide Was A Flowing", a traditional folk song.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked lyrical masterpiece, 15 Jan 2004
Their first release on Elektra, before their more polished albums would receive more widespread acclaim, "The Wishing Chair" has been unfairly neglected. And it's this lack of Amazon stars which has spurred me to write this review one early Thursday morning. I guess it's understandable why this album has been overlooked; musically it's often an undistinguished affair with some nice tunes marred by a cluttered production, and it is this production, along with Merchant's sometime inaudible delivery which serve to mask some of the finest lyrics ever written about some of the least promising topics in the history of popdom. Songs about the plight of native Americans, union rights for immigrants, education and class, and the attibutions of soldiers' mothers, and others about childhood, and yet others, which erm.. I'm not really sure what they're about actually. And if that may not sound a promising mix, then don't worry because Merchant imbues them with such genius that (once you've read the printed lyrics on the sleeve, and worked out what it is she's actually singing about) you'll want to rent an open-top bus and tour major conurbations parading the album before the genuflecting masses.
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Early days for Natalie Merchant's huge talent., 4 Oct 2000
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I bought this album because I really loved all of Natalie Merchant's solo work and also had gotten into 10,000 Maniacs through their MTV Unplugged cd. This is a juanty and fast paced afair with some catchy tracks - Scorpio Rising and the album's opener, "Can't Ignore the Train". Fans of the band's later work may be disappointed but its worth a listen as Natalies lyrics are are honest and heartfelt as ever. I really like the track "My Mother the War", which incidently was the first track they ever played on British TV (The Tube). Overall its ok and worth getting to complete your 10.000 Manics collection but not a grat starting point.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Clarendon, Hammersmith 1985, 14 Jun 2008
By Hud (London) - See all my reviews
I saw the maniacs perform in 1985 - sadly they destroyed the Clarendon to replace it with awful office blocks - the maniacs were a fabulous band that totally made up for the rubbish coming out of the US at that time - I thought Natalie must have been european because her voice was so different to the tacky madonna - it is truly beautiful. I loved the band and i wiah i could go back to that wonderful night with my mates Isaac and Esias who were there with me thinking i was crazy as i danced to the maniacs....and afterwards we took the tube back to ealing. Life.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Folk beauty
This is *by far* my favourite 10,000 Maniacs album - like many others I was blown away by seeing them back in the 80s on The Tube, Natalie Merchant spinning like a whirling... Read more
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