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Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings,10,000 Maniacs

- Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings
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10,000 Maniacs
Released 2004

My Mother the War
03:32
985 plays

Verdi Cries
04:24
942 plays

Let the Mystery Be
03:10
928 plays

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songs

- 1
- Planned Obsolescence
- 04:28
- 1,047 plays

- 2
- My Mother the War
- 03:32
- 985 plays

- 3
- Tension
- 03:30
- 729 plays

- 4
- Scorpio Rising
- 03:14
- 908 plays

- 5
- Like the Weather
- 03:58
- 1,259 plays

- 6
- Don't Talk
- 05:05
- 1,088 plays

- 7
- What's the Matter Here?
- 04:52
- 1,117 plays

- 8
- Hey Jack Kerouac
- 03:27
- 1,053 plays

- 9
- Verdi Cries
- 04:24
- 942 plays

- 10
- Trouble Me
- 03:14
- 6,192 plays

- 11
- Poison in the Well
- 03:09
- 744 plays

- 12
- You Happy Puppet
- 03:39
- 811 plays

- 13
- Eat for Two
- 03:32
- 1,120 plays

- 14
- Stockton Gala Days
- 04:22
- 846 plays

- 15
- Candy Everybody Wants
- 03:07
- 1,571 plays

- 16
- These Are Days
- 03:42
- 2,282 plays

- 17
- Because the Night
- 03:43
- 36,922 plays

- 18
- Poppy Selling Man [#]
- 03:34
- 671 plays

- 19
- Can't Ignore the Train [#][Demo Version]
- 02:52
- 570 plays

- 20
- Peace Train
- 03:28
- 1,863 plays

- 21
- Wildwood Flower
- 01:53
- 627 plays

- 22
- Hello in There
- 04:26
- 641 plays

- 23
- To Sir With Love
- 04:16
- 1,134 plays

- 24
- Everyday Is Like Sunday
- 03:15
- 1,138 plays

- 25
- These Days
- 03:28
- 829 plays

- 26
- I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You
- 03:39
- 883 plays

- 27
- Starman
- 04:14
- 597 plays

- 28
- Let the Mystery Be
- 03:10
- 928 plays

- 29
- Noah's Dove [#][Demo Version]
- 04:12
- 612 plays

- 30
- Circle Dream [Alternate Lyrics Demo][#]
- 03:25
- 544 plays

- 31
- Eden [Alternate Lyrics Demo][#]
- 03:33
- 611 plays

album review

Spanning 31 songs and two discs, one covering "The Most Popular Recordings" (aka "The Hits") and one covering "The Obscure & Unknown Recordings" (aka "The B-Sides and Cover Versions"), Rhino/Elektra's 2004 compilation Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure & Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs is as good a career overview as could be assembled. The hits disc may miss a minor charting single like "Few and Far Between," but it has all the songs of note, from the hits to album tracks. Meanwhile, the rarities are devoted pretty much to B-side covers in addition to four previously unreleased demos, the early outtake "Poppy Selling Man," plus their cover of Cat Stevens' "Peace Train," which was removed from latter-day editions of In My Tribe. There's enjoyable stuff on both discs -- the singles "Like the Weather," "What's the Matter Here?," "Trouble Me," "Candy Everybody Wants," and "These Are Days" are very good indeed, laying the groundwork for adult alternative pop/rock, while the early demos on the second disc are livelier than most Maniacs material and the Michael Stipe duet on "To Sir With Love" is a priceless artifact from the height of Clinton optimism (which faded quite quickly). But even these moments have the Achilles' heel of a production that is far too big for the group's gentle simple songs. Overall this expertly assembled collection -- which is as good as a 10,000 Maniacs anthology could be -- is best as a time capsule, capturing the earnest, precious optimism and PC nature of American college rock before grunge came along and dirtied everything up. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide