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Recorded
  
September 13, 2014

Artist
  
10,000 Maniacs

Label
  
Omnivore Recordings

Language
  
English

Release date
  
3 June 2016

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Released
  
June 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)

Venue
  
Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown, New York

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Folk rock

Similar
  
10 - 000 Maniacs albums, Folk rock albums

Playing Favorites is a live album by 10,000 Maniacs released in 2016. The album was recorded on September 13, 2014 at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts in Jamestown, New York. This is their first live album with current lead vocalist Mary Ramsey and also marks the return of founding member John Lombardo who contributes lead vocals on "My Mother the War".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "What's the Matter Here" (Rob Buck, Natalie Merchant) – 5:11
  2. "Like the Weather" (Merchant) – 4:10
  3. "Love Among the Ruins" (Jerome Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Steve Gustafson, John Lombardo, Mary Ramsey, Jules Shear) – 4:15
  4. "Trouble Me" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:25
  5. "More Than This" (Bryan Ferry) – 4:08
  6. "Can't Ignore the Train" (Lombardo, Merchant)  – 3:29
  7. "Stockton Gala Days" (Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Gustafson, Merchant) – 7:38
  8. "Because the Night" (Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen) – 5:38
  9. "Rainy Day" (Augustyniak, Buck, Drew, Gustafson, Lombardo, Ramsey) – 6:56
  10. "Candy Everybody Wants" (Drew, Merchant) – 3:21
  11. "My Sister Rose" (Augustyniak, Merchant) – 4:19
  12. "Hey Jack Kerouac" (Buck, Merchant) – 3:46
  13. "These Are Days" (Buck, Merchant) – 5:03
  14. "My Mother the War" (Lombardo, Merchant, Michael Walsh) - 4:42
  15. "Canadee-I-O" (traditional) - 4:55

Personnel

10,000 Maniacs
  • Jerome Augustyniak – drums, backing vocals
  • Dennis Drew – keyboards, mixing
  • Jeff Erickson – lead guitar
  • Steve Gustafson – bass guitar, backing vocals, mixing
  • John Lombardo – guitar, lead vocals on "My Mother the War"
  • Mary Ramsey – lead vocals, viola
    • Additional musicians
  • Melanie Luciano - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Bryan Eckenrode - cello
  • Oliver Chezliak - trombone
  • Eric Crittenden - alto saxophone
  • Robert Browning - tenor saxophone
    • Additional album credits
  • Produced and by Armand John Petri and 10,000 Maniacs
  • Recorded September 13, 2014 at the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown, New York
  • Engineered and mixed by Armand John Petri
  • Additional recording and mixing at the Fun House, Silver Creek, New York
  • Mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios, New York

    • Songs

    1What’s the Matter Here?5:12
    2Like the Weather4:11
    3Love Among the Ruins4:15

    References

    Playing Favorites (10,000 Maniacs album) Wikipedia
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