The Earth Pressed Flat
Studio album by
10,000 Maniacs
Released20 April 1999
GenreRock
Length55:38
LabelBar/None Records
ProducerArmand 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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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

  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

10,000 Maniacs
Technical staff
  • John Caruso – engineer
  • Armand John Petri – producer, engineer
  • Blair Woods – coordination,
  • John Lombardo – graphic design, album artwork
  • Nick Balgona – mastering

References

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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