Title: Merchant's Maniacal Swan Song
Product review: "Our Time in Eden" was Natale Merchant's last album with 10,000 Maniacs. As such, it ranks with "In My Tribe" as her best collaboration with the band. "These are Days" and "Candy Everybody Wants" were two excellent hit singles that gained a lot of airplay. But the rest of the material is nearly as strong with a consistently pleasent folk-rock sound and socially conscious lyrics that never get too overbearing. The whole thing is so effortlessly good that it makes you wish that Merchant had hung in there as the lead Maniac.Overall, an excellent finale for one of the college rock era's best collaborations.
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