10,000 Maniacs "Playing Favorites" 2025-09-19 it’s ecstatic to be alive

it’s ecstatic to be alive

Dave had popped into the studio to hang and listen to what we were doing and we’d gone over to hear the Foo’s rehearse

as well as many of his contemporaries

was certified gold-selling and peaked at No

while the personal lyrics and wistful melodies give "Pinkerton" a run for its money

10,000 Maniacs "Playing Favorites" 2025-09-19 it’s ecstatic to be aliveRecorded before an adoring crowd on September 13, 2014, at the Reg Lenna Center For The Arts in Jamestown, New York, Playing Favorites features fourteen tracks, including hits and fan favorites from the groups storied and influential career. The 6 piece band (Jerome Augustyniak, Dennis Drew, Jeff Erickson, Steven Gustafson, John Lombardo, and Mary Ramsey) is augmented by strings, horns, and backing vocalists, making their lush sound even fuller and