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| name = Blind Man's Zoo | type = Studio album | artist = 10,000 Maniacs | cover = Blind Man's Zoo - 10,000 Maniacs.jpg | alt = The cover is a montage of photos of elephants | released = {{start date|1989|5|16}} | recorded = November 1988 – March 1989, Dreamland Recording Studio, West Hurley, New York | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, folk rock, soft rock | length = {{Duration|m=43|s=14}} | label = Elektra | producer = Peter Asher | prev_title = In My Tribe | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Hope Chest | next_year = 1990 | misc = {{Singles | name = | type = album | single1 = Trouble Me | single1date = | single2 = Eat for Two | single2date = }} }} Blind Man's Zoo is 10,000 Maniacs' fourth studio album, released in 1989. The album contains songs addressing social issues and current events prior to and during the production of the album. The song "Trouble Me", the album's first single to be released, was written as dedication to the lead singer Natalie Merchant's father. The song charted in the United States and the United Kingdom and became a minor hit. "Eat for Two", a song about teenage pregnancy, also hit the music charts. The album has received mixed reception. It reached No. 13 in the Billboard Top 200 chart and number eighteen in the UK Albums Chart. Production and songsThe title of the album Blind Man's Zoo was inspired by a fictional game from a children's book.[1] The album was recorded in Dreamland Recording Studio, converted from a rustic church in Woodstock, New York.[2] A ballad "Trouble Me", the fourth track of the album, co-written by Dennis Drew and Natalie Merchant, was the first released single of the album. The song was written for Merchant's father who was hospitalized at the time.[1][3] Gospel singer Jevetta Steele provided the background vocals for the song.[2] Other songs were inspired by social issues and events before the album was produced, despite Merchant's limited knowledge on politics.[4] The second track "Eat for Two" tackles teenage pregnancy and centers on a teenage girl who is five months pregnant. Merchant did not intend the song to be a "pro-life" message and the song does not address abortion.[4] For the song, Rob Buck played the guitar; Jerome Augustyniak, percussion.[2] "Eat for Two"[5] and the fifth track "You Happy Puppet"[6] were also commercially released as singles. The second track "Please Forgive Us" concerns the US intervention on Central America,[4] especially the Iran-Contra affair.[7] The third track "The Big Parade" concerns a Vietnam War veteran[1] and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D. C.[2] The seventh track "Poison in the Well" concerns a neighborhood suffering from effects of hazardous waste[1] and refers to involvement of the Hooker Chemical Company from Buffalo, New York with the chemical waste site Love Canal, which resulted in multiple cases of cancer and infertilities.[4] The eighth track "Dust Bowl" concerns the working class.[7] The tenth track "Hateful Hate" concerns the European colonisation of Africa and racial tensions between the European descendants and native Africans.[4] The eleventh and final track "Jubilee", tackling religious fanaticism,[3] concerns a racist who burns down a dance hall where he witnesses an interracial relationship of a young black man and a white woman.[7] Merchant said about most of the album: The theme that I keep returning to with every song is betrayal[.] "Eat for Two" is self-betrayal. "The Big Parade" is a nation betraying its citizens. "Please Forgive Us" is a nation betraying another nation. "Hateful Hate" is a race betraying another race. "Jubilee" is, first, a man who's betrayed by nature or God[...] "Poison in the Well" is the question of corporate culpability when there's a toxic-waste dump that suddenly is seeping into the main water supply of a neighborhood. That corporation has betrayed those people.[1] Music videos of "Eat for Two," "Trouble Me," "You Happy Puppet," "Dust Bowl," and "Hateful Hate" were featured in the VHS release, 10,000 Maniacs: Time Capsule, Filmed 1982–1990,[8] which was re-released on DVD as 10,000 Maniacs: Time Capsule, Filmed 1982–1993, featuring bonus music videos from the band's MTV Unplugged live concert, where the band performed "Eat for Two" and "Trouble Me". ReceptionMusic critic Anthony DeCurtis said that the track "Trouble Me" was "the most uplifting" and "the antidote" to the remainder of the album, which DeCurtis considered "a starkly pessimistic statement."[1] Spin journalist Timothy White called the album the band's "best release".[2] Another Spin journalist Jonathan Van Meter considered the lyrics "concerned, self-righteous, [and] at times pretentious yet thoroughly engaging."[4] People magazine praised the music, including Rob Buck's guitar performance, but found it "monotonous". It also found the track "Jubilee" "a major downer."[7] Allmusic reviewer Chris Woodstra rated the album three and a half out of five stars, considering it inferior to its predecessor In My Tribe and writing that despite "all of its earnestness and good-intentioned teachings, [the album] ultimately fails in its heavy-handed and generally uninteresting approach."[9] Chicago Tribune rated it three and a half out of four.[10] One Rolling Stone reviewer rated it four out of five.[11] Another Rolling Stone reviewer rated it three out of five and wrote that the album "isn't quite as cheerful, but despite its issue-oriented focus, Merchant and her {{sic|bandmates}} never turn their songs into a bully pulpit."[12] Robert Christgau graded it "B−".[13]Chart performanceIn the United States, the album reached number 13 in the Billboard Top 200 chart[14] on the week ending July 29, 1989.[15] In the United Kingdom, it debuted and peaked at number 18 in the UK Albums Chart[16] on the week ending May 27, 1989.[17] In the Billboard charts, "Trouble Me" reached number 20 in the Mainstream Rock chart on the week ending July 8, 1989;[18] number three in the Modern Rock Tracks chart on the week ending June 10;[19] number 44 in the Hot 100 chart on the week ending August 12;[20] and number seven in the Adult Contemporary chart on the week ending August 19, 1989.[21] "Trouble Me" reached number 77 in the UK Singles Chart[16] on the week ending June 17, 1989.[22] "Eat for Two" reached number 12 in the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart on the week ending August 12, 1989,[19] and number 93 in the UK Singles Chart[16] on the week ending November 11.[23] Track listingAll songs written by Natalie Merchant except as noted. Side one
Personnel10,000 Maniacs
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References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book |first=Anthony |last=DeCurtis |year=1999 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Rocking-My-Life-Away-Writing/dp/0822324199/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1487390822&sr=1-1&keywords=9780822324195 |title=Rocking My Life Away: Writing About Music and Other Matters |isbn=0-8223-2419-9 |pages=162–164 }} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite magazine |first=Timothy |last=White |author-link=Timothy White (editor) |date=July 1989 |title=Spins: '10,000 Maniacs, Blind Man's Zoo (Elektra)' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2y5iVad5loC&lpg=PA109&dq=%2210000%20maniacs%22%20%22trouble%20me%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q=%2210000%20maniacs%22%20%22trouble%20me%22%20-wikipedia&f=false |magazine=Spin |pages=107, 109 |accessdate=February 19, 2017 }} 3. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=kQw8AQAAIAAJ&q=%2210000+maniacs%22+%22trouble+me%22+-wikipedia&dq=%2210000+maniacs%22+%22trouble+me%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit5rno3ZjSAhVOw2MKHbk3CUY4ChDoAQhFMAk Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music], edited by Michael LaBlanc. Vol. 3. 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite magazine |first=Jonathan |last=Van Meter |date=September 1989 |title=She Sells Sanctuary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PK1uLUXpAzoC&lpg=PA46&dq=10000-maniacs%20%22blind%20man's%20zoo%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA46#v=onepage&q=10000-maniacs%20%22blind%20man's%20zoo%22%20-wikipedia&f=false |magazine=Spin |pages=45–48 |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 5. ^{{cite AV media |title=Eat for Two |others=10,000 Maniacs |year=1989 |publisher=Elektra |medium=cassette |id=4-69279 }} 6. ^{{cite AV media |title=You Happy Puppet |others=10,000 Maniacs |year=1989 |publisher=Elektra |medium=CD |id=9 66669-2 }} 7. ^1 2 3 {{cite magazine |url=http://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-blind-mans-zoo-vol-32-no-1/ |title=Picks and Pans Review: Blind Man's Zoo |magazine=People |date=July 3, 1989 }} 8. ^{{cite encyclopedia |title=10,000 Maniacs: Time Capsule 1982–1990 (1990) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=doDYm9jBqvwC&dq=%22trouble+me%22+%2210%2C000+maniacs%22+%22music+video%22+-wikipedia&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22trouble+me%22 |encyclopedia=Video Source Book |publisher=Thomson Gale |year=2007 |page=2900 }} 9. ^{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Woodstra |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r19841 |title=10,000 Maniacs – Blind Man's Zoo |website=Allmusic |accessdate=February 20, 2017 }} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-05-25/features/8902040115_1_star-peter-asher-plea|title=10,000 Maniacs- Blind Man's Zoo |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=October 7, 2014 }} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/recordings.asp?oid=160&cf=160 |title=10,000 Maniacs Recordings |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010506213352/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/recordings.asp?oid=160&cf=160 |archivedate=May 6, 2001 |accessdate=October 7, 2014 }} 12. ^{{cite encyclopedia |author=J.D.C. |year=2004 |title=10,000 Maniacs |work=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1=Nathan Brackett |editor2=Christian David Hoard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&lpg=PA807&dq=10000-maniacs%20%22blind%20man's%20zoo%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PA807#v=onepage&q=10000-maniacs%20%22blind%20man's%20zoo%22%20-wikipedia&f=false |edition=4th |page=807 |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=3900&name=10%2C000+Maniacs|title= 10,000 Maniacs |accessdate=October 7, 2014}} 14. ^{{cite web |title=10,000 Maniacs – Chart History (Billboard 200) |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431830/10000-maniacs/chart?f=305 |website=Billboard |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 15. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-07-29 |title=Billboard 200 (The Week of July 29, 1989) |website=Billboard |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 16. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=10,000 Maniacs |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25468/10,000%20maniacs/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 17. ^{{cite web |title=Official Albums Chart Top 75 (21 May 1989 – 27 May 1989) |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19890521/7502/ |website=Official Charts |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=February 20, 2017 }} 18. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431830/10000-maniacs/chart?f=376 |title=10,000 Maniacs – Chart History (Mainstream Rock Songs) |website=Billboard |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 19. ^1 {{cite web |title=10,000 Maniacs – Chart History ( |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431830/10000-maniacs/chart?f=377 |website=Billboard |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 20. ^{{cite web |title=10,000 Maniacs – Chart History (Hot 100) |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431830/10000-maniacs/chart |website=Billboard |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 21. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431830/10000-maniacs/chart?f=341 |title=10,000 Maniacs – Chart History (Adult Contemporary) |website=Billboard |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 22. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19890611/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 (11 June 1989 - 17 June 1989) |website=Official Charts |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 23. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19891105/7501/ |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 (05 November 1989 - 11 November 1989) |website=Official Charts |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |accessdate=February 18, 2017 }} 24. ^{{cite book |editor=David Roberts |title=British Hit Singles and Albums|year=2006|page=553|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited|isbn=978-1904994107}} External links
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