Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982–1983

Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983
Compilation album by 10,000 Maniacs
Released	1 October 1990
Recorded	1982-1983
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	46:42
10,000 Maniacs chronology
Blind Man's Zoo (1989) Hope Chest (1990) Our Time in Eden (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983, also known as just Hope Chest, is a 1990 album by 10,000 Maniacs. It compiles tracks from their early releases Human Conflict Number Five and Secrets of the I Ching. All the tracks on the album are remixed from their original versions.

Note that the Human Conflict version of "Tension" is not included on the compilation, only the re-recorded version of "Tension" that was included on Secrets of the I Ching. Other than that, all of the songs from both releases are included on this disc—even "National Education Week", which had been dropped from later pressings of Secrets of the I Ching.

Track listing

1. Planned Obsolescence - 4:26
2. The Latin One - 2:55
3. Katrina's Fair - 2:56
4. Poor de Chirico - 3:07
5. Grey Victory - 2:55
6. National Education Week - 2:55
7. Death of Manolete - 3:44
8. Orange - 2:20
9. Tension - 3:28
10. Anthem for Doomed Youth - 2:45
11. Daktari - 4:08
12. Groove Dub - 3:15
13. Pit Viper - 3:50
14. My Mother the War - 3:29

Personnel

10,000 Maniacs

• Jerome Augustyniak - drums (except on 1, 8, 10, 12)
• Robert Buck - lead guitar
• Dennis Drew - organ
• Steven Gustafson - bass guitar
• John Lombardo - rhythm guitars, bass guitar, lead vocals on 'Anthem For Doomed Youth'
• Natalie Merchant - vocals

Additional musicians

• Jim Foti - drums (on 1, 8, 10, 12)

References