Secrets of the I Ching

Secrets of the I Ching
Studio album by
10,000 Maniacs
Released1983
RecordedMarch, July 1983
StudioMr. Paradise Studios, State University of New York, Fredonia, New York[1]
LabelMark Records
ProducerAlbert Garzon, 10,000 Maniacs[2]
10,000 Maniacs chronology
Human Conflict Number Five (EP)
(1982) 		Secrets of the I Ching
(1983) 		The Wishing Chair
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauB−[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [7]

Secrets of the I Ching is the first album by American alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs (following their 1982 EP, Human Conflict Number Five), released in 1983 by Mark Records. While the album also contained the band's own Christian Burial Music imprint, the label itself was fictitious.

Re-recorded versions of the songs "Tension" (as "Tension Makes a Tangle"), "Grey Victory", "Daktari" and "My Mother the War" would later appear on the band's 1985 album The Wishing Chair. The song "Tension" is itself a re-recording of a song that initially appeared on the band's Human Conflict Number Five EP.

All the tracks on the LP appear in remixed, remastered and resequenced form on the 10,000 Maniacs compilation CD Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983 (1990).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Liner notes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1131.
  3. ^ "Secrets of the I Ching - 10,000 Maniacs | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: 10,000 maniacs". www.robertchristgau.com.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 91.
  6. ^ "RollingStone.com - 10,000 Maniacs Recordings". Rolling Stone. May 6, 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-05-06.
  7. ^ 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.