Natalie Merchant • Music

Leave Your Sleep is the culmination of six years of research and collaboration and is, in Merchant’s words, “The most elaborate project I have ever completed or even imagined.” It is her first studio album since 2003 and her first for Nonesuch.

1. Nursery Rhyme Of Innocence And Experience (Sailor O Sailor) 5:10
2. The Man In The Wilderness 3:45
3. Equestrienne 4:39
4. The Dancing Bear 5:37
5. Calico Pie 2:42
6. The Janitor's Boy 3:52
7. The Peppery Man 5:06
8. Topsyturvey-World 5:09
9. Bleezer's Ice-Cream 5:16
10. It Makes A Change 3:30
11. Adventures Of Isabel 3:23
12. The King Of China's Daughter 2:39
13. The Sleepy Giant 3:19
14. If No One Marries Me 2:22
15. Maggie And Milly And Molly And May 4:07
16. Spring And Fall: To A Young Child 3:04

The linen bound deluxe edition has all the solo singles plus 15 additional rare tracks on 2 CDs including unreleased recordings, acoustic versions, album out-takes, soundtrack contributions, B-sides, along with out-of-print tracks recorded for benefit albums. Featuring collaborations with R.E.M., Billy Bragg, The Chieftains, Dr. John with Booker T. & The MG's, and Susan McKeown.

Track List:
CD ONE
1. WONDER
2. CARNIVAL
3. JEALOUSY
4. SAN ANDREAS FAULT
5. KIND & GENEROUS
6. BREAK YOUR HEART
7. LIFE IS SWEET
8. THE LIVING
9. BUILD A LEVEE
10. NOT IN THIS LIFE
11. MOTHERLAND
12. OWENSBORO
13. SALLY ANN

CD TWO
1. SHE DEVIL
2. COWBOY ROMANCE
3. CHILDREN GO WHERE I SEND THEE
4. BIRDS & SHIPS
5. THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND
6. ONE FINE DAY
7. PHOTOGRAPH
8. PARTY OF GOD
9. THICK AS THIEVES
10. BREAD & CIRCUSES
11. BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH
12. TELL YOURSELF
13. BUT NOT FOR ME
14. I KNOW HOW TO DO IT
15. COME TAKE A TRIP IN MY AIRSHIP

In her first independent release in eighteen years, Natalie has recorded a collection of folk music featuring time-worn traditional songs together with compositions by contemporary writers.

The initial run of this CD features a beautiful special edition package and a twenty-page booklet of lyrics and song-by-song liner notes from Natalie.

Track Listing:
1. Sally Ann 5:47
2. Which Side Are You On? 5:02
3. Crazy Man Michael 5:12
4. Diver Boy 4:45
5. Weeping Pilgrim 4:11
6. Soldier Soldier 3:43
7. Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow 3:20
8. House Carpenter 6:00
9. Owensboro 4:21
10. Down On Penny’s Farm 3:41
11. Poor Wayfaring Stranger 4:17

Produced in collaboration with Grammy winning producer T Bone Burnett (O Brother, Where Art Thou?), Natalie Merchant's third studio album, Motherland, was released in 2001 to great critical and popular acclaim. From the pop hooks of "Just Can't Last," to the R&B inspired "Saint Judas" (which features guest vocals by the legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples), to the Arabic influenced "This House Is On Fire," Motherland proves to be Ms. Merchant's most lyrically and musically diverse album yet.

Track Listing:
1. This House Is On Fire
2. Motherland
3. Saint Judas
4. Put The Law On You
5. Build A Levee
6. Golden Boy
7. Henry Darger
8. The Worst Thing
9. Tell Yourself
10. Just Can't Last
11. Not In This Life
12. I'm Not Gonna Beg

Wrapping up her widely successful world tour that began in 1998 with the Lilth Fair and took her through the UK, Australia and Japan, Natalie Merchant performed five sold out concerts at the legendary Neil Simon Theater on Broadway in June of 1999. The album Natalie Merchant: Live In Concert was recorded during these performances and includes Ms. Merchant's best loved songs such as "Carnival" and "Wonder," as well as her version of the David Bowie classic "Space Oddity."

Track Listing:
1. Wonder
2. San Andreas Fault
3. Beloved Wife
4. Space Oddity
5. Carnival
6. Dust Bowl
7. After The Gold Rush
8. Gun Shy
9. The Gulf of Araby
10. Ophelia
11. Seven Years

Released in 1995, Tigerlily was Natalie Merchant's first solo album after her departure from the pioneering 10,000 Maniacs. With immensely popular radio hits such as "Wonder," "Carnival," and "Jealousy," this triumphant solo debut was a huge commercial success, selling over four million copies worldwide and securing Ms. Merchant's place as a major pop artist.

Track Listing:
1. San Andreas Fault
2. Wonder
3. Beloved Wife
4. River
5. Carnival
6. I May Know The Word
7. The Letter
8. Cowboy Romance
9. Jealousy
10. Where I Go
11. Seven Years

The immense popularity of the songs "These Are Days" and "Candy Everybody Wants" helped to make 10,000 Maniacs' Our Time In Eden the band's best selling album of all time. Released in 1992, Our Time In Eden was the Maniacs' last studio album.

Track Listing:
1. Noah's Dove
2. These Are Days
3. Eden
4. Few And Far Between
5. Stockton Gala Days
6. Gold Rush Brides
7. Jezebel
8. How You've Grown
9. Candy Everybody Wants
10. Tolerance
11. Circle Dream
12. If You Intend
13. I'm Not The Man

Released in 1989, 10,000 Maniacs' album Blind Man's Zoo was the group's third major label album. Like the Maniacs' previous albums, Blind Man's Zoo features catchy pop songs with serious social messages like "Eat For Two," "Poison In The Well," "Dust Bowl," and "Trouble Me."

Track Listing:
1. Eat For Two
2. Please Forgive Us
3. The Big Parade
4. Trouble Me
5. You Happy Puppet
6. Headstrong
7. Poison In The Well
8. Dust Bowl
9. The Lion's Share
10. Hateful Hate
11. Jubilee

10,000 Maniacs' 1987 release In My Tribe was the follow-up to their 1985 major label debut, The Wishing Chair. Considered the Maniacs' breakthrough album with hits such as "What's The Matter Here," "Hey Jack Kerouac," "Like The Weather," and "Don't Talk," In My Tribe helped launch the Maniacs into mainstream success.

Track Listing:
1. What's The Matter Here?
2. Hey Jack Kerouac
3. Like The Weather
4. Cherry Tree
5. The Painted Desert
6. Don't Talk
7. Gun Shy
8. My Sister Rose
9. A Campfire Song
10. City Of Angels
11. Verdi Cries