Hope Chest: The Fredonia Recordings 1982-1983 is a 1990 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by 10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs

10,000 Maniacs is a United States-based alternative rock band, which formed in 1981 and continues to be active with various line-ups.-1981–1993:...

. It compiles tracks from their early releases Human Conflict Number Five

Human Conflict Number Five

Human Conflict Number Five was the debut EP by 10,000 Maniacs. It was released in 1982 on their Christian Burial Music label.-Track listing:#"Tension" - 3:18#"Planned Obsolescence" - 4:22...

and Secrets of the I Ching

Secrets of the I Ching

Secrets of the I Ching is the 1983 independent debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. This is also the first album with new and permanent drummer Jerome Augustyniak...

. 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
• Robert Buck - lead guitar
• Dennis Drew
  Dennis Drew
  Dennis Drew is the keyboardist for the band 10,000 Maniacs. He has been with the band since its inception in 1981 and is one of only two remaining founding members of the band...
  
   - organ
• Steven Gustafson - bass guitar
• John Lombardo
  John Lombardo
  John Lombardo was one of the founding members of the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs and one of the band's most influential members, writing much of its early material.- Biography :...
  
   - rhythm guitars, bass guitar, vocals on 'Anthem For Doomed Youth'
• Natalie Merchant
  Natalie Merchant
  Natalie Anne Merchant is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She joined the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and left it to begin her solo career in 1993.-Early life:...
  
   - vocals

Additional musicians

• Jim Foti - drums