The Random Album of the Day is the You Happy Puppet Single from 10,000 Maniacs.

I haven’t listened to this in forever. I do like 10,000 Maniacs. Unfortunately for some reason the single was missing a song but I managed to fix that without buying anything.

I love Natalie Merchant’s voice. Musically I think 10,000 Maniacs can vary a bit. Some songs have great melodies while others rely too much on Merchant to carry them in my opinion.

This particular single didn’t blow me away. It’s solidly good. Sometimes my mod can affect how I receive an album so keep that in mind. But these songs didn’t grab me as much as I wanted them to. Still I liked “Hello in There” quite a bit. Also, it’s really not that unusual for me to be most into the last song on a single. I’m weird in that way.

Rating: 8.0

Favorite Track(s): Hello In There

Keep or Trash: Keep. I like 10,000 Maniacs so I can’t see me getting rid of this.

I could not find the full single as a stream so here is the song You Happy Puppet: