Ranking the Studio Albums: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2020
- Join Pete Pardo & Jon Neudorf as they rank the studio catalog of legendary prog-rock act Manfred Mann's Earth Band. #manfredmann
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Manfred here, I am flattered that you guys would spend all that time discussing these albums. I have not listened to these albums for years, I keep feeling dissatisfied with them. There is only one Album I can ever listen to from beginning to end and that is Plains Music in 1991. This album was done largely in South Africa, and is a partial answer to your comments about Manfred returning to South Africa, I did go back, and I like it very much, it is the only Album I ever listen to, but no one knows it at all. It is laid back and nothing like anything else I ever did.. Generally speaking my comments is that you both underrate and overrate what I have done. I am delighted to hear you enjoying my keyboard playing. I am not a real artist in that I don”t write or sing, And I managed to have a career in a world full of really great artists, it is real miracle. My own analysis is that we are a second rate Band, but since the numbers go down to 100, 2nd rate is pretty good.
Manfred, thanks a lot for the wonderful music you have given us over the years!!!
Manfred, thanks so much for chiming in! Happy to see you here. I think you'll find by the comments of many that we all feel you and your band were extremely underrated, and we look at many of these albums quite fondly. You are a musical treasure and we thank for you for all the great music over the years!
Manfred Lubowitz you should listen to your album ANGEL STATION lol it is good and a favourite , anyone who can make the incredible string band sound normal ( don't kill it carol) will do for me , cheers 👍
@@seaoftranquilityprog Please do an interview with Manfred!
Pete and Manfred I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the Earth Band live. I saw the band twice once opening for Uriah Heep I believe it was the Solar Fire album. I didn't even realize until they played Mighty Quinn that it was 'That" Manfred Mann. Second time I saw the band at an outdoor festival in Germany with Genesis. Very nice shows both times. By the way my favorite album is Nightingales and Bombers. Love it!! Thanks again.
Solar Fire is literally out of this world.
Manfred here, I am flattered that you guys would spend all that time discussing these albums. I have not listened to these albums for years, I keep feeling dissatisfied with them. There is only one Album I can ever listen to from beginning to end and that is Plains Music in 1991. This album was done largely in South Africa, and is a partial answer to your comments about Manfred returning to South Africa, I did go back, and I like it very much, it is the only Album I ever listen to, but no one knows it at all. It is laid back and nothing like anything else I ever did.. Generally speaking my comments is that you both underrate and overrate what I have done. I am not a real artist in that I don”t write or sing, And I managed to have a career in a world full of really great artists, it is real miracle. My own analysis is that we are a second rate Band, but since the numbers go down to 100, 2nd rate is pretty good.
Yes, it is really excellent, I never get tired of listening to this album.
Great to hear direct from the Mann himself. Typically self-effacing.
My all time favorite band! Nightingales & Bombers is my fav album of them and maybe of all
I pretty much think the same.It's a classic !
@@paulkazakoff9231 great! Enjoy!
It’s the start of the 80s and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band is touring “Chance”. My friends and I are gathered expectantly in The Dominion Theatre on Tottenham Court Road in London. The lights go down, dry ice flows over the front rows, and magnesium flares temporarily blind the unwary. And then the music starts...Steve Waller, his rotund frame balanced precariously on a suddenly fragile riser, appears in an impossibly battered and huge stovepipe hat, singing one of the great concert openers “Hello, Hello!”(a track sadly consigned to the cutting room floor during the album’s recording). For two hours MMEB grabbed us by the throat and didn’t release its grip for even one fleeting second. Musical heroes in the then-divided Germany but under-appreciated in the UK and USA, on this night before a sell-out crowd they were kings of the world. All their many and musically diverse albums have merit. Some are very much of their time and should be listened to without prejudice...for those who may cringe at some of Jethro Tull’s excursions into frippery(“The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles”?), give “Frog” a try and hear how it can be done. Spoken word over largely just strumming but utterly disarmingly charming and mesmeric. A real tonic! Get the unreservedly recommended career CD box set mastered by Peter Reynolds(Wishbone Ash, Gentle Giant) who sprinkles his sonic fairy dust over their œuvre to his usual great effect. Pete...you need the “Messin’” t-shirt. One of many five star albums but whose cover art is truly for these troubled times.
Perhaps the most overlooked band ever. Thanks for giving them the love they should have gotten much earlier.
Along with Nektar lol... I haven’t taken the time to listen to more of Mann’s albums till now and everything I’ve heard so far has been perfect.
I always thought that I was the only one who liked Manfred Mann's Earthband, there was so little buzz about them in the press and no friends knew of them. Thank you for this video, I can now extend my appreciation of the band.
I'm not particularly familiar with Manfred Mann's Earth Band but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited to watch an hour long discussion about their discography. Thanks for all the great content!
Enjoy! This was such a cool discussion about a great catalog!
You just keep killing it Pete, you have become my new favorite channel in recent months
Thanks for doing this episode!! Throughly enjoyed it
1 Solar Fire
2 The Roaring Silence
3 Nightingales & Bombers
4 Watch
5 The Good Earth
6 Angel Station
Dave Flett was in Thin Lizzy after Gary Moore left during the Black Rose tour. Originally Midge Ure (from Ultravox!!!) stepped in for a few dates until they got Flett in for a good portion of the tour. As far as I know he only toured with them and never recorded. I seem to remember that he was keen to join permanently but Phil Lynott eventually decided to go with Snowy White.
I think Chris Thompson is a great vocalist and should be much better known than he is. I love his singing on For You on the Budapest album. I remember playing that live LP to death when it came out, haven't heard it for a few years but I think I'll put it on in a minute. It's from their 80s "Arena Rock" days and I reckon the band would have been huge if they'd maintained it for a few more albums. I think that Manfredd Mann is one of those musicians that likes to keep changing it up and although he has a core fan base he never quite made it to the highest level because of this apparent lack of direction and identity.
Their cover versions are great and they have done a few songs that I prefer to the originals, especially the early Springsteen stuff like For You, Spirits i the night etc.I reckon that Blinded by the light is one of the all time great covers too,although I think the all time best cover is Hendrix's version of All Along The Watchtower but Blinded is right up there.
Thank you for doing this, I love your reviews and videos spotlighting bands and this band deserves the respect you guys gave them,
Thank you so much,
Tino
I love the studio album of Manfred Mann's Earth Band ' The Roaring Silence '. 🎤🎸🎵🥁
Hey, Pete, greetings from Germany. Your shows are very expansive for me. I discovered MME after a few years again
and discovered a 5-CD-Collection. MME Bootleg Pt. 6 - 10. Very, very good stuff and production. 5 live concerts
from MME, only for 20€. Okay, I buy Roaring silence and Nightingale and bombers again (Remastered) That's make
it expansive. "Thank you" Mike and greetings from Peter
First saw Manfred and his Earth Band at Newcastle City Hall on the Roaring Silence Silence tour in 76 .What a fantastic night. I'ved loved them ever since. Bought the back catalogue and every album to date. Absolutely Mantastic ❤
Thanks for finally puttning this on Pete, I really love this band. Here is my list.
1. Watch
2. Messin
3. Solar Fire
4. Roaring silence
5. Nightingales and bombers
6. The good earth
7. Angel station
8. Chance
9. Criminal tango
10. Somewhere in africa
Excellent choice
One of my favorite bands of all time, thanks for reviewing these. Manfred changed with the times more gracefully than any other artist.
Great that you are giving attention to them. If you only listened to Classic Rock radio, you would think that they only put out one record with only one song on it.
The most underatted prog rock band ever
along with Barclay James Harvest. IMHO
Groovy! You've taught me something Pete. Glad to hear MMEB was into Spectrum, classic early 70s Oz prog band, "I'll be Gone" being their hit. Their debut album is a strange spacey laid back hippie gem and "Launching Place" is on the bonus tracks of my CD. I must listen to Mann's interpretations!
I always get to this band late! Thnx for covering them/*
Thanx a lot for 1 hour of music-competence-enjoyed it very much
The 40th Anniversary Boxset released in 2012 is an absolute treasure and encompasses so well the incredible career of this band.
Thank you Pete for another great show on a great band ! I was lucky enough to see them live on the Solar Fire tour, and again on the Good Earth tours absolutely great shows.
Thanks, Pete! I've owned a few of the albums. Manfred Mann is a genius for the way he has completely reinvented the songs by Dylan & Bruce! Thanks for
An excellent rundown of a great band. Solar Fire is brilliant from beginning to end. Many thanks both.
I think Nightingales and Bombers is great from start to finish.Can't say one's better than the other.That is Solar Fire ! Both superb albums.
Nice to hear Manfred getting his dues. The band made some great music and Manfred's keyboards were always tasteful and creative. He was never flash for the sake of it but gave the music depth and colour. He had some marvellous musicians around him too. I'm just rediscovering this band all over again and have found Pete's ranking show very informative and enjoyable. Lovely to read Manfred's comment too.
Hi Pete
Thanks for this. A band that is starting to be lost in the mists of time.
I got nito MMEB with Solar Fire in 1974 and started to collect the then back catalogue pretty quickly. They were a band who were constantly touring and I probably saw them about 6 or 7 times in about three years between 1974 and 1977. But the venues did get bigger during that time.
I always thought MMEB were a little late to the Prog Rock party. Bands like Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Genesis had established themselves by 1971 and probably on their second wave. So it was always a catch up exercise for them which was a shame. But those 1970's and early 1980's albums are all really good. I gave up after I heard but did not own Criminal Tango. Perhaps if Manfred Mann had gone straight from the original Manfred Mann pop band to Earth Band without the diversion via Manfred Mann Chapter Three things may have been different.
My favs (as of today)
1- Solar Fire (Always has been my favourite album)
2 - The Good Earth
3 - Messin'
4 - Roaring Silence
5 - Nightingales and Bombers
6 - Glorified Magnified
7 - Watch
8 - Nightingales & Bombers
9 - Angel Station
10 - Chance
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Only know Blinded by the Light and Mighty Quinn from them. Always happy to learn more about a band. These rankings give me some great music to check out
Get a copy of watch u will not be disappointed 👍🇨🇦
I started my Earth Band journey with The Roaring Silence and it is still my favorite album of theirs. Then I went forward thru Watch, Angel Station, Chance and Somewhere in Africa. Somewhere in that five or six year period I explored backwards and found Nightengales and. Bombers. What a great album! Now after all these years I’m going to have to go back even deeper and check out Messin, The Good Earth and Solar Fire. Thanks guys for reigniting my love for this band, great show!
First of all, I think Manfred Mann is one of the best keyboardists in rock. His personal touch on the Minimoog is recognizable and he managed to get some really emotional solos out of it. You can get technique out of other people but he's got a feel for the music not many have. And the Earth Band is a powerful machine, almost in all its incarnations. You need to hear some live recordings to get the full effect. I saw them three times, the last one was just a few months before the pandemic struck.
I have all the band's albums thanks to the 40th Anniversary box set and I'm commenting on everything in the order of mention.
I quite like Masque... not always successful but always interesting. Certainly not run-of-the-mill 80s pop. And you do have Mick Rogers on vocals doing a fantastic Jack Bruce impression on We're Going Wrong. Downside: The drum programming, never Manfred's strongest suit.
Soft Vengeance is the last Manfred album I really like and I will fight for it. It has lots of great songs and (sadly for the last time IMO) heart-rending synthesizer solos. The production softened it out a bit too much - the live recordings and outtakes often had more power. Maybe it's also unbalanced between the longer Soft period and the shorter Vengeance group of songs... but Shelter From the Storm is fantastic, as are Miss You and Manfred's own Adults Only. I guess it helps that I'm a pop fan too.
2006 is my least favourite. I hate the drum sound - dreadful, and the programming totally ruins a potentially good Mars. Several songs are short on melody and too long although there are some high points, but also real low points like Independent Woman. I think whatever Manfred tried doing here, he did better on Lone Arranger. And Chris' voice by this time was starting to sound really raspy.
Criminal Tango is their poppiest one. Hey Bulldog is one of Manfred's few misfires - the Beatles original is way cooler. And Crossfire should not have been turned into an instrumental, the later unearthed vocal version is much better. But I LOVE Killer on the Loose with its insane interlude (should be a live song!) and You Got Me Right Through the Heart with some great Mick Rogers guitar.
Debut very good, just a bit too much of a stylistic mishmash and tailing off at the end. You can tell that they were finding their feet and that there was something before (the unreleased Steppin' Sideways which later came out on the Odds & Sods box set).
Glorified Magnified lacking power and focus for me, even if it's more classic Earth Band sounding. I do love the dissonance of Our Friend George.
Somewhere in Afrika is an album I love, even if the concept could've been executed even better (segues!!). Great production too. I read that Manfred was not happy about having to talk about politics in the wake of the album.
Chance is an album that always slightly disappointed me because it has so many singers (what is this, The Alan Parsons Project?) and because the songs on side 2 don't really convince me. I REALLY don't get why the b-side A Fool I Am was not included - fantastic song. Keyboard work is amazing throughout the album.
Messin' is one of the big ones. 'Nuff said. Just a shame that the vocal intro to Black and Blue was inadvertently left off the 1998 remaster and that the later remaster (which restored it) sounds worse. It's funny that Messin' (about environmental destruction) was originally a Chapter Three track!
Angel Station I love for the mysterious atmosphere and production. I just think it has the same problem as some other MMEB albums... the last two songs don't impress me as much as the rest. But up til then it's fantabulous throughout. Anthony Moore co-producing helped to make this one sound unusual.
The Good Earth lacks melodies for me. I hate Launching Place (Mick's vocal sounds awful to me), the title track is a bit jumpy between the sections. Earth Hymn (based on a Vivaldi theme I think) stands out as the one track I really love.
Watch is simply the pinnacle of everything.
The Roaring Silence is almost as good. Their most majestic sounding album and lump-in-your-throat-what-the-heck-was-THAT solos on This Side of Paradise. Questions is sort of an original but based on ideas by Schubert and Beethoven.
Solar Fire is the pinnacle of the Mick Rogers era. And ultimate proof that the band's original material could be really strong as well. Father of Day is a Dylan song but the instrumental voyages are all the band's, and they're bewitching.
Nightingales & Bombers is a good album but I wouldn't put it in my top 3. It's really dark but I find it has too many instrumentals, and not all of them are as good as Countdown or the title track which seems to have influenced several Rush songs! (Quit Your Low Down Ways was originally only on the US version, so I don't really think of it when I think of the album.)
So my list is:
Watch
The Roaring Silence
Solar Fire
Angel Station
Somewhere in Afrika
Nightingales & Bombers
Messin'
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Soft Vengeance
Glorified Magnified
The Good Earth
Masque
Criminal Tango
2006
I quite like Plains Music and Lone Arranger but I find it hard to compare them to the Earth Band.
Started to get seriously into this band in 1979 with the Angel Station album and it is still my favourite. For me Chris Thompson is the best vocalist, but Mick Rogers is no slouch. I think the band developed a fuller sound when Chris joined, using two guitarists where previously it had just been Mick. Good as he was - and still is - he couldn't be two! Also, they went slightly more rock mainstream and a little away from the progressive stuff they had done in their formative years. One thing is for sure - they have always put out interesting stuff. And in my humble opinion, no-one interprets songs as consistently well as Mr Mann has done over a career that has spanned almost sixty years. Thanks for doing this Pete - I really enjoyed it. Best wishes from Australia!
Very underrated band and musicians especially Manfred Mann as the keyboardist. Great entertaining and very informative show. Cheers!
What an amazing forgotten band! Manfred Mann himself was the master at Mini Moog synthesizer leads which rapidly cut through with dynamic pitch bending and modulation. He gave cats like Rick Wakeman and Jan Hammer a run for their money. Certainly one of the best. He had a great band too. I'm personally partial to when the band included Chris Hamlet Thomson, Colin Pattenden, Chris Slade, David Flett and Manfred however the early albums with Mick Rogers were great too. Regrettably, I stopped listening to MMEB shortly after Manfred fired his band (post Watch) and used mostly ad hoc studio musicians. In any case the following are my favorites:
1. Roaring Silence
2. Watch
3. Nightingales and Bombers
4. Solar Fire
5. That Good Earth
6. Glorified Magnified
7. Messin'
8. Manfred Mann's Earth Band
9. Angel Station
10. Chance
The band fell apart after Watch... they didn't get along anymore. Angel Station and Somewhere in Afrika do mostly feature a constant band.
This is cool. I've always wanted to get more into these guys, but the catalog is so big that I wasn't sure where to start. I have only ever owned The Roaring Silence, Chance, and a 1999 Best Of. So thanks, Pete & Jon!
Thank you for your Ranking the Studio Albums: Manfred Mann's Earth Band.🎤🎸🎵🥁
Mannfred Mann Earth Band in the seventies was superb
Love this band! I think Mannfred Mann is the greatest musical arranger in rock history.
I should also mention that I really like their Live At Budapest album from 1984. Killer versions of some of the highlights of their catalogue up to that time. My favorite studio album is Solar Fire.
The Good Earth was my 1st MMEB album and inside was a deep for 1 sq inch of land. So cool for a 15 year old to find.
Thanx for a very interesting episode. I love MMEB. My top album is 1. Solar Fire 2. The Good Earth 3. Nightingale and bombers 4. Angel Station 4. Somewhere in Africa
Messin' was the lp coming out that year that grace my first hi-fi system. Garrard turntable , Pioneer amp , Wharfedale speakers.
2 summers holidays working at a petrol station. Messin' has always stayed with me .
The Roaring Silence should be in everyone's 'go to' classic album list.
Great discussion. I need to pick up "Angel Station" and "Somewhere in Afrika". I don't have any albums after "Watch". "Solar Fire" is my favorite but it's hard to choose because great songs are across the catalog of albums.
Great show guys, I have always liked this bands catalog and I have to agree they were underrated and should have been far more successful due to the calibre of excellent musicians in their line ups.You hit the nail on the head when you alluded to the fact that they perhaps changed their sound so often. My top five albums are, 1 theroaring silence, 2 solar fire, 3 watch, 4 nightingales and bombers 5 messin' all great albums. Thanks guys.
The best album is always then next one waiting in anticipation to see what the MMEB can came up with next.
To have people wanting more must mean that something is being done
right.
On albums there are tracks that can catch the imagination whether it be sooner or later.
New generations of music lovers who will savour MMEB music.
WAOOOO!!!! Great Job guys!!!!
I’m so glad you guys decided to take on MMEB because (with the exception of a couple of great songs) they somehow escaped me. I just read last night where Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton discussed playing bass with Thin Lizzy at a festival 2 years ago when they were sandwiched between Blackmore’s Rainbow and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and I thought to myself “what a great 3 band package”. Wanting to listen to more of MMEB I was looking at where to turn when I saw “Pete and John” are giving reviews. No one I trust better than you guys to point me to the starting line.
1) Solar Fire
2) The Roaring Silence
3) Nightingales & Bombers
4) The Good Earth
5) Messin’
6) Watch
7) Glorified Magnified
8) Angel Station
9) Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
10) Chance
11) Somewhere in Afrika
12) Criminal Tango
13) 2006 (Manfred Mann with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band LP)
14) Masque
15) Soft Vengeance
16) Plains Music (Manfred Mann’s Plain Music LP)
What a great band the first line-up was. That first LP and "Get Your Rocks Off"/"Messin" (UK) are my favs. 'Buddah' from the latter might be their highest point and they could get really high
Me too.
Love the US album cover "Get Your Rock Off"
This is indeed an incredible good album, and the title tracks is outstanding. The album cover is wonderful.
I only know the hits and did see them live once back in the day, but it was a real nostalgia trip to see all those great album sleeves that were so familiar from my visits to the record shop. I try to get into to some of the nu-prog stuff - Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, Steven Wilson and so on, and there's a lot that I enjoy, but I always find it more rewarding to unearth stuff that I never got into at the time, for example I've only started listening to VDGG and Gentle Giant in the last few years, and it somehow has this ability to transport me back to those days as if I had heard them then. Will have a dig into MMEB.
their first album from 1972 is my favorite. great covers and originals, unique sound. some may say they were still finding themselves but i think it's the most perfect album from start to finish they did. i also have the odds and sods outtakes box set which is a great collection.
And to think up until now all I've had was their greatest hits, I've got to go back and check these guys out
OOOOhhhh, wow, now I am excited...my all time favourite band! I own over 400 different copies of the band.
Great show as usual.
Pete, you always say that this is a show for heavy metal, prog and jazz rock fans. To tell the truth I miss some ranking shows on jazz-rock bands. My suggestion: Weather Report, Elektric Band, Herbie Hancock, Allan Holdsworth, Tribal Tech, Pat Metheny, Jean Luc-Ponty, Billy Cobham, Vital Tech Tones, Brand X ... (I know many of these acts have tons of albums, but you can always select your favourite ten or so.)
Thanks for your devotion to the music we love.
Patience...many of these will be coming.
1. Messin’
2. Solar Fire
3. Nigtingales & bombers
4. The Good Earth
5. The Roaring Silence
1. Chance, 2. Watch, 3. The Roaring Silence, 4. Angel Station, 5. Somewhere In Africa, 6. Nightingales & Bombers
Early issues of The Good Earth album came with the deed to a square foot of land in Wales. Their show at Warwick University in 74 is one of my all time favourite shows!
Caught the band in the early 70s. In Birmingham England. They was the support. Love the band till this day.
Runner is a ian Tomas penned song
And yes ian Tomas is Canadian 👍🇨🇦
I would have to say my favorite is watch listen to it with headphones and you will see why 👍🇨🇦
You mention the "Quit Your Lowdown Ways" song - I grew up hearing the Peter Paul and Mary version, but at that young age I was not quite into reading the songwriting credits. It's a terrific cover and it's a great example of how to make your cover songs different.
Great show! For me it's:
1) Nightingales and Bombers
2) Solar Fire
3) Chance
I expected Solar Fire as one of the top albums. I didn't expect Nightingales and Bombers that high, but I'm happy that you rate it as I would do.
It's just the Roaring Silence album, that I would rate higher, as No 1. Sadly it is without Mr Rogers, whom I love as singer as well as guitarist.
But in the end Roaring Silence for me it is the perfect compromise between the older progy stuff and the later Pop Sounds. You can even play it when people are present, that do not share our - let me say - weird taste in music ...
Thanx for your in depth view to the music of MMEB.
Sadly enough Mr Lubowitz never seemed to be happy or satisfied with the music he made. May be it get's him to a better mood knowing that some people were pulled through weird times by his music. The album Messin' pulls me through boaring homeworks in the early 80th. Some years later Roaring Silence let me overcome my army time.
In the end MMEB is essential for the 70th Rock Music, at least in my point of view.
Saw them live in 1979 with the Angel Station tour. A vastly underrated band with a lot of covers but as you've correctly stated, they changed the songs completely and made them their own and better than the originals. My favourite album is: Watch and favourite songs: Chicago Institute and California. Also I want to mention: Joybringer, a song that always lifts my spirits when I'm feeling down.
1- Nightingales and Bombers 2- Messin 3- Watch 4-Angel Station 5- Soft Vengeance The version of Spirits in the NIght with Mick Rogers on vocals is my favourite song , followed by Visionary Mountatns and For You!!
Somebody who likes Soft Vengeance! Yay!
'Angel Station', 'Watch', 'The Good Earth' are so good but the record that hooked me was 'Nightingales and Bombers' and it is the one I play the most to this day. Mann, Rogers, Pattenden and Slade just had a style and sound that hits me right. This band I have in there with Rundgren's Utopia, no matter the record I enjoy the playthrough.
At this point in my "Ranking the Albums" journey I am amazed that a) you own the entire (or nearly) discography of this many bands and b) that you have listened to all the albums enough to fluently discuss them in videos week after week.
Very interesting show, gentlemen! Thanks. This is really informative - the only MMEB records that I know really well were Chance and Angel Station, which I played to death! When the 40th Anniversary Box Set came out about about a decade ago, I bought it but just listened to those two albums. You have given me some incentive to explore the whole set - thank-you! I don't think you are really being fair to the band as to their "choices" in the 1980's and beyond. The record industry in the 80's made some brutal choices with some bands that were popular in the 1970's and I don't think Manfred Mann had enough sales influence to do what they wanted. As a matter of fact, I think that Somewhere in Afrika was the last album to receive domestic release in Canada. Generally speaking, prog rock bands all made some questionable choices in the 1980's - Yes, Genesis, and Rush all changed their sounds in the mid-80's for the worse. Too bad....
Their record company folded, which is why Criminal Tango (which was aimed at the US market) wasn't even released in the US. Bummer.
Solar Fire is an awesome album my favorite. The version of Dylan’s Father of Night is my favorite song by the band. Roaring Silence is great also saw them on that tour great lead guitarist during that period. I remember he played a Flying V and reminded me of Schenker.
Ahh, the magic days of ‘70’s youth. I bought ‘The good Earth’ but, sadly, never registered my bit of Welsh land! Happy days.
The 80s-Trap: Manfred Mann was one of those musicians who brought the use of synthesizers into rock. In the sixties and at the beginning of the seventies synthesizers like computers were huge machines and you could use them for huge compositions in terms of rock music. The earth seemed too little for these arrangements and so the artists explored space with silver machines. By the beginning of the 80s computers had become small and personal and began to take over the world. Where is my place in this bright future?, we heard Manfred Mann ask and he gave us the answer with lies (through the 80s).
I think he never should have started with the drum programming. Earth Band need a solid groove of an actual rhythm section.
Third World Service from Somewhere In Afrika is one of my all time favs. My album ratings is:
1. Angel Station
2. The Roaring Silence
3. Nightingales & Bombers
4. Watch
5. Somewhere In Afrika
Regarding Soft Vengance is totally agree. But I REALLY dig Pleasure and Pain. Thats a stellar track.
My fav songs is:
1. Third World Service
2. Angels at My Gate
3. For You
4. Spirits in the Night
5. California or Questions
6. You are - I am
The most underrated artist of all time in my book
Always dug Chris Slade, their drummer, never really gets along credit, Manfred Mann, The Firm, AC/DC spent some time in Asia. Good, solid rock drummer.
I personally like the original Manfred Mann band from the 1960s better but MMEB is also a great band. If your into experimental rock, check out Manfred Mann Chapter III (Yes thats the band name)
Thanks a lot Pete
The original vinyl of The Good earth included an application for 1 sq foot of land somewhere in Wales ...
Yeah, I bought the LP so presumably I own 1sq ft of land in Wales!!! Great album
My older brother loved Manfred Mann's albums, so I heard a lot of their music growing up. Haven't listened lately, but will have to check out "Solar Fire" and "Nightengales"
A band that I was lucky enough to see at, Reading Festival in the 70’s. Rey good live band, that’s for sure.
The band has never been one of my favorites, but their album "The Good Earth" is amazingly good. Just super awesome!!!
love them love them love them, owe my name to them (well...and John Simon i guess). Saw them 4 times between 2004-2017 and i hope there'll be a fifth at the very least. Their later output isn't my cup of tea, but live they are absolutely amazing. It's a shame they don't tour America, but rest assured, they sound fantastic even at their respective ages. Manfred in particular moves around and plays like a man 3-4 decades younger. Music keeps you fit, i guess.
Mann Alive (live album) is my favorite album of theirs. My favorite bootleg is Marquee Club 1973 closely followed by Cologne 2014 (i was there).
Saw them a few years ago in Stuttgart along with Thin Lizzy and RB Rainbow. They were great. The current Guitarist of them was awesome and of course Mann. All of their classic tunes.. unforgettable show.
The current guitarist is Mick Rogers, the original one :~) (He left in 1975 but came back about ten years later)
Gentlemen. I didn't watch the whole video but at the 30 minute mark I had the impression that you have not listened to Plains Music which in my opinion is the best "world music" album ever made. My favorite MMEB album is without a doubt Angel Station. For decades I have heralded this as the greatest album ever composed and "Waiting for the Rain" being the greatest song ever written.
Everything from Manfred Mann's Earth Band up to Somewhere in Africa are good albums. I guess Solar Fire takes the cake. Lately I have been exploring Manfred Mann's 60's stuff. Never mind Do Wah Diddy Diddy there's some gold to be found in that early stuff.
My Top 9 Favorite Manfred Mann Albums.
9. Glorified Magnified
8. Manfred Mann's Earth Band
7. Angel Station
6. The Good Earth
5. Watch
4. Roaring Silence
3. Nightingales and Bombers
2. Messin'
1. Solar Fire
Everything after Angel Station doesn't do it for Me.
somewhere in africa was the classic album for me and the tour that year outstanding
1 somewhere in africa
2 watch
3 roaring silence
4 plains music
5 angel station
great show pete, i'm 63 years old and what i remember is , here in the uk in early 70's we were starved of rock music , on the radio all we had was a guy called alan freemans saturday rock show, plus there was so much great music being released a lot of those bands, argent, giant and mannfred got left slightly behind, also mannfred mann were huge in the 60s with all those hits, when i saw the band in 73, alot of the crowd were calling for those 60s hits
It is hard to remember how we ever found out about bands that never got played on the radio. Mostly word of mouth I suppose, sometimes you would see a great support band at a gig and check their stuff out. Friends who had older brothers at University would bring home 'obscure' albums that you got a chance to listen to - that was the only way I found out about a band called 'Linrid Skinrid' or something like that :)
@@Veaseify and dont forget cassettes that someone would tape for you, they talk about pirating now, but back then wow! oh i forgot sounds , melody maker, and nme, untill bloody boring punk came along, as for linrid skinrid , hahah, i saw them on ogwt playing freebird at knebworth, 76 i think
@@enjois5464 You had to take what the music press said with a pinch of salt though, I used to ignore their reviews mostly, especially the NME which was hugely biased against classic rock...even when classic rock was new.
Yep, a friend of mine went to Knebworth that year because it was the first time Zeppelin had played in Britain for years - and came back with all the Skynryd albums. We were just blown away when we heard them.
@@Veaseify i agree, but it was the only way i new a purple , sabbath , or zeppelin was coming out , hop on bus on a saturday to local record store , and the lp art as well i would buy the lp by the art, but i could only afford one lp a week, oh and the local youth club , a guy older than me his mate was a hells angel, he brought in made in japan one night, i told him i had seen purple in september 72 at brighton, he told me to fuck off, er! so i did , he was a big bloke!!!!!!
This is simply not true. There was a ton of rock music on UK radio/TV in the 70s,esp. in the pre-punk days of 1970-1975. Sounds Of The Seventies, Top Gear, BBC In Concert, Old Grey Whistle Test, Saturday Afternoon Rock Show... plus a ton of music papers where you could discover music. It was not a coincidence that all these great 70s bands were from the UK, they grew up with this shit.
Glad you mentioned the fine guitarist Mick Rodgers. Tasty player and - as you mentioned - a fine Singer too!
I saw MMEB at Central Park Wohlman Rink in 74. Great show, the opened for Uriah Heep.
For me The Roaring Silence is nr.1, Solar Fire is nr.2, followed by Watch, Angel Station , Nightingales and Bombers and Somewhere in Africa. Good band (also seen them live).
And the two MM Three albums are both really good...
One of my favorites
1. Solar Fire
2. Nightingales
3. Messin'
4. S/T
5. Good Earth
6. Roaring Silence
7. Glorified Magnified
8. Angel Station
9. Watch
10. Africa
11. Chance
12. Tango
Watch was the second vinyl I bought for my own mony back in the 70s.
Watch was the first cassette I bought. Remember when cassettes were the future of music? lol
Top 3 interchangeable
"Watch"
"The Roaring Silence"
"Angel Station"
Good timing on this one for me! I got "The Roaring Silence" a while back and really liked it. As much younger I thought MMEB did the original version of "Blinded by the Light" hhaha. Awesome remake either way! Just a few days ago I bought "Watch" by MMEB and yet to heard it. Will enjoy this hour!
. I've got 'em all on cd
@@rockingman2543 Which three are your favorites?
Listen to watch with headphones it is a experience 👍🇨🇦
@@danohstoolbox I will! Thanks :)
@@JohannesYtterstrom 1 Watch
2 Roaring Silence
3 Good Earth
"Nightingales & Bombers" 1975 best album!! Great choice!!! "Messin'", "The Roaring Silence", "Solar Fire", "Angel Station" all very very good!! MMEB top notch rock band!!!!!!!
Man, this is slow. And I notice the huge length of the video. Now for the compliments. You run a good show Pete, getting through vast catalogues succinctly! I like MMEB. Will watch some, then post my modest listing. Overall, I just love the format. Ranking the albums, that's the stuff. In the order I bought 'em: 1) Watch; 2) Angel Station. 3 is Roaring Silence, which after all these years I have FINALLY decided to buy, soon. Nightingales and Bombers I also heard at the time, only one admittedly, not much impressed, bought Machine Head instead. Can anyone blame me?!!!! After I've digested The Roaring Silence ( which I've now heard three or four times and loved that hit since it was on the charts) I will listen again to Nightingales and Bombers and that album which has such a good rep on the net, Solar Fire. And if I ever get those two as well, i'll then check The Good Earth. After that, i'll be well and truly Manned out.
Excellent band very underated
Bombers came out when I was in high school and is the piece I still own and listen to. Personally most of his lps have not aged as well as some other artist I enjoy. Ive owned so much music over the years that now if Im going to listen to and artist Im going to put on a five star album. Bombers is a five star album.
Bombers is an entire constellation of an album