Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography
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The discography
of British
rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band
consists of 16 studio album
s, 2 live album
s, 8 compilation album
s, 4 video albums, and 29 single
s. Manfred Mann's Earth Band have been releasing albums and singles since 1971.
The Earth Band was formed in 1971 by South African musician Manfred Mann
after the break-up of Chapter Three
. Mann formed the Earth Band as a progressive rock
group to break away from the pop
genre.
The band's album have charted in at least 8 countries and their singles have charted in at least 5. The group is most notable remembered for their cover version
s of Bruce Springsteen
songs, including "Blinded by the Light
", which topped the singles charts in the United States
and Canada
. The group's albums have been the most successful in Norway
, where a total of 7 released peaking in the top 10 of the VG-lista
albums chart.
Discography
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of British
British people
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rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a British progressive rock group formed in 1971 by Manfred Mann.-Formation:Having started in the 1960s with a British band that had such hits as "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "The Mighty Quinn", then moving on to Jazz Fusion with Manfred Mann's Chapter Three, Manfred's third...
consists of 16 studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
s, 2 live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
s, 8 compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s, 4 video albums, and 29 single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
s. Manfred Mann's Earth Band have been releasing albums and singles since 1971.
The Earth Band was formed in 1971 by South African musician Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann (musician)
Manfred Mann is a keyboard player best known as a founding member and namesake of Manfred Mann and Manfred Mann's Earth Band.-Career:...
after the break-up of Chapter Three
Manfred Mann Chapter Three
Manfred Mann Chapter Three was a British experimental jazz rock band founded by South African keyboard player Manfred Mann and long-time partner Mike Hugg...
. Mann formed the Earth Band as a progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
group to break away from the pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
genre.
The band's album have charted in at least 8 countries and their singles have charted in at least 5. The group is most notable remembered for their cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
s of Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
songs, including "Blinded by the Light
Blinded by the Light
"Blinded by the Light" is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, although it is mostly known by its 1977 #1 hit version recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It was released in the United Kingdom in August 1976, where it reached No...
", which topped the singles charts in the United States
United States
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and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The group's albums have been the most successful in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, where a total of 7 released peaking in the top 10 of the VG-lista
VG-lista
VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...
albums chart.
Studio albums
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| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
AT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
CA RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
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NO VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
SE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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| 1972 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann's Earth Band (album) Manfred Mann's Earth Band is the debut album released in 1972 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.-Track listing:Side one#"California Coastline" – 2:48#"Captain Bobby Stout" – 6:54... |
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| Glorified Magnified Glorified Magnified Glorified Magnified is a rock album released in 1972 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.The album was produced by Manfred Mann and Dave Hadfield at Maximum Sound Studios, London in 1972.... |
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| 1973 | Messin' Messin' Messin' is a rock album released in 1973 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.Messin followed Glorified Magnified and preceded Solar Fire, and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers .... |
Vertigo Records Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label operated by Universal Music UK.-History:Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the late 1960s for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI with Harvest Records and Decca Records with Deram... (6360 087) |
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| Solar Fire Solar Fire Solar Fire is an album released in 1973 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.-Track listing:Side one#"Father of Day, Father of Night" – 9:55#"In the Beginning, Darkness" - 5:22... |
Bronze Records Bronze Records is an independent English record label set up in 1971 by record producer Gerry Bron, and based in Chalk Farm, London.Bron had been producing Uriah Heep for Vertigo Records, and he set up this new label for future Uriah Heep releases, along with Juicy Lucy, Richard Barnes and Colosseum... (ILPS 9265) |
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| 1974 | The Good Earth The Good Earth (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album) The Good Earth is an album released in 1974 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.Track 1 was originally done by Gary Wright on his second solo-album, while tracks 2 and 3 are originally by Australian progressive rock band Spectrum.... |
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| 1975 | Nightingales & Bombers |
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| 1976 | The Roaring Silence The Roaring Silence The Roaring Silence is an album released in 1976 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers... |
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| 1978 | Watch |
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| 1979 | Angel Station Angel Station Angel Station is an album released in 1979 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Angel Station features a six-note descending theme in most of the songs on the album, woven into the context of each song in a different way. "Hollywood Town" and "You Are, I Am" share a common tune and basic arrangement.... |
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| 1980 | Chance Chance (album) Chance is an album released in 1980 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Lies " – 4:37#"On the Run" – 3:53#"For You" – 5:41... |
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| 1983 | Somewhere in Afrika Somewhere in Afrika Somewhere in Afrika is an album released in 1983 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Tribal Statistics" – 4:16#"Eyes of Nostradamus" – 3:28#"Third World Service" – 5:18#"Demolition Man" – 3:45... |
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| 1986 | Criminal Tango Criminal Tango Criminal Tango is an album released in 1986 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Going Underground" – 5:18#"Who Are The Mystery Kids?" – 3:44#"Banquet" – 5:17... |
Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny... (DIX/DIXCD 35) Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
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| 1987 | Masque Masque (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album) Masque is an album released in 1987 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.The album is subtitled Songs And Planets and features some parts of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. It represents the completion of an original project started back in 1973, which planned to use Holst's work as a basis... |
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| 1992 | Plains Music Plains Music Plains Music is an album released in 1991 by Manfred Mann's Plain Music, which was a project initiated by Manfred Mann after he retired his Earth Band in the late 80s..... |
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| 1996 | Soft Vengeance Soft Vengeance Soft Vengeance is an album released in 1996 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :#"Pleasure and Pain" – 5:39#"Play with Fire" – 3:58#"Nothing Ever Happens" – 4:10... |
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| 2004 | 2006 2006 (album) - Personnel :*Manfred Mann – keyboards, vocals*Mick Rogers – guitars*Geoff Dunn – drums*Steve Kinch – bass*Noel McCalla – vocalswith*Chris Thompson – vocals*Thomas D – vocals*Matt Loffstadt – guitars... |
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Live albums
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| 1984 | Budapest Live Budapest Live Budapest Live is an album released in 1984 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The album consists of covers performed live, except for "Mighty Quinn" which Bob Dylan wrote for Manfred Mann in 1968.- Track listing :Side one... |
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| 1998 | Mann Alive Mann Alive Mann Alive is a live double album released in 1998 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :łCD1 The Gig#"Martha's Madman" – 10:07#"The Times They Are a-Changin" – 6:35#"You Angel You" – 4:11... |
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Compilation albums
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| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
NL Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
NO VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
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| 1990 | 20 Years of Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
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| 1992 | Spotlight: 1971–1991 |
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| Blinded by the Light: The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
Arcade Records Arcade Records was a Dutch multimedia concern, which started off as a record label specialized in compilations.-History:The label itself was founded in 1972 by Herman Heinsbroek, who followed the example of its UK division. Seeing the huge success of their releases the company grew enormously and... (8800068) |
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| 1993 | The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Vol. 2 |
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| 1999 | The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered The Best Of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered is a compilation album released in 1999 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The title of track 4 on the compilation, "Blinded By The Light" is errantly printed as "Blinded By The Night".- Track listing :... |
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| 2001 | The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered Volume II The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered Volume II The Best Of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered Volume II is a compilation album released in 2001 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :#"The Times They Are a-Changin'" – 6:30... |
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| 2005 | Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes |
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| 2009 | Bootleg Archives: Volumes 1–5 |
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Video albums
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| 2004 | Angel Station in Moscow |
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| 2006 | Unearthed: The Best of 1973–2005 |
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| 2007 | Budapest Live |
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| 2008 | Watch the DVD |
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Singles
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| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
CA RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
GE Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
NL Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
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| 1971 | "Living Without You" | — | — | — | — | — | 69 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band |
| "Mrs. Henry" | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | ||
| 1972 | "I'm Up and I'm Leaving" | — | — | — | — | — | 112 | |
| "Meat" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Glorified Magnified | |
| 1973 | "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue It's All Over Now, Baby Blue "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan and featured on his Bringing It All Back Home album, released on March 22, 1965 by Columbia Records . The song was originally recorded on January 15, 1965 with Dylan's acoustic guitar and harmonica and William E. Lee's bass... " |
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| "Joybringer" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single. | |
| 1974 | "Father of Day, Father of Night" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Solar Fire |
| "Be Not too Hard" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Good Earth | |
| 1975 | "Spirits in the Night Spirit in the Night "Spirit in the Night" is a song written and originally recorded by New Jersey based singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen for his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. . It was also the second single released from the album... " |
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| 1976 | "Blinded by the Light Blinded by the Light "Blinded by the Light" is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen, although it is mostly known by its 1977 #1 hit version recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It was released in the United Kingdom in August 1976, where it reached No... " |
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| 1977 | "California" | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | Watch |
| 1978 | "Mighty Quinn" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Davy's on the Road Again" | 6 | — | 26 | 18 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "You Angel You" | 54 | 93 | — | — | — | 58 | Angel Station |
| "Don't Kill It Carol" | 45 | — | 23 | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | "Lies (Through the 80's)" | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | Chance |
| 1981 | "For You For You (Bruce Springsteen song) "For You" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973. It was later included on the compilation album The Essential Bruce Springsteen... " |
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| "I (Who Have Nothing)" | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | Non-album single. | |
| 1982 | "Eyes of Nostradamus" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Somewhere in Afrika |
| "Redemption Song Redemption Song The song urges listeners to "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery," because "None but ourselves can free our minds". These lines were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia during October 1937 and published in his Black Man magazine:... " |
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| 1983 | "Demolition Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1984 | "Runner" | — | 34 | — | — | — | 22 | Non-album single. |
| 1986 | "Do Anything You Wanna Do" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Criminal Tango |
| "Going Underground Going Underground "Going Underground" is the first British number-one chart single by The Jam, released in March 1980. It went straight in at number one, a rare feat at the time, and spent three weeks at the top... " |
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| 1987 | "Geronimo's Cadillac" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masque |
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