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Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Soft Vengeance

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: The Grapevine Label
Released: 1996.03.14
Time:
 53:57
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.manfredmann.co.uk
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2002.02.11
Price in €: 9,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


Soft
[1] Pleasure and Pain (Chapman/Knight) - 5:39
[2] Play With Fire (Jagger/Jones/Richards/Watts/Wyman) - 3:57
[3] Nothing Ever Happens (Currie) - 4:10
[4] Shelter from the Storm (Dylan) - 6:05
[5] Tumbling Ball (Spiro) - 5:35
[6] The Price I Pay (Cray/Walker) - 4:05
[7] Lose the Touch (Schumann) - 3:31
[8] Adults Only (Mann) - 3:36
[9] Wherever Love Drops [Part One] (Hoban/Mann) - 1:05

Vengeance
[10] The Complete History of Sexual Jealousy (Momus) - 3:29
[11] 99 Lbs (Bryant) - 2:37
[12] Miss You (Schumann) - 3:33
[13] Nature of the Beast (Unknown) - 4:35
[14] Wherever Love Drops, [Part Two] (Hoban/Mann/Morre) - 2:00

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Manfred Mann's Earth Band:
MANFRED MANN - Keyboards, Producer, Keyboard Programming
CHRIS THOMPSON - Vocals
NOEL MCCALLA - Vocals
CLIVE BUNKER - Drums
DAVID FARMER - Drums
STEVE KINCH - Bass Guitar
MICK ROGERS - Guitar, Vocals
RUSSELL HOBAN - Speech on [9]

Additional musicians:
RICHARD MARCANGELO - Drums
RICHARD JAMES BURGESS - Drums, Producer, Engineer
GAVIN HARRISON - Drums
ANDY PASK - Bass
TONY PATLER - Bass, Guitar
GARY FARMER - Guitar
DAVE "Clem" CLEMPSON - Guitar
MITCH DALTON - Guitar
GARY SANCTUARY - Wurlitzer Electric Piano on [11]
MAGGIE RYDER - Background Vocals
CAROL KENYON - Background Vocals
STEVIE LANGE - Background Vocals
LINDA TAYLOR - Background Vocals
JANICE HOYTE - Background Vocals
DIANE BYRCH - Background Vocals

IAN TOMPSON - Engineer
BEN CAPE - Engineer
RAY MASCARENAS - Engineer
NEIL DOUGLAS - Engineer
BURT STAFFORD CLARKE - Mastering
RAY LIPSCOMBE - Cover Design

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1996 CD Grapevine 213
1998 CD Import 3920

The album was recorded over a period of four years, but it was well worth the wait. A fine collection of well crafted songs with lead vocal duties being shared by Chris Thompson and Noel McCalla. Along with the much loved soloing interaction of Manfred Mann's keyboards and Mick Rogers guitars. The two singles taken from the album were 'Nothing ever happens' and 'Pleasure and Pain'. Although they didn't reach the top of any charts, they showed the Earth Band were back with a vengeance.



Anfang '92 brachte Manfred Mann die Earth Band samt Chris Thompson wieder zusammen. Da die Studioaufnahmen nicht so gut klingen wollten wie die Live-Versionen, bastelten sie lang am 14. Album, ehe sie sich zufriedengaben. Resultat: ein Mix aus Eigenem und Coverversionen wie "Nothing Ever Happens" (Del Amitri), Bob Dylans zur Ballade mutiertes "Shelter From The Storm" und "Play With Fire" von den Stones. Ein Werk ohne Überraschungen, das erst gegen Ende an Tempo zulegt, mit Mainstream-Balladen, Klavier- und Geigen-Schmelz.

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This is music craftmanship at top level!

The album was recorded over a period of four years, but it was well worth the wait. A fine collection of well crafted songs with lead vocal duties being shared by Chris Thompson and Noel McCalla. Along with the much loved soloing interaction of Manfred Mann's keyboards and Mick Rogers guitars. With songs like NOTHING EVER HAPPENS and THE PRICE I PAY The good old Earth Band is back with a vengeance. I've seen the band 6 times in Gothenburg, Sweden. The latest show was in the summer of 97 at the old shipyard Eriksberg. They played a lot of songs from this album and the show was one of the best i've ever seen. Just as on the CD, the band is so tight that you can't stand still. The voice of Chris Thompson is one of the best in rock ever, and Mick Rogers must be the coolest guitarplayer ever set foot on this earth. New singer Noel McCalla has a sensitive voice that goes vey well together with Chris. Manfred himself is as always excellent with his keyboards. Let's hope that these guys will continue making records, cause theres nothing like them.

A music fan from Gothenburg, Sweden, February 28, 1999
 

 L y r i c s


PLEASURE AND PAIN

Lover, lover, why do you push
Why do you push, why do you push
Babe, Babe, did you forget about me
'cause I've been standing at the back of your life
Back row centre, just above the ice
Please don't ask me how I've been getting off
It's a fine line between pleasure and pain
You've done it once and you can do it again
Whatever you've done, don't try to explain
Its a fine, fine line between pleasure and pain
Sooner or later you'll find your place
Find your body and you'll find your grace
I won't ask you how you've been getting off
No, I won't ask you how you've been getting off
It's a fine line between pleasure and pain
You've done it once and you can do it again
Whatever you've done, don't try to explain
Its a fine, fine line between pleasure and pain
Lover, lover, why do you push
Why do you push, why do you push
Babe, Babe, did you forget about me
'cause I've been standing at the back of your life
Back row centre, just above the ice
Please don't ask me how I've been getting off
Please don't ask me how I've been getting off
It's a fine line between pleasure and pain
You've done it once and you can do it again
Whatever you've done, don't try to explain
Its a fine, fine line between pleasure and pain


PLAY WITH FIRE

Well you've got your diamonds
And you've got your pretty clothes
And the chauffeur drives your car
You let everybody know
But don't play with me
'cause you're playing with fire
Your mother she's an heiress
On the block in St Johns Wood
And your father be there with her
If he only could
But don't play with me
'cause you're playing with fire
You're playing with fire
Old man took her diamonds
And tiaras by the score
Now she gets her kicks in Stepney
Not in Knightsbridge any more
So don't play with me
'cause you're playing with fire
You're playing with fire
Well you've got your diamonds
And you've got your pretty clothes
And the chauffeur drives your car
You let everybody know
So don't play with me
'cause you're playing with fire
You're playing with fire


NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

Post office clerk puts up signs saying "Position closed"
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
Janitors padlock the gate for security guards to patrol
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
While the married ones turn on a chat show
They will all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
The needle returns to the start of the song
And we all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
The Martians could land in the car park and no one would care
Closed circuit cameras in department stores
Shoot the same movies every day
And the stars of these films neither die or get killed
Just survive constant action replay
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
The needle returns to the start of the song
And we all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
By five o'clock everything's dead
And every third car is a cab
Ignorant people sleep in their beds
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
The needle returns to the start of the song
And we all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow


SHELTER FROM THE STORM

'Twas in another lifetime
One of soil and blood
When blackness was a virtue
And the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness
A creature wild in form
Come in, she said, I'll give you
Shelter from the storm
Not a word was spoken between us
There was little risk involved
Everything up to that point
Had been left unresolved
Try imagining a place
Where it's always safe and warm
Come in, she said, I'll give you
Shelter from the storm
The deputy walks on hard nails
And the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters very much
It's the doom alone that counts
And the one-eyed undertaker
He blows a futile horn
Come in, she said, I'll give you
Shelter from the storm


TUMBLING BALL

Maybe I'll remember
The old house standing on the avenue
Till the day I die
Maybe I'll remember
The kids coming home from the playground
Sand in their shoes and their mother's eyes
Surely I'll recall the day in my life
When I looked in the eyes of a woman
And I knew right then and there that's my wife
And the world keeps turning
Like a big blue tumbling ball
And the times that you spend
With the ones you love just seem so small
Am I just a drop in the ocean after all
Maybe I will always
Think of myself as a young man
Holding both hands to the rod and the reel
Maybe I will always
Remember the day dad passed away
And I still don't know how to feel
There's nothing I love more than my family
When we all get to heaven
I hope for a minute
That they still remember me...
And the world keeps turning
Like a big blue tumbling ball
And the times that you spend
With the ones you love just seem so small
And the world keeps spinning
Like a big blue tumbling ball
And it's hard to believe
That you ever really played a part at all
Am I just a drop in the ocean after all
And the world keeps spinning
Like a big blue tumbling ball
And the world keeps spinning
Like a big blue tumbling ball
And it's hard to believe
That you ever really played a part at all
Am I just a drop in the ocean after all


THE PRICE I PAY

Out on the road
Late at night
The highway is so inviting
Since you said that we were through
I remember what you told me
I'm trying to drive away these blues
I can do a lot of things
But let me tell you girl
I can't make it on my own in this great big world
The price I pay for loving you
Deep in my mind
I'm trying to fight
This lonely feeling that I face tonight
Never thought that I would lose
I can't shake this awful feeling
I'll never stop loving you
I can do a lot of things
But let me tell you girl
I can't make it on my own in this great big world
The price I pay for loving you
Do I love her any more
Or is it loneliness that I feel
Do our hearts still beat as one
Or are we held together by the years
The price I pay for loving you
I'm goin' home
It's started rainin'
Got to find a phone, hope she's waiting
Gonna say I've been a fool
Put my head back on my shoulders
Take a little time and see things through
I can do a lot of things
But let me tell you girl
That I can't make it on my own in this great big world
The price I pay for loving you
The price I pay for loving you

LOSE THE TOUCH
Been running down the pavement
From my sworn enemy
He's right there behind
He's been shadowing me
No way to know where he's coming from
Don't know where to turn when I need someone
I took your open hand
just to pull myself free of the strain
And I didn't think I could breathe so easily again
Didn't think I could breathe so easily again
And I don't want to lose the touch
Cause I feel so much with you there
Been running down the pavement
From my sworn enemy
I don't know who he is realistically
Don't even know whose side I've been fighting on
Didn't even know there was a war to be won
Stay in my open arms
And I'll keep you in from the rain
And I didn't think I could breathe so easily again
Didn't think I could breathe so easily again
And I don't want to lose the touch
Cause I feel so much with you there
I don't want to lose the touch
Cause I feel so much with you there
Been running down the pavement
From my sworn enemy
He's right there behind
He's been shadowing me
No way to know where he's coming from
Don't know where to turn when I need someone


WHEREVER LOVE DROPS (PART ONE)

I am 24 centimetres high, 9 and 7/8th inches
People ask me "What about with women ?"
Ho ho
I say "Wo die Liebe hinfallt"
Wherever love drops it drops


THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF SEXUAL JEALOUSY

I'm jealous of the people, the people
I fall in love with, fall in love with
I'm jealous of the people, the people
I try to be more like, try to be more like
I'm even jealous of the people who hate me
Hate me more
The complete history of sexual jealousy part 17 to 24
I'm jealous of the man, the man
You broke the heart of, broke the heart of
I'm jealous of the man you knew before
In a life that I could never be the part of
There's more than meets the eye
In a way a stranger meets your eye
I know there's more
The complete history of sexual jealousy part 17 to 24
I'm jealous of the people, the people
I fall in love with, fall in love with
I'm jealous of the people, the people
I try to be more like, try to be more like
I'm even jealous of the people who hate me
Hate me more
The complete history of sexual jealousy part 17 to 24


99 LBS.

25 lbs. of pure cane sugar
In each and every kiss
You wouldn't know what I'm talking about
If you never had lovin' like this
I don't mean to be brash
You'll have to agree to that
She's 99 lbs. of natural born goodness
99 lbs. of soul
She's 99 lbs. of pure grade woman
99 lbs. of soul
25 lbs. of tenderness in each and every touch
25 lbs. of understanding her man
She don't want me to worry too much
24 lbs of something cool that I can't even name
And it all adds up to 99 lbs
Put together in a nice warm frame
She's 99 lbs of natural born goodness
99 lbs of soul
She's 99 lbs of pure grade woman
99 lbs of soul
She's 99 lbs of natural born goodness
99 lbs of soul
She's 99 lbs of pure grade woman
99 lbs of soul


MISS YOU

Why's my face familiar
You might ask yourself if you really care
But you want to know everybody here
And I'm only twenty feet away and I miss you
Yes I do
How did I get this close again
I've got friends who'll say that they've never seen
The way I've been these troubled days
And now I'm only just three words away and I miss you
Yes I do
Yes I miss you now
More than ever
Body and soul
How we stick together
When you're not around
I'm going out of my mind
Seems to happen all the time
And I miss you now
More than ever
Body and soul
How we stick together
When you're not around
I'm going out of my mind
Seems to happen all the time
I miss you
Why's my face familiar
You might ask yourself if you really care
But you want to know everybody here
And I'm only twenty feet away and I miss you
Yes I do


NATURE OF THE BEAST

It's the nature of the beast
To satisfy his every appetite
He doesn't worry 'bout the cost
He doesn't worry if it's wrong or right
There's no method to his madness
Just watch him step up to the firing line
And it's all a game
It doesn't matter who plays
It's just the nature of the beast
To jump into the fire
Tell me can you feel the heat
I see you walking on the wire
At the crossroads of the night
Too scared of passion but too lonely to learn
Nobody wants to lose control
Nobody wants to be the careless one
Throwin' caution to the wind
And makin' love is like trial by fire
And it's all a game
It doesn't matter who plays
It's just the nature of the beast
To jump into the fire
Tell me can you feel the heat
I see you walking on the wire
It's just the nature of the beast
To jump into the fire
Tell me can you feel the heat
I see you walking on the wire


WHEREVER LOVE DROPS (PART TWO)

I was walking auf der Helde
Got into some boggy parts
Squelch squelch
Fell into some footprints
Couldn't get out
But you never know "wo die Liebe hinfallt"
Wherever love drops it drops
Looking up I see this foot coming down
And from very high up a voice says
"Would you like my leg to climb up ?"
My eye travels up this very well built leg
Listen to what happens next
And up a very short skirt
And I think "Wo die Liebe hinfällt"
Wherever love drops it drops
Up, I climb up
I climb up
I climb up

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