Audio Cassette review:
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - The Roaring Silence

Band: Manfred Mann's Earth Band Title: The Roaring Silence Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 1990 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Blinded by the Light 2: Singing the Dolphin Through 3: Questions - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann 4: Road to Babylon 5: This Side of Paradise 6: Starbird 7: Walter, There's a Yawn in My Ear - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann 8: Spirit in the Night [*] - Manfred Mann 9: Blind by the Light [Single Edit][*] - Manfred Mann

Customer Reviews Fact and Opinion It contains the shorter version as well. Facts: This album contains the full length version of Blinded By the Light. It contains a version of Spirits in the Night, also written by Springsteen. It contains originals by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in addition to these covers. Opinion: I bought this album because it had Blinded by the Light and I wanted to see if the other stuff that this Earth Band did was any good. I found myself disappointed. Singing the Dolphin Through's lyrics meant nothing to me and I found it to be slow build-up to very little. Waiter. . . I consistently find a very annyoying instrumental with no structure to hold it together and it hurts my ears to even think of it. The Road to Babylon, although with more lyrics that hold no meaning for me, I found to be gentle to listen to (and over too quickly with an abrupt cut-off). This Side of Paradise was tolerable because structure had been found again and I enjoy the sound of guitars over the sound of synthesized noise. Starbird laughs in Waiter. . . 's face because it shows the dueling (I don't know a word that applies to a competition involving more than two instruments) of strings and keys and whatever synthesized bunches are thrown in there. Questions is a bitter sweet end to what seemed like could have been a good album. I feel like there's a theme swimming around in this album somewhere, but I don't want to bother to go swimming with the dolphin's to find it. If you have Spirits in the Night performed Live by Springsteen and the E Street Band from 1975-1985, you have a better version. And I don't know why the shorter version of Blinded by the Light is put on here. It's a waste of space. And since I still have space to write, I'll say I comprehend approximately 75% of what Thompson is saying in these songs. A late 70's classic, long-awaited on CD " The music is a unusual mix of rock, synthesizers and gravely vocals. I consider this a great album, well beyond the popular cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded By The Light. The overall effect might be called mystical, especially on tracks like "Singing The Dolphin Through" and "The Road To Babylon. " Another favorite of mine is "This Side Of Paradise. " All of the songs are memorable and the only one I'd skip is the frantic instrumental, "Waiter, There's A Yawn In My Ear. " I was glad to see this album finally out on CD after many years. . You can see a complete list of all Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography, or go back to the Manfred Mann's Earth Band tabs