Audio CD review:
Manfred Mann - The Singles Album

Manfred Mann - The Singles Album

Band: Manfred Mann Title: The Singles Album Rating: Release Date: 13 February, 1995 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: 5-4-3-2-1 [Mono Version] 2: Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble) [Mono Version] 3: Do Wah Diddy Diddy 4: Sha la La [Mono Version] 5: Come Tomorrow 6: Oh No, Not My Baby 7: My Little Red Book 8: One in the Middle 9: If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann 10: There's No Living Without Your Loving [Mono Version] 11: Pretty Flamingo 12: You Gave Me Somebody to Love 13: Just Like a Woman - Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann 14: Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James [Mono Version] 15: Ha! Ha! Said the Clown [Mono Version] 16: Sweet Pea [Mono Version] 17: So Long Dad [Mono Version] 18: Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) [Mono Version] - Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann 19: Up the Junction 20: My Name Is Jack 21: Fox on the Run [Mono Version] 22: Ragamuffin Man [Mono Version]

Customer Review Worthy addition to a British Invasion collection Beginning with the archtypical beat sound - right down to use of a Brill Building writing team for their first US hit - and then transmogrifying into a jazzy tempo, the group seems a heck of a lot better in retrospect than some of its fellow-travellers in the second wave of the British Invasion (when was the last time you tried listening to Freddie and the Dreamers?). For a band that changed it musical style almost as often as its personnel, the output of Manfred Mann was surprisingly good across the various genre in which the band played. This splendid little album takes the very shrewd and erudite approach to chronicling the Manns by cutting its history before the band's hibernation and subsequent rebirth as Manfred Mann's Earth band. You get it all here! The marvelous sitting-out-on-the-stoop emotional rocket launching of 'Doo Wah Diddy Diddy;" an intriguing little cover of 'My Little Red Book;' the more mature yet still emotive feelings elicted by 'Pretty Flamingo' and 'Semi-detached Suburban Mr. James, a somewhat toned down - but still bitter, nonetheless - lift of the thrust of 'Like a Rolling Stone. ' There is also pretty good version of Dylan's 'Just Like a Woman," which should not be taken as criticism, but rather a complement on the band's musical prowess. . . and, well, there is also 'The Mighty Quinn," isn't there? The band clearly shows its ability to interpret material. All in all, a great album that can be listened to repeatedly for a really good time. . You can see a complete list of all Manfred Mann discography, or go back to the Manfred Mann tabs