Audio CD review:
Manfred Mann - World of Mann: The Very Best of Manfred Mann & Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Manfred Mann - World of Mann: The Very Best of Manfred Mann & Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Band: Manfred Mann Title: World of Mann: The Very Best of Manfred Mann & Manfred Mann's Earth Band Rating: Release Date: 12 June, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: 54321 - Manfred Mann 2: Hubble Bubble (Toil & Trouble) - Manfred Mann 3: Do Wah Diddy Diddy - Manfred Mann 4: Sha La La - Manfred Mann 5: Come Tomorrow - Manfred Mann 6: Oh No Not My Baby - Manfred Mann 7: One in the Middle - Manfred Mann 8: If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Manfred Mann 9: Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann 10: Just Like a Woman [Stereo Version] - Manfred Mann 11: Semi-Detached Surburban Mr. James - Manfred Mann 12: Ha! Ha! Said the Clown [Stereo Version] - Manfred Mann 13: Sweet Pea - Manfred Mann 14: Mighty Quinn [Stereo Version] - Manfred Mann 15: My Name Is Jack [Stereo Version] - Manfred Mann 16: Fox on the Run - Manfred Mann 17: Ragamuffin Man - Manfred Mann 18: Handbags and Gladrags - Michael d'Abo 19: Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 20: Davy's on the Road Again - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 21: Demolition Man - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 22: You Angel You - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 23: Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 24: For You - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 25: Spirits in the Night - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 26: Don't Kill It Carol - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 27: Runner - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 28: Lies (Through the 80s) - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 29: Father of Day Father of Night - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 30: Questions - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 31: California - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 32: Redemption Song (No Kwazulu) - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 33: Pleasure and Pain - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 34: It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 35: Demons and Dragons - Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 36: Mighty Quinn [Live] - Manfred Mann's Earth Band,

Customer Review wow...thorough retrospective.... It also has some of the more minor radio hits of the late 70s and early 80s by the band, including Runner--which is, surprisingly, an edit that is a minute shorter than the LP version. considering Manfred Mann was much more of a chart success in the UK, this collection has all the hits a US audience will ever need, including Do Wah Diddy, The Mighty Quinn, and the full length 7 minute cut of Blinded by the Light. The hard to come by Lies (through the 80s) is here as well. The only glaring omission is the song Make the World Go Round, another of his pseudo-synthpop tracks from the 80s era of music. While most of the music is broken into separate discs, 60s on CD 1, 70-80s on disc 2, there are also some odd newer recordings, like a 1997 cover of the new wave track "Pleasure and Pain," originally recorded by the Divinyls in the early 80s. The mastering is excellent--but there are absolutely NO liner notes past the general track information. You'd think with such a career spanning set there would be some brief history inside. . You can see a complete list of all Manfred Mann discography, or go back to the Manfred Mann tabs