Manfred Mann - The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann

Year: 1964/1997/2012
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:57
Size: 181,4 MB
Styles: R&B, blues
Scans: Full

1. Smokestack Lightning (3:32)
2. Don't Ask Me What I Say (2:59)
3. Sack O' Woe (2:08)
4. What You Gonna Do? (2:37)
5. Hoochie Coochie (3:18)
6. I'm Your Kingpin (2:47)
7. Down The Road Apiece (2:26)
8. I've Got My Mojo Working (3:11)
9. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (2:35)
10. Mr. Anello (2:08)
11. Untie Me (3:37)
12. Bring It To Jerome (3:26)
13. Without You (2:21)
14. You've Got To Take It (2:19)
15. Smokestack Lightning (3:33)
16. Don't Ask Me What I Say (3:01)
17. Sack O' Woe (2:09)
18. What You Gonna Do? (2:37)
19. Hoochie Coochie (3:18)
20. I'm Your Kingpin (2:47)
21. Down The Road Apiece (2:26)
22. I've Got My Mojo Working (3:11)
23. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (2:35)
24. Mr. Anello (2:16)
25. Untie Me (3:41)
26. Bring It To Jerome (3:30)
27. Without You (2:22)
28. You've Got To Take It (1:54)

The debut album by Manfred Mann holds up even better 40 years on than it did in 1964. It's also one of the longest LPs of its era, clocking in at 39 minutes, and there's not a wasted note or a song extended too far among its 14 tracks. The Manfreds never had the reputation that the Rolling Stones enjoyed, which is a shame, because The Five Faces of Manfred Mann is one of the great blues-based British invasion albums; it's a hot, rocking record that benefits from some virtuoso playing as well, and some of the best singing of its era, courtesy of Paul Jones, who blew most of his rivals out of the competition with his magnificently impassioned, soulful performance on "Untie Me," and his simmering, lusty renditions of "Smokestack Lightning" and "Bring It to Jerome."

The stereo mix of the album, which never surfaced officially in England until the 1997 EMI anniversary reissue (remastered in 24-bit digital sound), holds up very nicely, with sharp separation between the channels yet - apart from a few moments on "Untie Me" - few moments of artificiality. /Bruce Eder, AllMusic

Tracks 1-14 mono mix, tracks 15-28 stereo mix.

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