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WATCH

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

 

Eclectic Prog

3.77 | 250 ratings

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andretecno
3 stars The first song, " Circles" , begins with a keyboard section with the vocals, then, a crescent arrangement with the band. A great song, but too short . in " Drowning on dry land/Fish soup" the criativity continues, a little bit more well worked than the first, with great work of bass and guitars, changing the rithm three times, and, agais, ending too early, when the music begins to fly. " Chicago Institute" begins too much commercial and dated, sometimes sounding a little disco, but, surprisely changing the mood into a beautiful section with great guitar work, returning, sadly, to the first mood after it." California" in my oppinion , was made to play on radio stations, too much commercial, but again, the guitar works surpreend; Dave Flett is really a great guitar player. The song ends with a brilliant keyboard solo, and... too short again.The commercial mood attacks on " Davy´s on the road again" , but is easily beated by the , again, great and brilliant Guitar/Keyboard works.The Bob Dylan cover " Mighty Quinn" , for me, is the best momment of this record. Recorded live, this song have a heavy arrangement, but again... Too short! The vocals in this record don´t have personality, sounding a little " glitter rock" . The production of the band fenced the criativity of the band, tryng to sound more commercial, but the great guitar/keyboard moments saved this album of failure.
| 3/5 |

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