MANFRED MANN '06: 2006

Yes it's been sometime since this band released a studio album, having aired this album now 3 times, it's not a bad album, but it does have some very irritating stuff on it. And that being that most of the tracks just fade out into nothing. As like all albums by MMEB since the day chris thompson joined them back on the album watch back in 78, they are very commercial and short tracks, rather than their earlier prog stuff. I do rather like 2006, and it's a lot better than the very dissapointing album masque made back in 87. However I do not think this album is as good as the 96 album soft vengeance which was their last studio album. The prog days are well gone by this band, and it would be an entire waste of time comparing albums that were made before 78 with any of there later stuff, because I would have their earlier stuff anyday, and it's a shame that this band is not working on stuff like from their earlier days, more lenghy material, rather than the half completed tracks we have on this album 2006. Albums this band made from 78 onwards like watch and angel station are amongst there best produced commercial material and leave this album 2006 way behind in expectations of good written material. It gets 3 stars here from me, but In all honesty, I would have given it 2 and a half stars if I could.