Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography
Studio albums17
Live albums3
Compilation albums7
Video albums5
Singles37

The discography of British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band consists of 17 studio albums, 3 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 5 video albums, and 37 singles. Manfred Mann's Earth Band have been releasing albums and singles since 1971.

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The Earth Band was formed in 1971 by South African musician Manfred Mann after the break-up of Chapter Three. Mann formed the Earth Band as a progressive rock group to break away from the pop genre.

The band's albums have charted in at least 8 countries and their singles have charted in at least 5. The group is most notable remembered for their cover versions of Bruce Springsteen songs, including "Blinded by the Light", which topped the singles charts in the United States and Canada. [1] [2] The group's albums have been the most successful in Norway, where a total of 7 released peaking in the top 10 of the VG-lista albums chart. [3]

Studio albums

YearTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertification
UK
[4]
AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
CAN
[1]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[3]
SE
[9]
US
[10]
GER
[11]
1972 Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • Released: 18 February 1972
  • Label: Philips (6308 086)
  • Format: LP
138
Glorified Magnified
  • Released: 29 September 1972
  • Label: Philips (6308 125)
  • Format: LP
1973 Messin'
  • Released: 15 June 1973
  • Label: Vertigo (6360 087)
  • Format: LP
  • US Release: Get Your Rocks Off
196
Solar Fire
  • Released: 30 November 1973
  • Label: Bronze (ILPS 9265)
  • Format: LP
9696
1974 The Good Earth
  • Released: 11 October 1974
  • Label: Bronze (ILPS 9306)
  • Format: LP
20157
1975 Nightingales & Bombers
  • Released: 22 August 1975
  • Label: Bronze (ILPS 9337)
  • Format: LP
201012049
1976 The Roaring Silence
  • Released: 27 August 1976
  • Label: Bronze (ILPS 9357)
  • Format: LP
10810611346171026
1978 Watch
  • Released: 24 February 1978
  • Label: Bronze (BRON 507)
  • Format: LP
33401485182929833
1979 Angel Station
  • Released: 9 March 1979
  • Label: Bronze (BRON 516)
  • Format: LP
3022619361444
1980 Chance
  • Released: 10 October 1980
  • Label: Bronze (BRON 529)
  • Format: LP
4212236138711
1982 Somewhere in Afrika
  • Released: October 1982 (Germany)

18 February 1983 (UK)

  • Label: Bronze (BRON 543)
  • Format: LP
87814408
1986 Criminal Tango
  • Released: 13 June 1986
  • Label: Virgin (DIX/DIXCD 35)
  • Format: LP/CD
2671817
1987 Masque
  • Released: 16 October 1987
  • Label: Virgin (DIX/DIXCD 69)
  • Format: LP/CD
44
1991 Plains Music
  • Released: 17 August 1991
  • Label: Kaz (KAZ D902)
  • Format: LP/CD
1996 Soft Vengeance
  • Released: 3 June 1996
  • Label: Grapevine (GRACD213)
  • Format: CD
2265
2004 2006
  • Released: 25 October 2004
  • Label: Cohesion (MANN 021)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

YearTitleAlbum details
1984 Budapest Live
  • Released: 17 February 1984
  • Recorded: 6–7 April 1983
  • Label: Bronze (BRON/BRONC 550)
  • Format: LP/Cassette
1998 Mann Alive
  • Released: May 1998
  • Label: Cohesion (MANNLIVE 1)
  • Format: CD
2009Bootleg Archives: Volumes 1–5
  • Released: October 2009
  • Label: Cohesion (MMARCHIVE1)
  • Format: 5 CD Box
2017Bootleg Archives: Volumes 6–10
  • Released: January 2017
  • Label: Cohesion (MMARCHIVE2)
  • Format: 5 CD Box

Compilation albums

YearTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[4]
NL
[7]
NO
[3]
GE
[11]
19751971-1973
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Fontana (6438 085) / Vertigo (7299 584)
  • Format: LP/CD
199020 Years of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • Released: 12 November 1990
  • Label: Cohesion (BOMME 1/BOMME CD 1)
  • Format: LP/CD
17
1992Spotlight: 1971–1991
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Cohesion (COMME-CD13)
  • Format: CD
Blinded by the Light: The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Arcade (8800068)
  • Format: CD
6977110
1993The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Vol. 2
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Arcade (8800182)
  • Format: CD
1996The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  • Released: 1996 (reissued 2007)
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records (Warner Archives 9 46231-2)
  • Format: CD, Cassette
1999 The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered
  • Released: 4 October 1999
  • Label: Cohesion (MANN 018)
  • Format: CD
82
2001 The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered Volume II
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Cohesion (MANN 020)
  • Format: CD
2005 Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes
  • Released: September 2005
  • Label: Cohesion (MMBOOK1)
  • Format: CD

Video albums

YearTitleAlbum details
2004Angel Station in Moscow
  • Released: 30. June 2004
  • Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD1)
  • Format: DVD
2006Unearthed: The Best of 1973–2005
  • Released: 11. December 2006
  • Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD2)
  • Format: DVD
2007Budapest Live
  • Released: September 2007
  • Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD3)
  • Format: DVD
2008Watch the DVD
  • Released: 03. November 2008
  • Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD4)
  • Format: DVD
2009Then And Now
  • Released: December 2009
  • Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD5)
  • Format: DVD

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum
UK
[4]
CA
[1]
GE
[17]
IRE
[18]
NL
[7]
NZ
[8]
SA
[19]
US
[2]
AU
[5]
1971"Living Without You"69Manfred Mann's Earth Band
"Mrs. Henry"108
1972"I'm Up and I'm Leaving"112
"Meat"Glorified Magnified
1973"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
"Get Your Rocks Off"Messin'
"Mardi Gras Day"
"Joybringer"92093Non-Album single
1974"Father of Day, Father of Night"Solar Fire
"Be Not Too Hard"The Good Earth
1975"Spirit in the Night"1097Nightingales & Bombers
1976"Blinded by the Light"61198111The Roaring Silence
"Questions"
1977"Spirit in the Night" (New Version)644073Non-album single
"California"54 [upper-alpha 1] 3196Watch
1978"Mighty Quinn"14
"Davy's on the Road Again"62651848
1979"You Angel You"54935850Angel Station
"Don't Kill It Carol"452329
1980"Lies (Through the 80's)"2698Chance
1981"For You"106
"I (Who Have Nothing)"48Non-album single
1983"Eyes of Nostradamus"Somewhere in Afrika

*No 2 on 1251am radio station for 1 week.Played in top 5 every night. Major radio station in Auckland

"Redemption Song"
"Tribal Statistics"2*
"Demolition Man"
1984"Runner"34822
1986"Do Anything You Wanna Do"Criminal Tango
"Going Underground"
1987"Geronimo's Cadillac"Masque
1992"Blinded by the Light"Blinded by the Light: The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
1996"Nothing Ever Happens"97Soft Vengeance
"Tumbling Ball"
"Pleasure and Pain"
1998"Mighty Quinn"Mann Alive
2004"Demons and Dragons"2006
2011"(Lick Your) Boots"Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

See also

Notes

  1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

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