Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography

MMEB playing in Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography
Studio albums	17
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	7
Singles	37
Video albums	5

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.

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

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certification
			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	—	Norway: Platinum [12]
	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	—	—	—	96	—	—	—	—	96	—	UK: Silver [13]
1974	The Good Earth	Released: 11 October 1974 Label: Bronze (ILPS 9306) Format: LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	157	—
1975	Nightingales & Bombers	Released: 22 August 1975 Label: Bronze (ILPS 9337) Format: LP	—	—	—	—	20	—	10	—	120	49
1976	The Roaring Silence	Released: 27 August 1976 Label: Bronze (ILPS 9357) Format: LP	10	8	10	6	11	34	6	17	10	26	UK: Silver [13] US: Gold [14]
1978	Watch	Released: 24 February 1978 Label: Bronze (BRON 507) Format: LP	33	40	14	85	18	29	2	9	83	3	GER: Platinum [15] NL: Gold [16]
1979	Angel Station	Released: 9 March 1979 Label: Bronze (BRON 516) Format: LP	30	22	6	—	19	—	3	6	144	4	AUS: Gold [5] GER: Gold [15]
1980	Chance	Released: 10 October 1980 Label: Bronze (BRON 529) Format: LP	—	42	12	23	—	—	6	13	87	11
1982	Somewhere in Afrika	Released: October 1982 (Germany) 18 February 1983 (UK) Label: Bronze (BRON 543) Format: LP	87	—	—	—	—	—	8	14	40	8
1986	Criminal Tango	Released: 13 June 1986 Label: Virgin (DIX/DIXCD 35) Format: LP/CD	—	—	26	—	—	—	7	18	—	17
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	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	—	65
2004	2006	Released: 25 October 2004 Label: Cohesion (MANN 021) Format: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year	Title	Album 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
2009	Bootleg Archives: Volumes 1–5	Released: October 2009 Label: Cohesion (MMARCHIVE1) Format: 5 CD Box
2017	Bootleg Archives: Volumes 6–10	Released: January 2017 Label: Cohesion (MMARCHIVE2) Format: 5 CD Box

Compilation albums

Year	Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
			UK [4]	NL [7]	NO [3]	GE [11]
1975	1971-1973	Released: 1975 Label: Fontana (6438 085) / Vertigo (7299 584) Format: LP/CD	—	—	—	—
1990	20 Years of Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Released: 12 November 1990 Label: Cohesion (BOMME 1/BOMME CD 1) Format: LP/CD	—	—	17	—
1992	Spotlight: 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	69	77	1	10
1993	The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Vol. 2	Released: 1993 Label: Arcade (8800182) Format: CD	—	—	—	—
1996	The 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

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

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions									Certification	Album
		UK [4]	CA [1]	GE [17]	IRE [18]	NL [7]	NZ [8]	SA [19]	US [2]	AU [5]
1971	"Living Without You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	69	—		Manfred 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"	9	—	—	20	—	—	—	—	93		Non-Album single
1974	"Father of Day, Father of Night"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Solar Fire
	"Be Not Too Hard"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		The Good Earth
1975	"Spirit in the Night"	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	97	—		Nightingales & Bombers
1976	"Blinded by the Light"	6	1	—	—	19	8	—	1	11	UK: Silver [13] US: Gold [14]	The Roaring Silence
	"Questions"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	"Spirit in the Night" (New Version)	—	64	—	—	—	—	—	40	73		Non-album single
	"California"	54 [A]	—	—	—	—	31	—	—	96		Watch
1978	"Mighty Quinn"	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—
	"Davy's on the Road Again"	6	—	26	5	18	—	—	—	48
1979	"You Angel You"	54	93	—	—	—	—	—	58	50		Angel Station
	"Don't Kill It Carol"	45	—	23	29	—	—	—	—	—
1980	"Lies (Through the 80's)"	—	—	—	—	26	—	—	—	98		Chance
1981	"For You"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	106	—
	"I (Who Have Nothing)"	—	—	48	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
1982	"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"	—	34	—	—	—	—	8	22	—
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"	—	—	97	—	—	—	—	—	—		Soft 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

• Manfred Mann discography

Notes

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

References

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5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 191. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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12. ""IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011"". Bonhams. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
13. "British certifications – Manfred Mann's Earth Band". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved October 5, 2024.Type Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
14. "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
15. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved June 20, 2024.
16. "Dutch certifications – Manfred Mann's Earth Band" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers . Retrieved June 20, 2024.Enter Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the "Artiest of titel" box.
17. "Chartverfolgung / Mann, Manfred's Earth Band / Single". Music Line (in German). Germany: Media Control Charts. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
18. Irish Recorded Music Association
19. SA Charts 1969 - 1989

External links

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Discography 1971-2005 (The Albums)
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography at Discogs