Manoeuvres

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Manoeuvres
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1983
Genre Progressive rock
Length44:33
Label Chrysalis
Producer Greg Lake
Greg Lake chronology
Greg Lake
(1981)
Manoeuvres
(1983)
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake in Concert
(1995)
Singles from Manoeuvres
  1. "Famous Last Words"
    Released: 1983 (Portugal only)
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Manoeuvres is the second and final solo studio album by English musician Greg Lake. It was released in July 1983 by Chrysalis Records and featured his 1981 to 1983 lineup (with guitarist Gary Moore, longtime friend bassist Tris Margetts, drummer Ted McKenna (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Rory Gallagher), and session keyboardist Tommy Eyre). [2]

Contents

Like his debut solo album, Greg Lake (1981), Manoeuvres was created in close collaboration with Northern Irish guitarist and singer-songwriter Gary Moore. It includes a song "Haunted" written with friend and bassist Tris Margetts and rock cartoonist-artist Tony Benyon. [3]

The album features a pop-flavoured progressive rock sound resembling that of Asia, the group Lake would join briefly in the end of 1983. Manoeuvres received mainly negative reviews at the time and failed to match the sales of its predecessor. [4]

In his autobiography Lake says that "there was no tour and virtually no promotion", and that he recognised that the public did not want guitar-oriented music from him. He parted company with Chrysalis. The album would be Lake's last studio album as a solo artist.

Later work by Greg Lake

His "Songs of a Lifetime" tour in 2012 produced a 2013 live album of the same name, and his 2012 solo concert live in Piacenza, Italy (where he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Piacenza) also produced a live album "Live In Piacenza" released in 2017.

His other work consisted of collaborations and concerts with artists including Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band; [5] The Who; [6] [7] Ian Anderson; [8] [9] The RD Crusaders [10] and Roger Daltrey (benefiting the Teenage Cancer Trust); his solo projects supporting the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the Sara Anne Wood Rescue Center, [11] the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and other organizations, [12] [13] and periodic reunions with Emerson, Lake & Palmer. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Greg Lake, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Manoeuvres"Greg Lake, Gary Moore 4:06
2."Too Young to Love" 4:07
3."Paralysed" 3:59
4."A Woman Like You"Moore4:32
5."I Don't Want to Lose Your Love Tonight"Lake, Moore3:56
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."It's You, You've Gotta Believe" 7:11
7."Famous Last Words" Chris Bradford, Andy Scott, David Most3:06
8."Slave to Love" 3:23
9."Haunted"Lake, Tristram Tris Margetts, Tony Benyon4:54
10."I Don't Know Why I Still Love You" 5:16
Total length:44:33
2015 Cherry Red Records remastered edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Hold Me"4:12

Personnel

Technical personnel

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  1. Loren, Marc. Greg Lake: "Manoeuvres" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. Greg Lake invited his friend Tris Margetts to be bassist in his Greg Lake Band they formed in 1981 with guitarist Gary Moore, drummer Ted McKenna (drummer of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rory Gallagher), and session keyboardist Tommy Eyre, through 1983 when he split the band up. Together they wrote the song "Haunted" (with rock cartoonist-artist Tony Benyon) included on their 1983 studio album "Manoeuvres" and on their live album King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Greg Lake in Concert recorded in 1981 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, released in 1995. Welch, Chris (December 1981). "Birth of a Band." International Musician and Recording World: 28-29, 31
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  5. Personnel and concert dates of the 2001, seventh edition of Ringo Starr's All Starr Band. "Ringo Lines Up All Starr Band Itinerary" (12 July 2001). No author byline. Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79143/ringo-lines-up-all-starr-band-itinerary . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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  7. Video: Greg Lake in the studio with The Who, recording "Real Good Looking Boy" in 2004. "The Who - Real Good Lookin' Boy Recording Session, Part 2" (2004). YouTube. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W2KGd3SnJ5Q . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. Video: "I Believe in Father Christmas" - Greg Lake and Ian Anderson performing live in St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Christmas 2011. YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U6-PAKOt7sM . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. Cheal, David (8 December 2016). "The Life of a Song: ‘I Believe in Father Christmas’". Financial Times. https://amp.ft.com/content/6464a160-bd53-11e6-8b45-b8b81dd5d080 . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. Greg Lake interview comments about The RD Crusaders. Gunavardhana, Emma (2005). "At Home With the Rock Legend, Greg Lake". OK!. http://ladiesofthelake.com/cabinet/ok2005.html . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. Video: The Greg Lake Band (1990s line-up) performing "Daddy" live, 17 December 1994 (David Arch - keyboards; Trevor Barry - bass; Greg Lake - guitar, lead vocals; Brett Morgan - drums; Florian Opahle - lead guitar). "A Benefit for the Sara Anne Wood Rescue Center". ABC News television station WTEN TV-10 Studios, Albany, New York, U.S.A. YouTube. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-kTT5bcv6qc . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  12. Greg Lake's fundraising for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the Sara Anne Wood Rescue Center, the Adam Walsh Child Resource Center Auction. Herbert, Jeff (9 December 2016). "Remembering ELP's Greg Lake, who touched CNY community with Sara Anne Wood tribute". Syracuse .com, New York, United States. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2016/12/greg_lake_sara_anne_wood_cny_emerson_lake_palmer.html . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  13. Greg Lake's appeal to support the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Lake, Greg (undated). "Causes - dear to Greg's heart". Posted at Official Greg Lake website greglake .com . http://www.greglake.com/Links/causes.html . Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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