Soft Vengeance

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Soft Vengeance
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Studio album by
Released3 June 1996
RecordedWorkhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London, 1992–1996
Genre Rock
Hard rock
Progressive rock
Length54:05
Label Grapevine
Producer Manfred Mann
Richard James Burgess
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Plains Music
(1991)
Soft Vengeance
(1996)
Mann Alive
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic (not rated) [1]

Soft Vengeance is an album released in 1996 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Pleasure and Pain" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:39
  2. "Play with Fire" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:58
  3. "Nothing Ever Happens" (Justin Currie) – 4:10
  4. "Shelter from the Storm" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06
  5. "Tumbling Ball" (Mark Spiro) – 5:35
  6. "The Price I Pay" (Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:06
  7. "Lose the Touch" (Cyril Schumann) – 3:31
  8. "Adults Only" (Manfred Mann) – 3:36
  9. "Wherever Love Drops (Part One)" (Mann, Russell Hoban) – 1:05
  10. "The Complete History of Sexual Jealousy" (Nick Currie) – 3:30
  11. "99 lbs" (Dannie Bryant) – 2:38
  12. "Miss You" (Cyril Schumann) – 3:33
  13. "Nature of the Beast" (Doc Neeson, Geoffrey Leib) – 4:35
  14. "Wherever Love Drops (Part Two)" (Mann, Hoban, Anthony Moore) – 2:00

Singles

  1. "Nothing Ever Happens (Radio Mix)" (Currie) – 3:39
  2. "Nothing Ever Happens (TV Mix)" (Currie) – 4:52
  3. "Shelter from The Storm" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06
  4. "Adults Only" (Instrumental) (Manfred Mann) – 3:36

Personnel

with

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2] 65
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [3] 22

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