The Welsh Connection

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The Welsh Connection
Man The Welsh Connection.jpg
Studio album by
Man
ReleasedMarch 1976 (March 1976)
RecordedDecember 1975 - February 1976
Studio Olympic Studios, Barnes
Length41:05
Label MCA
Producer Man
Man chronology
Maximum Darkness
(1975)
The Welsh Connection
(1976)
All's Well That Ends Well
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]

The Welsh Connection (stylized on the cover as Welsh-Connection) is the eleventh album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released on the MCA Records label 1976. [3] It was their first MCA release, and the first after a change of line-up that saw John McKenzie take over on bass from Martin Ace, and Phil Ryan rejoin. Ryan had worked with Pete Brown in the interim, and arranged for Brown to play on two tracks.

Contents

The track "Something is Happening" was sampled on "Break the Bank" a 2014 single by rapper Schoolboy Q. [4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Ride and the View"Deke Leonard5:01
2."Out of Your Head"Leonard4:04
3."Love Can Find a Way"John McKenzie5:13
4."The Welsh Connection"Phil Ryan, Micky Jones7:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Something is Happening"Ryan6:21
2."Car Toon"Leonard, Ryan6:01
3."Born with a Future"Jones, Leonard, Ryan7:07
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."(I'm a) Love-Taker" (b-side "Out of Your Head" single)Leonard2:47

Personnel

Credits

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References

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