Messin'
| Messin' | ||||
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| Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band | ||||
| Released | 15 June 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Maximum Sound Studios, London, 1973 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, jazz rock | |||
| Length | 41:16 | |||
| Label |
Vertigo (UK original release) Bronze (UK 1977 reissue) Polydor (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Manfred Mann | |||
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology | ||||
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Get Your Rocks Off (US version) |
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
Messin' is a rock album released in 1973 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
Messin' followed Glorified Magnified and preceded Solar Fire, and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers (see track listing below).
"Buddah" also appeared on the Vertigo budget sampler double album Suck It And See, along with tracks by then-labelmates Kraftwerk, Jade Warrior and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, amongst others.
The album was produced by Manfred Mann and engineered by John Edwardes at Maximum Sound Studios, London in 1973.
For the United States release, the album was re-titled Get Your Rocks Off and the track "Pretty Good" was included in place of "Black And Blue", seemingly because the latter was about slavery and deemed unsuitable for the US market.[4] Both tracks were included on the 1998 re-mastered re-issue.
UK track listing
Messin'
- Side one
- "Messin'"[5] (Mike Hugg) – 9:54
- "Buddah" (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers) – 7:01
- "Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:32
- Side two
- "Get Your Rocks Off" (Bob Dylan) – 2:51
- "Sadjoy" (Mann) – 5:20
- "Black and Blue" (Chain: Barry Sullivan, Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Barry Harvey) – 7:21 (6:44 on the 1998 re-issue)
- "Mardi Gras Day" (Dr John Creaux) – 3:02
- Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)
- "Pretty Good" (John Prine) – 4:11
- "Cloudy Eyes" (single edit) (Mann) – 3:31
US track listing
Get Your Rocks Off
- Side one
- "Messin'" (Mike Hugg) – 10:00
- "Pretty Good" (John Prine) – 4:00
- "Sadjoy" (Mann) – 4:30
- Side two
- "Get Your Rocks Off" (Bob Dylan) – 3:00
- "Buddah" (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers) – 7:00
- "Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:30
- "Mardi Gras Day" (Dr John Creaux) – 3:00
Personnel
- Manfred Mann - synthesiser, organ
- Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals
- Colin Pattenden - bass guitar
- Chris Slade - drums
with
- Laurie Baker - Machines and Zoo on "Messin' "
- Liza Strike - backing vocals
- Vicki Brown - backing vocals
- Judith Powell - backing vocals
- Ruby James - backing vocals
- John Edwards, Laurence Latham - engineer
- Peter Hignett - sleeve concept
- Peter Goodfellow - illustration
Sources
- ↑ Allmusic review (Messin')
- ↑ Allmusic review (Get Your Rocks Off)
- ↑ Robert Christgau review
- ↑ Robert M Corich, Sleeve notes, Messin' album, 1998
- ↑ this piece is based on the track "Messin' Up The Land", recorded by Manfred Mann's previous line-up Manfred Mann Chapter Three in 1971. The album was shelved before release. So, this track was first released in 2005 as a part of the box set Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes. It furthermore quotes from the Chapter Three track "Konekuf", released in 1969 on the debut album of the group.
External links
- Messin' at Discogs (list of releases)
- Get Your Rocks Off at Discogs (list of releases)