Neha Patil (Editor)

The Roaring Silence

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
27 August 1976

The Roaring Silence (1976)
  
Watch (1978)

Release date
  
27 August 1976

Length
  
39:55

Artist
  
Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

The Roaring Silence httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenddfThe

Recorded
  
Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London, 1976

Producer
  
Manfred Mann and Earth Band

Genres
  
Rock music, Progressive rock, Hard rock, Art rock

Similar
  
Manfred Mann albums, Progressive rock albums

Manfred mann s earth band the roaring silence 1976 full album hq


The Roaring Silence is an album released in 1976 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. "Blinded by the Light", which reached number one the Billboard Hot 100, is a cover version of a song by Bruce Springsteen; "Questions" is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in G flat Major; "Starbird" takes its theme from Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. This album also marked the arrival of vocalist/guitarist Chris Hamlet Thompson.

Contents

The main riff of "Waiter, There's a Yawn in My Ear" is taken from the Manfred Mann Chapter Three track "Fish" which was recorded for their abandoned third album. It was ultimately released in 2005 on the Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes box set.

Manfred mann s earth band the roaring silence full album


Track listing

Side one
  1. "Blinded by the Light" (Bruce Springsteen) – 7:08
  2. "Singing the Dolphin Through" (Mike Heron) – 8:19
  3. "Waiter, There's a Yawn in My Ear" (Manfred Mann) – 5:39
Side two
  1. "The Road to Babylon" (Mann, Thomas, Colin Pattenden) – 6:53
  2. "This Side of Paradise" (Mann, Thomas, Pattenden) – 4:47
  3. "Starbird" (Mann, Slade) – 3:09
  4. "Questions" (Mann, Slade) – 4:00
Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)
  1. "Spirits in the Night" (1977 version) (Springsteen) – 3:16
  2. "Blinded by the Light" (single edit) (Springsteen) – 3:49

The first CD-release (1987) of this album, did not contain bonus tracks, and tracks #3 and #7 had changed places

Personnel

  • Manfred Mann – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Colin Pattenden – bass
  • Dave Flett – lead guitar
  • Chris Hamlet Thompson – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Chris Slade – drums, backing vocals, percussion

    • with

  • Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
  • Irene Chanter – backing vocals
  • Susanne Lynch – backing vocals
  • Mick Rogers – backing vocals
  • Barbara Thompson – saxophone

    • Songs

    1Blinded by the Light7:07
    2Singing the Dolphin Through8:15
    3Waiter - There's a Yawn in My Ear5:38

    References

    The Roaring Silence Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA