Solar Fire

Solar Fire
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released 30 November 1973
Recorded 1973
Studio The Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive metal, progressive rock, jazz rock
Length 37:10
Label Bronze (UK)
Polydor (U.S.)
Producer Manfred Mann, Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Messin'
(1973)Messin'1973		 Solar Fire
(1973)		 The Good Earth
(1974)The Good Earth1974
Singles from Solar Fire
  1. "Father of Day, Father of Night"
    Released: February, 1974

Solar Fire is the fourth studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released in 1973. It spent 15 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number 96 on May 11, 1974.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Robert ChristgauC+ [3]

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Father of Day, Father of Night" (Bob Dylan) – 9:55
  2. "In the Beginning, Darkness" (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers, Chris Slade) – 5:22
  3. "Pluto the Dog" (Mann, Rogers, Slade, Colin Pattenden) – 2:48
Side two
  1. "Solar Fire" (Mann, Rogers, Slade, Pattenden) – 5:15
  2. "Saturn, Lord of the Ring/Mercury, The Winged Messenger"[4] (Mann/Mann, Rogers) – 6:31
  3. "Earth, The Circle Part 2" (Mann) – 3:23
  4. "Earth, The Circle Part 1" (Mann) – 3:56
Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)
  1. "Joybringer" (Gustav Holst, Mann, Rogers, Slade) – 3:25
  2. "Father of Day, Father of Night" (Edited version) (Dylan) – 3:03

As mentioned in the Manfred Mann's Earth Band article the track listing varied from area to area. For Denmark, as an example, this album did not include "Joybringer" and the edited version of "Father of day, Father of Night". "Joybringer" was released as a non-album single in 1973.[5]

Personnel

The Earth Band

Additional musicians

Technical

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard 200 - May 11, 1974\accessdate=august 8, 2017".
  2. ↑ Foss, Richard. Solar Fire at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: manfred mann's earth band". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  4. ↑ this piece is based on the track "Fish", 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.
  5. ↑ "Manfred Mann's Earthband* – Joybringer". discogs.org. Retrieved 6 August 2016.


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