Label: Air Mail Archive (Japan), AIRAC-1106
Style: Rock, Art Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 44:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 298 Mb
The second album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band to be released in 1972,
Glorified Magnified is as solid a heavy rock album as you're likely to
find from that era, and it still holds up three decades later, mostly
because these guys are smarter than the music they're playing and don't
mind indulging their taste as well as their dexterity. They can romp and
stomp through "Meat" or "I'm Gonna Have You All," complete with a
slashing guitar solo by Mick Rogers on the latter, or throw in a
synthesizer interlude by Mann on "One Way Glass" that's so quietly and
carefully executed as to be worthy of a classical piece -- and not skip a
beat doing it. Between Rogers' bold yet tasteful leads, Mann's
beautifully assertive yet virtuoso synthesizer and general keyboard
work, and Colin Pattenden's muscular bass playing, this is a
consistently inspired group, even when their material isn't as
interesting as what they do with it, which is the case here. On "Look
Around," for example, Rogers' playing on the break starts off as brief,
fragmentary digressions off from a not too terribly diverting central
riff that turn into longer progressions that eventually take the entire
band with him -- and just when you think you've got this band pegged in
terms of what it's about, along comes "Ashes to the Wind," opening side
two of the original LP, which includes room for an acoustic guitar amid
the high-wattage excursions, all leading into a surprisingly effective
synthesizer workout by Mann on "Wind," before moving onto the acoustic
guitar-driven "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." The latter, which adds
instrumentation until it's so totally removed from its opening section
as to be a different song, is one of the best Dylan covers of its era,
and is almost worth the price of admission by itself. And then there's
the title instrumental, a mix of rock and synthesizer sounds -- with a
choir in there somewhere -- that sounds like mid-'70s King Crimson in
rehearsal.
(allmusic.com/album/glorified-magnified-mw0000697568)
(allmusic.com/album/glorified-magnified-mw0000697568)
01. Meat (04:02)
02. Look Around (05:10)
03. One Way Glass (04:07)
04. I'm Gonna Have You All (05:19)
05. Down Home (03:17)
06. Our Friend George (03:02)
07. Ashes To The Wind (02:14)
08. Wind (01:58)
09. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (04:26)
10. Glorified Magnified (04:43)
11. Meat (Single Version) (03:16)
12. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Single Version) (03:15)
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