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Manfred Mann - Mann Made (1965)

Track listing:
  1. Since I Don't Have You 2:37
  2. You're for Me 2:55
  3. Look Away 2:19
  4. The Abominable Snowmann 2:45
  5. Watch Your Step 2:14
  6. Stormy Monday Blues 3:41
  7. I Really Do Believe 3:06
  8. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo 2:41
  9. The Way You Do the Things You Do 2:42
  10. Bare Hugg 3:52
  11. You Don't Know Me 3:45
  12. L.S.D. 3:51
  13. I'll Make It Up to You 3:15
  14. A Love Like Yours [Bonus] 2:26
  15. She [Bonus] 2:18
  16. Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron [Bonus] 2:01
  17. I Can't Believe What You Say [Bonus] 2:20
  18. Poison Ivy [Bonus] 2:50
  19. My Little Red Book [Bonus] 2:26
  20. You Gave Me Somebody to Love [Bonus] 3:02
  21. Driva Man [Bonus] 2:29
  22. It's Getting Late [Bonus] 2:36
  23. Come Home Baby [Bonus] 2:29
  24. Sie [Bonus] 2:12
  25. Group Interview [Bonus] 11:04

Notes

Japan 24-Bit Remaster

The group's second British album — released just as the original lineup was entering a state of collapse with the impending departure of two key members — shows some of the changes that can happen in a year, as they moved away from Chess Records' brand of blues as their baseline. Instead, they produced a sound that's slightly smoother and a lot more soulful.

A handful of originals, mostly by Mike Vickers and Mike Hugg with one Paul Jones-authored number thrown in, are scattered amid covers of songs originated by the Temptations, the Skyliners, and T-Bone Walker. If it isn't as fierce, bold, or daringly ambitious as the Manfreds' debut long-player, Mann Made is just as much a virtuoso effort, and a surprisingly cohesive one, considering that it was released immediately after Mike Vickers and Paul Jones announced their respective departures from the band.