Mann Made – MANFRED MANN****

Since I Don’t Have You/You’re For Me/Look Away/The Abominable Snowmann/Watch Your Step/Stormy Monday/I Really Do Believe/Hi-Lili Hi-Lo/The Way You Do The Things You Do/Bare Hugg/You Don’t Know Me/ LSD/I’ll Make It Up To You

Manfred Mann's second album Mann Made has fewer blues numbers than their debut, but still remains less pop orientated than their hit singles of the period. Front man Paul Jones would leave shortly afterwards. (UK:7)

"The group's second British album, released just as the original line up was entering a state of collapse, shows some changes as they moved away from blues as their baseline. Instead, they produced a sound that's slightly smoother and a lot more soulful. If it isn't as fierce, bold, or daringly ambitious as the debut. Mann Made is just as much a virtuoso effort, and a surprisingly cohesive one."

"Manfred Mann were one of the best R & B groups of that (or any other) time. Drawing heavily from the likes of Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, they turned out track after track of well made blues. Many of their recordings have a distinct jazzy tinge, and a very British feel."

"Fronted by Paul Jones on vocals, this was a group so packed with musical talent that it could not fail, and indeed it did not."

"The tracks memorably showcase the voice of Paul Jones. Although he never had the raw edge of Steve Marriott or Rod Stewart in their prime, he's nevertheless an effective blues shouter with a clear, ringing tone."

"Manfred Mann were a group of musical individualists coming together in the studio. You can hear they had fun together and stretched out their musical ideas to create absolutely terrific music, popular masterpieces of blues, jazz, soul and beyond. This is representative of those creative days. You'll be amazed at the scope of musical details, of inventiveness and drive in solos and arrangements."