Solar Fire is a Rock album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 141 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- layered
- intense
- spacey
About
✪ Manfred Mann's Earth Band -- Solar Fire ✪ Fans of muscular progressive rock will love Solar Fire, a concept album loosely designed around cosmology. The album opens with the majestic Father of Night, Father of Day, which has the drive and complexity of a prime King Crimson track. As unlikely as it may seem, the track was controversial in Mann's native South Africa because of the "Father of black, father of white" line, implying that apartheid might not extend to infinite space. The album moves on to the progressive rock / jazz fusion of In the Beginning, Darkness, a .
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Tracklist
- 1Father of Day, Father of Night9:55
- 2In the Beginning, Darkness5:21
- 3Pluto the Dog2:47
- 4Solar Fire5:15
- 5Saturn, Lord of the Ring, Mercury the Winged Messenger6:31
- 6Earth, the Circle, Pt. 23:22
- 7Earth, the Circle, Pt. 13:55
- 8Joybringer3:24
- 9Father of Day, Father of Night (Edited Version)3:03
Credits
Performers
- Doreen ChanterBACKING VOCALS
- Grove SingersBACKING VOCALS
- Irene ChanterBACKING VOCALS
- Colin PattendenBASS GUITAR BASS
- Chris SladeDRUMS
- Mick RogersGUITAR VOCALS LEAD GUITAR
- Manfred MannORGAN SYNTHESIZER VOCALS
- Paul RutherfordTROMBONE
- Peter MilesPERCUSSION
- Chanter SistersBACKING VOCALS
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 141 pressings tracked on Gatefold