Long a fan favorite, Man's fourth studio album was recorded in 1971 during a harried one-week studio session that found the group having to write nearly the entire album, barring the tight and rocking "Angel Easy" and the group's multi-part masterwork "Many Are Called but Few Get Up." Frankly, the album sounds like a record that was largely jammed in the studio; the eight-minute-plus jams that close each side, "We're Only Children" and "Love Your Life," are particularly tiresome, good instrumental and lyrical ideas stretched well past their breaking points. However, besides the superior "Angel Easy" and "Many Are Called but Few Get Up," the album does include the rather wonderful "All Good Clean Fun," a showcase for pianist Clive John and lead guitarist Deke Leonard that has a delightful prog pop playfulness akin to some of Genesis' more lighthearted early moments or the daffiness of the later band Hatfield & the North.
by Stewart Mason
1969 Man - 2 Ozs Of Plastic With A Hole In The Middle (2009 remaster)Tracks
1. Angel Easy - 5:02
2. All Good Clean Fun - 4:34
3. We're Only Children - 8:30
4. Many Are Called, But Few Get Up - 7:26
5. Manillo - 5:17
6. Love Your Life - 8:59
7. Many Are Called, But Few Get Up - 8:55
8. Angel Easy - 5:06
9. Romain - 18:32
All compositions by Martin Ace, Clive John, Michael Jones, Deke Leonard, Terry Williams
Bonus Tracks 7-9 recorded Live at Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
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*Martin Ace - Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
*Clive John - Organ, Piano, Vocals
*Michael Jones - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
*Roger "Deke" Leonard - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
*Terry Williams - Drums
1971 Man - Man (2007 remaster)
1973 Help Yourself - 5 (2004 release)
1972 Man - Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day (2007 remaster with extra tracks)
1974 Man - Slow Motion (2008 remaster and expanded)
1974 Man - Rhinos Winos And Lunatics (2007 double disc remaster)
1974 Man - Slow Motion (2008 remaster and expanded)
1974 Man - Rhinos Winos And Lunatics (2007 double disc remaster)
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