The Roaring Silence (album)
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| Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band | ||||
| Released | 27 August 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London, 1976 | |||
| Genre | progressive rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 39:55 | |||
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Bronze (UK) Warner Bros. (U.S.) |
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| Producer | Manfred Mann and Earth Band | |||
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| Robert Christgau | C |
The Roaring Silence is an album released in 1976 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. "Blinded by the Light", which reached number one the Billboard Hot 100, is a cover version of a song by Bruce Springsteen; "Questions" is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in G flat Major; "Starbird" takes its theme from Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird. This album also marked the arrival of vocalist/guitarist Chris Hamlet Thompson.
The main riff of "Waiter, There's a Yawn in My Ear" is taken from the Manfred Mann Chapter Three track "Fish" which was recorded for their abandoned third album. It was ultimately released in 2005 on the Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes box set.
The first CD-release (1987) of this album, did not contain bonus tracks, and tracks #3 and #7 had changed places
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