Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography

The discography of British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band consists of 17 studio albums, 3 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 5 video albums, and 37 singles. Manfred Mann's Earth Band have been releasing albums and singles since 1971.

The Earth Band was formed in 1971 by South African musician Manfred Mann after the break-up of Chapter Three. Mann formed the Earth Band as a progressive rock group to break away from the pop genre.

The band's albums have charted in at least 8 countries and their singles have charted in at least 5. The group is most notable remembered for their cover versions of Bruce Springsteen songs, including "Blinded by the Light", which topped the singles charts in the United States and Canada. The group's albums have been the most successful in Norway, where a total of 7 released peaking in the top 10 of the VG-lista albums chart.

Studio albums Year Title Album details Peak chart positions Certification UK AUS AUT CAN NL NZ NOR SE US GER1972 Manfred Mann's Earth BandReleased: 18 February 1972 Label: Philips (6308 086) Format: LP————————138— Norway: Platinum Glorified MagnifiedReleased: 29 September 1972 Label: Philips (6308 125) Format: LP——————————1973 Messin'Released: 15 June 1973 Label: Vertigo (6360 087) Format: LP US Release: Get Your Rocks Off————————196— Solar FireReleased: 30 November 1973 Label: Bronze (ILPS 9265) Format: LP———96————96— UK: Silver 1974 The Good EarthReleased: 11 October 1974 Label: Bronze (ILPS 9306) Format: LP——————20—157— 1975 Nightingales & BombersReleased: 22 August 1975 Label: Bronze (ILPS 9337) Format: LP————20—10—12049 1976 The Roaring SilenceReleased: 27 August 1976 Label: Bronze (ILPS 9357) Format: LP10810611346171026 UK: Silver US: Gold 1978 WatchReleased: 24 February 1978 Label: Bronze (BRON 507) Format: LP33401485182929833 GER: Platinum NL: Gold 1979 Angel StationReleased: 9 March 1979 Label: Bronze (BRON 516) Format: LP30226—19—361444 AUS: Gold GER: Gold 1980 ChanceReleased: 10 October 1980 Label: Bronze (BRON 529) Format: LP—421223——6138711 1982 Somewhere in AfrikaReleased: October 1982 (Germany) 18 February 1983 (UK) Label: Bronze (BRON 543) Format: LP87—————814408 1986 Criminal TangoReleased: 13 June 1986 Label: Virgin (DIX/DIXCD 35) Format: LP/CD——26———718—17 1987 MasqueReleased: 16 October 1987 Label: Virgin (DIX/DIXCD 69) Format: LP/CD—————————44 1991 Plains MusicReleased: 17 August 1991 Label: Kaz (KAZ D902) Format: LP/CD—————————— 1996 Soft VengeanceReleased: 3 June 1996 Label: Grapevine (GRACD213) Format: CD——————22——65 2004 2006Released: 25 October 2004 Label: Cohesion (MANN 021) Format: CD—————————— "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums Year Title Album details1984 Budapest LiveReleased: 17 February 1984 Recorded: 6–7 April 1983 Label: Bronze (BRON/BRONC 550) Format: LP/Cassette1998 Mann AliveReleased: May 1998 Label: Cohesion (MANNLIVE 1) Format: CD 2009 Bootleg Archives: Volumes 1–5Released: October 2009 Label: Cohesion (MMARCHIVE1) Format: 5 CD Box 2017 Bootleg Archives: Volumes 6–10Released: January 2017 Label: Cohesion (MMARCHIVE2) Format: 5 CD Box

Compilation albums Year Title Album details Peak chart positions UK NL NO GE 1975 1971-1973Released: 1975 Label: Fontana (6438 085) / Vertigo (7299 584) Format: LP/CD———— 1990 20 Years of Manfred Mann's Earth BandReleased: 12 November 1990 Label: Cohesion (BOMME 1/BOMME CD 1) Format: LP/CD——17— 1992 Spotlight: 1971–1991Released: 1992 Label: Cohesion (COMME-CD13) Format: CD———— Blinded by the Light: The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth BandReleased: 1992 Label: Arcade (8800068) Format: CD6977110 1993 The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Vol. 2Released: 1993 Label: Arcade (8800182) Format: CD———— 1996 The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth BandReleased: 1996 (reissued 2007) Label: Warner Bros. Records (Warner Archives 9 46231-2) Format: CD, Cassette———— 1999 The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-MasteredReleased: 4 October 1999 Label: Cohesion (MANN 018) Format: CD———82 2001 The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered Volume IIReleased: 2001 Label: Cohesion (MANN 020) Format: CD———— 2005 Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takesReleased: September 2005 Label: Cohesion (MMBOOK1) Format: CD————

Video albums Year Title Album details 2004 Angel Station in MoscowReleased: 30. June 2004 Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD1) Format: DVD 2006 Unearthed: The Best of 1973–2005Released: 11. December 2006 Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD2) Format: DVD 2007 Budapest LiveReleased: September 2007 Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD3) Format: DVD 2008 Watch the DVDReleased: 03. November 2008 Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD4) Format: DVD 2009 Then And NowReleased: December 2009 Label: Cohesion (MANNDVD5) Format: DVD

Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certification Album UK CA GE IREIrish Recorded Music Association NL NZ SASA Charts 1969 - 1989 US AU1971"Living Without You"———————69—Manfred Mann's Earth Band"Mrs. Henry"———————108—1972"I'm Up and I'm Leaving"———————112—"Meat"—————————Glorified Magnified1973"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"—————————"Get Your Rocks Off"—————————Messin''' |- |"Mardi Gras Day" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|"Joybringer" |align="center"|9 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|20 |align="center"|— |align="center"|10 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|93 | |rowspan="1"|Non-Album single |- |rowspan="2"|1974 |"Father of Day, Father of Night" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |rowspan="1"|Solar Fire|- |"Be Not Too Hard" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |The Good Earth|- |1975 |"Spirit in the Night" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|10 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|97 |align="center"|— | |Nightingales & Bombers|- |rowspan="2"|1976 |"Blinded by the Light" |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|19 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|— |align="center"|1 |align="center"|11 | UK: Silver US: Gold |rowspan="2"|The Roaring Silence|- |"Questions" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|rowspan="2"|1977 |"Spirit in the Night" (New Version) |align="center"|— |align="center"|64 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|40 |align="center"|73 | |Non-album single |- |"California" |align="center"|54 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|31 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|96 | |rowspan="3"|Watch|- |rowspan="2"|1978 |"Mighty Quinn" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|14 |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|"Davy's on the Road Again" |align="center"|6 |align="center"|— |align="center"|26 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|48

|rowspan="2"|1979 |"You Angel You" |align="center"|54 |align="center"|93 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|58 |align="center"|50 | |rowspan="2"|Angel Station|- |"Don't Kill It Carol" |align="center"|45 |align="center"|— |align="center"|23 |align="center"|29 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|1980 |"Lies (Through the 80's)" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|26 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|98 | |rowspan="2"|Chance|- |rowspan="2"|1981 |"For You" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|106 |align="center"|—

|"I (Who Have Nothing)" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|48 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |Non-album single |- |rowspan="4"|1982 |"Eyes of Nostradamus" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |rowspan="5"|Somewhere in Afrika*No 2 on 1251am radio station for 1 week.Played in top 5 every night. Major radio station in Auckland |- |"Redemption Song" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|"Tribal Statistics" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|2* |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|"Demolition Man" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|1984 |"Runner" |align="center"|— |align="center"|34 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|8 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|—

|rowspan="2"|1986 |"Do Anything You Wanna Do" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |rowspan="2"|Criminal Tango|- |"Going Underground" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|1987 |"Geronimo's Cadillac" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |Masque|- |1992 |"Blinded by the Light" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |Blinded by the Light: The Very Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band|- |rowspan="3"|1996 |"Nothing Ever Happens" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|97 |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |rowspan="3"|Soft Vengeance|- |"Tumbling Ball" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|"Pleasure and Pain" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|—

|1998 |"Mighty Quinn" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |Mann Alive|- |2004 |"Demons and Dragons" |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— |align="center"|— | |2006''2011"(Lick Your) Boots"—————————Non-album single "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography

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