Soft Vengeance

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Soft Vengeance
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released	April 1996
Recorded	Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London, 1992—1996
Genre	Rock Hard rock Progressive rock
Length	54:05
Label	Grapevine
Producer	Manfred Mann Richard James Burgess
Professional reviews
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Plains Music (1991) Soft Vengeance (1996) Mann Alive (1998)

Soft Vengeance is an album released in 1996 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pleasure And Pain" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:39
2. "Play With Fire" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman) – 3:58
3. "Nothing Ever Happens" (Justin Currie) – 4:10
4. "Shelter from The Storm" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06
5. "Tumbling Ball" (Mark Spiro) – 5:35
6. "The Price I Pay" (Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:06
7. "Lose The Touch" (C Schumann) – 3:31
8. "Adults Only" (Manfred Mann) – 3:36
9. "Wherever Love Drops — Part One" (Mann, Russell Hoban) – 1:05
10. "The Complete History Of Sexual Jealousy" (Nick Currie) – 3:30
11. "99 lbs" (Dannie Bryant) – 2:38
12. "Miss You" (C Schumann) – 3:33
13. "Nature Of The Beast" (Copyright Control) – 4:35
14. "Wherever Love Drops — Part Two" (Mann, Hoban, Anthony Moore) – 2:00

[edit] Personnel

• Manfred Mann - keyboards, programming
• Mick Rogers - guitars
• Dave Farmer - drums
• Clive Bunker - drums
• Steve Kinch - bass
• Chris Thompson - vocals
• Noel McCalla - vocals

with

• Russell Hoban - speech (on "Wherever Love Drops")
• Richard Marcangelo - drums
• Richard James Burgess - drums
• Gavin Harrison - drums
• Andy Pask - bass
• Tony Patler - bass
• Gary Farmer - guitar
• Clem Clempson - guitar
• Mitch Dalton - guitar
• Tony Patler - guitar
• Gary Sanctuary - Wurlitzer electric piano (on "99lbs")
• Linda Taylor - backing vocals
• Maggie Ryder - backing vocals
• Carole Kenyon - backing vocals
• Janice Hoyte - backing vocals
• Diane Byrch - backing vocals
• Stevie Lange - backing vocals

v • d • e Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann • Mick Rodgers • Noel McCalla • Geoff Dunn • Steve Kinch Chris Thompson • Steve Waller • Chris Slade • Colin Pattenden • Pat King • John Lingwood • Clive Bunker • Dave Flett • Matt Irving • Shona Laing • Richard Marcangelo • Geoff Britton • John Trotter • Pete May Studio albums Manfred Mann's Earth Band • Glorified Magnified • Messin' • Solar Fire • The Good Earth • Nightingales and Bombers • The Roaring Silence • Watch • Angel Station • Chance • Somewhere in Afrika • Criminal Tango • Masque • Plains Music • Soft Vengeance • 2006 Live albums Budapest Live • Mann Alive Compilations The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered • The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered Volume II • Odds & Sods - Mis-takes & Out-takes Songs "Blinded by the Light" • "Mighty Quinn" • "Redemption Song" Related articles Discography • Manfred Mann • Manfred Mann Chapter Three • The Manfreds