Manic Nirvana

Manic Nirvana
Studio album by Robert Plant
Released 19 March 1990
Recorded 1989
Genre Rock
Length 49:43
Label Es Paranza
Producer Robert Plant, Phil Johnstone, Mark "Spike" Stent
Robert Plant chronology

Now and Zen
(1988)		 Manic Nirvana
(1990)		 Fate of Nations
(1993)

Manic Nirvana is the fifth solo album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1990. The album's lead single, "Big Love", reached #35 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and its follow-up single, "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)", held the #1 position on the same chart for six consecutive weeks.

The album was re-released in a remastered edition on 20 March 2007.

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Track listing

  1. "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)" (Robert Plant, Charlie Jones, Chris Blackwell, Doug Boyle, Phil Johnstone) – 4:04
  2. "Big Love" (Plant, Blackwell, Johnstone) – 4:24
  3. "S S S & Q" (Plant, Jones, Blackwell, Boyle, Johnstone) – 4:38
  4. "I Cried" (Plant, Johnstone) – 4:59
  5. "She Said" (Plant, Jones, Blackwell, Boyle, Johnstone) – 5:10
  6. "Nirvana" (Plant, Jones, Boyle) – 4:36
  7. "Tie Dye on the Highway" (Plant, Blackwell) – 5:15
  8. "Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night" (Mel Glazer, Stephen Schlaks) – 4:36
  9. "Anniversary" (Plant, Johnstone) – 5:02
  10. "Liars Dance" (Plant, Boyle) – 2:40
  11. "Watching You" (Plant, Blackwell, Johnstone) – 4:19

Bonus tracks on remastered edition

  1. "Oompah (Watery Bint)" (Plant, Johnstone) - 5:48
  2. "One Love" (Plant, Jones, Blackwell, Boyle, Johnstone) - 3:15
  3. "Don't Look Back" (Billy Vera) - 3:02

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US Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1990 The Billboard 200 13

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1990 "Big Love" Mainstream Rock Tracks 35
1990 "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
1990 "Hurting Kind (I've Got My Eyes on You)" The Billboard Hot 100 46
1990 "I Cried" Mainstream Rock Tracks 39
1990 "Tie Dye on the Highway" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
1990 "Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night" Mainstream Rock Tracks 8