The Welsh Connection

The Welsh Connection
Studio album by Man
Released March 1976
Recorded at Olympic Studios, Barnes between December 1975 and February 1976
Genre Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock
Length 41:05
Label MCA Records
Producer Man
Man chronology

Maximum Darkness
(1975)		 The Welsh Connection
(1976)		 All's Well That Ends Well
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (C+) [2]

The Welsh Connection (on the album cover: Welsh-Connection) is the eleventh album by the Welsh psychedelic/progressive rock band Man and was released on the MCA Records label 1976.[3] It was their first MCA release, and the first after a change of line-up that saw John McKenzie take over on bass from Martin Ace, and Phil Ryan rejoin. Ryan had worked with Pete Brown in the interim, and arranged for Brown to play on two tracks.

The track "Something is Happening" was sampled on "Break the Bank" a 2014 single by rapper Schoolboy Q.[4]


Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "The Ride and the View"  Deke Leonard 5:01
2. "Out of Your Head"  Leonard 4:04
3. "Love Can Find a Way"  John McKenzie 5:13
4. "The Welsh Connection"  Phil Ryan, Micky Jones 7:18
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Something is Happening"  Ryan 6:21
2. "Car Toon"  Leonard, Ryan 6:01
3. "Born With a Future"  Jones, Leonard, Ryan 7:07
Bonus track
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
8. "(I'm A) Love-Taker" (b-side "Out of Your Head" single)Leonard 2:47

Personnel

Credits

References

  1. ↑ Collins, Paul. "The Welsh Connection - Man | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Man". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Manband Archive - Music". www.manband-archive.com. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  4. ↑ Kielty, Martin (6 March 2014). "Man score US No.1 with 70s track". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2014.