Watch (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album)

Watch
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released	24 February 1978
Recorded	1977
Studio	Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London
Genre	Rock hard rock progressive rock
Length	39:26
Label	Bronze (UK) Warner Bros. (U.S.)
Producer	Manfred Mann and Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
The Roaring Silence (1976)The Roaring Silence1976 Watch (1978) Angel Station (1979)Angel Station1979
Singles from Watch
"California" Released: November 18, 1977 "Mighty Quinn" Released: March 3, 1978 "Davy's On The Road Again" Released: April 28, 1978

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Watch is the eighth album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, a studio album with several live tracks released in 1978. It is the first album recorded with new bassist Pat King.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Circles" (Alan Mark) – 4:50
2. "Drowning on Dry Land/Fish Soup" (Chris Slade, Dave Flett, Manfred Mann) – 6:01
3. "Chicago Institute" (Peter Thomas, Mann, Flett) – 5:47
4. "California" (Sue Vickers) – 5:32

Side two

5. "Davy's on the Road Again" (Live) (John Simon, Robbie Robertson) – 5:55
6. "Martha's Madman" (Lane Tietgen) – 4:52
7. "Mighty Quinn" (Live) (Bob Dylan) – 6:29

Bonus Tracks 1998 CD re-issue

8. "California" (single edit) (Sue Vickers) – 3:46
9. "Davy's on the Road Again" (single edit) (Simon, Robertson) – 3:38
10. "Bouillabaisse" (single edit) (Flett, Mann) – 4:02
11. "Mighty Quinn" (single edit) (Dylan) – 3:39

Personnel

The Earth Band

• Manfred Mann – keyboards, backing vocals
• Chris Slade – drums, percussion
• Pat King – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Dave Flett – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Chris Hamlet Thompson – vocals, guitar

Additional Musicians

• Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Stevie Lange, Victy Silva, Kim Goddy – backing vocals

Technical

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band – producers
• Laurence Latham – engineer
• Rick Walton – engineer
• Edwin Cross – assistant engineer
• Michael Sanz – cover painting
• Pat King – photography

References

External links

• Watch at Discogs (list of releases)