The Good Earth

by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The Good Earth cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 October 1974
  • Label: Bronze
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:34
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Chris Slade, Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers, Colin Pattenden

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reflecting a burgeoning environmental consciousness, 'The Good Earth' famously offered purchasers a legally binding right to one square foot of an estate in Wales. Musically, it showcases the band's penchant for reimagining folk and rock covers through their signature, Moog-driven progressive lens.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, nature, technical

Tracklist

  1. Give Me the Good Earth (8:31)
  2. Launching Place (5:52)
  3. I'll Be Gone (3:42)
  4. Earth Hymn (6:19)
  5. Sky High (5:15)
  6. Be Not Too Hard (4:12)
  7. Earth Hymn, Pt. 2 (4:18)
  8. Be Not Too Hard - Single Edit (3:39)
  9. I'll Be Gone - Single Edit (3:28)
  10. Earth Hymn, Pt. 2 - Single Edit (4:13)

Credits

  • Colin Pattenden - bass guitar
  • Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Manfred Mann - keyboards, written-by
  • George Peckham - lacquer cut by
  • Porky - lacquer cut by
  • Chris Slade - percussion, written-by
  • Laurie Latham - tape op [tape operator]
  • Gary Wright - written-by

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