THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW

3.5 Stars Really. This is the only album I have heard by Manning and it is pretty good. The vocals strongly remind me of the Strawbs and some of the songs would fit right in on a Strawbs album. When I first picked up this album Mr. Manning was in the Prog Folk category on this site. He has since moved over to Eclectic Prog, but this album fits right into my definition of Prog Folk. There are some definite prog elements here but the overall mood still comes across as folky to me. Worth checking out. Just not quite enough to qualify as excellent in my books.