MANFRED MANN '06: 2006

Manfred Mann is trying to find his place in new century music market. Very first song shows it: soul-pop-rock song with even some rap-vocals. Not very listenable. Second song is 1:22 minutes (!) long instrumental. Sounds as promo version of longer song.

Song No. 3 is Lieber/Stollier production hit Down In Mexico. Musical part sounds as Tom Jones old song scented with few melodies from "Nightingales and Bombers". I'm serious!

Happenstance is uninspired electric reggy - blues.Happily, instrumental. The History of Sexual Jealousy is not very professional urban/r'n'b clone with chorals. I 'm serious again!

Black Eyes can make me laugh. Classic Russian romance song ( I can name few thousand version of it were sung) is transferred to melodic pop-rock instrumental. Mars is kind of MM self parody.

Eights song is pop-soul with pretension to be a hit. Great song's name, however ( Get Me Out Of This).Frog is acoustic naive ballade with Mann's spoken vocals.

Two Friends sound as previous ballade just with a bit faster tempo and with addition of Hammond and heavy guitar solos ( melody wasn't changed, mostly because there was no melody to be changed).

Monkman uses Enigma's chorals just from very beginning. Enigma's few electronic beats are useable there as well. Marché, Slave is extra-short instrumental (1:42) mixing few simple electronic sounds with Middle East tune. Independent Woman is pop song with female vocals ( understandable, according to song's name) and some low key electric keys and rap ( in German as well).

Wait, wait, still not the end - there are bonus track ( didn't mentioned on cover).Still want to know what this song is about?

Total disaster.