Angel Station

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FieldValue
nameAngel Station
typeStudio album
artistManfred Mann's Earth Band
coverAngel Station.jpg
released9 March 1979
recordedAugust 1978 – January 1979
studio
genre
length38:47
label
producer
prev_titleWatch
prev_year1978
next_titleChance
next_year1980
misc{{Singles
nameAngel Station
typestudio
single1You Angel You
single1date2 February 1979
single2Don't Kill It Carol
single2date8 June 1979
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| name = Angel Station | type = Studio album | artist = Manfred Mann's Earth Band | cover = Angel Station.jpg | alt = | released = 9 March 1979 | recorded = August 1978 – January 1979 | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 38:47 | label = | producer = | prev_title = Watch | prev_year = 1978 | next_title = Chance | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Angel Station | type = studio | single1 = You Angel You | single1date = 2 February 1979 | single2 = Don't Kill It Carol | single2date = 8 June 1979 Angel Station is the ninth album released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released in 1979. Several line-up changes were made for this album. Ex-Wings drummer Geoff Britton replaced founding drummer Chris Slade and Steve Waller replaced guitarist Dave Flett. Britton left the band soon after due to illness, and was replaced by John Lingwood. Also in the line-up were Pat King on bass guitar from the then current line-up and Chris Thompson.

Background

Angel Station features a six-note descending theme in most of the songs on the album, woven into the context of each song in a different way, an idea hatched by Pat King after having watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind. "Hollywood Town" and "You Are, I Am" share a common chord progression and basic arrangement. They occupied almost identical positions on either side of the LP.

Of interest is the involvement of Fingerprintz's Jimme O'Neill whose influence can be heard in the edgy, angular instrumental "Platform End" (a song whose title was probably influenced by the fact that it originally closed the 1979 vinyl's A side, while it was also a play on the back cover of the previous album Watch), and ex-Slapp Happy/Henry Cow member Anthony Moore who produced the album and influenced its modern, sparse sound.

::quote This is Chris Thompson's last album with the Earth Band as he is forming his own band in the near future. I wish to thank him for a valuable creative and personal relationship, and wish him every success in the future. – Manfred Mann, 1979 In spite of this announcement, Thompson's own outfit Night turned out as unsuccessful, releasing two mostly overlooked albums in 1979 and 1980 respectively, so the singer stayed with the Earth Band instead, returning on the group's next album Chance (1980) already.

The album was on the US Billboard 200 charts for thirteen weeks, peaking at No. 144 on 9 June 1979. The single "You Angel You" spent seven weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at No. 58 on 14 July 1979. The album spent eight weeks and reached No. 4 on the German Media Control Albums Chart.

Kanye West sampled the bridge from "You Are, I Am" for the track "So Appalled" from West's 2010 album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Manfred Mann adapted this recording into his own track "One Hand in the Air" on his 2014 album Lone Arranger.

Platform End also became the title of the official MMEB fanclub's magazine, nowadays it is the fanclub website's name.

==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev2score = | rev3 = Melody Maker | rev3Score = favourable | rev4 = Music Week | rev4score = | rev5 = Musikexpress | rev5score = | rev6 = NME | rev6Score = favourable | rev7 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev7Score = }}

The Globe and Mail noted that "there are no songs with the hit potential of 'Blinded By the Light', only a safe copy called 'Don't Kill It Carol', by former Incredible String Bander Mike Heron."

== Track listing == ===Side one===

"Don't Kill It Carol" (Mike Heron) – 6:18

"You Angel You" (Bob Dylan) – 4:02

"Hollywood Town" (Harriet Schock) – 5:09

Belle' of the Earth" (Manfred Mann) – 2:46

"Platform End" (Mann, Geoff Britton, Pat King, Steve Waller, Chris Thompson, Jimme O'Neill) – 1:32

===Side two===

"Angels at My Gate" (Mann, Hirth Martinez, O'Neill) – 4:50

"You Are – I Am" (Mann) – 5:11

"Waiting for the Rain" (Billy Falcon) – 6:17

"Resurrection" (Mann) – 2:42

===1999 CD re-issue Bonus Tracks===

"Don't Kill It Carol" (single version) (Heron) – 3:58

"You Angel You" (single version) (Dylan) – 3:46

==Personnel== The Earth Band

  • Chris Thompson – vocals (chorus of "Don't Kill It Carol", "You Angel You", "Hollywood Town", ""Belle" of the Earth", "You Are - I Am", "Waiting for the Rain")
  • Steve Waller – guitar, vocals (verse of "Don't Kill it Carol", "You Angel You", ""Belle" of the Earth", "Angels at My Gate", "You Are - I Am")
  • Manfred Mann – keyboards, vocals ("Resurrection", bridge of "Don't Kill It Carol")
  • Pat King – bass guitar, vocals (Co-lead vocals and backing vocals on verse of "Don't kill it Carol" and "Angel's at my gate")
  • Geoff Britton – drums, alto saxophone

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Anthony Moore – producer
  • Rik Walton – engineer
  • Davie Phee, Edwin Cross – assistant engineers
  • Martin Poole – art direction
  • John Shaw – photography (front cover)
  • Pat King – photography (back cover)
  • Re-mastered by: Robert M Corich and Mike Brown

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col" | Chart (1979) ! scope="col" | Peak position |- ! scope="row" | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)

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===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col" | Chart (1979) ! scope="col" | Position |- ! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 8 |}

==Certifications==

== Notes ==

==External links==

[[Category:Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums]] [[Category:1979 albums]] [[Category:Bronze Records albums]] [[Category:Warner Records albums]] ::

References

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  2. "Manfred Mann's Earth Band". newburycomics.com.
  3. "Billboard 200 – June 9, 1979".
  4. "Billboard Hot 100 – July 14, 1979".
  5. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts".
  6. "Magazines 1-3".
  7. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/angel-station-mw0000194751 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - ''Angel Station'' (1979) album review by Joe Viglione, credits & releases] at [[AllMusic]]
  8. Larkin, Colin. (1998). "[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]". [[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
  9. Welch, Chris. (March 1979). "Manfred Mann's Earth Band: "Angel Station"".
  10. (March 24, 1979). "Album Reviews: Manfred Mann's Earth Band — "Angel Station"". Pensord Press Ltd..
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  12. Edmands, Bob. (31 March 1979). "Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Angel Station".
  13. Marsh, Dave. (1983). "[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]". [[Random House]].
  14. (19 May 1979). "Angel Station Manfred Mann's Earth Band". The Globe and Mail.
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