Criminal Tango Explained

Criminal Tango
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson
Cover:	Criminal Tango.jpg
Released:	13 June 1986
Recorded:	1984–1986
Studio:	Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London
Genre:	Pop rock, new wave, synth-pop
Length:	37:34
Label:	10/Virgin (Canada, Germany original release) Cohesion (Canada, Germany 1999 reissue)
Producer:	Manfred Mann Steve Forward
Chronology:	Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Prev Title:	Budapest Live
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Masque
Next Year:	1987

Criminal Tango is the twelfth studio album released in 1986 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson. Founding guitarist/vocalist Mick Rogers returned to the band for this album and is still an active member. The new bassist Steve Kinch joined the band only when parts of the album were already recorded. Kinch therefore shared the bass parts on this album with bassists Durban Betancourt-Laverde and John Giblin.^{[1] [2]} This is their first album for the Virgin Records label after eleven years with Bronze Records.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Going Underground" (Paul Weller) – 5:18
2. "Who Are The Mystery Kids?" (Manfred Mann, Garland Jeffreys) – 3:44
3. "Banquet" (Joni Mitchell) – 5:17
4. "Killer On The Loose" (Denny Newman) – 3:59

Side two

5. "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Graham Douglas, Edwin Hollis) – 4:14
6. "Rescue" (Mann, Mick Rogers) – 2:59
7. "You Got Me Right Through The Heart" (Robert Byrne) – 3:53
8. "Bulldog" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:23
9. "Crossfire" (Mann, Rogers, John Lingwood) – 3:47

Bonus Tracks (1999 CD re-issue)

10. "Runner" (12" version) (Ian Thomas) – 4:39
11. "Rebel" (U.S. single version) (Reg Laws) – 4:08
12. "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (12" version) (Douglas, Hollis) – 6:28
13. "Going Underground" (alternate single version) (Weller) – 3:01

Personnel

The Earth Band

• Manfred Mann – keyboards
• John Lingwood – drums, percussion
• Mick Rogers – guitar, vocals
• Chris Thompson – lead vocals
• Steve Kinch – bass
• Durban Betancourt-Laverde – bass

Additional musicians

• John Giblin – bass

Technical

• Manfred Mann, Steve Forward – producers
• Terry Medhurst – engineer
• Pete Hammond – engineer
• Nigel Gilroy, Stuart Barry – assistant engineers
• Roddy Matthews – mixing engineer (track 4)
• The Leisure Process – cover design
• Re-mastered by: Robert M. Corich and Mike Brown

Notes and References

1. Book: Mannerisms: The Five Phases of Manfred Mann . 2022 . Crossfire Publications . 978-0-9983550-8-5 . 4th . 180f.
2. Book: Mannerisms: The Five Phases of Manfred Mann . 2022 . Crossfire Publications . 978-0-9983550-8-5 . 4th. 394.