Manorisms Explained

Manorisms
Type:	studio
Artist:	Wet Willie
Cover:	Wet Willie - Manorisms.png
Released:	November 14, 1977^[1]
Studio:	The Manor Studio & Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, England
Genre:	Rock
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Gary Lyons
Prev Title:	Greatest Hits
Prev Year:	1977
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Manorisms is a 1977 album by Wet Willie and was released on the Epic Records label. The building on the cover is The Manor Studio in Shipton-on-Cherwell where much of the album was recorded. It contains the hit single, "Street Corner Serenade" (US Billboard #30).

Track listing

1. "Rainman" (Mike Duke)
2. "Make You Feel Love Again" (George Jackson, Thomas Jones)
3. "So Blue" (Duke)
4. "We Got Lovin'" (Duke, Jimmy Hall, Jack Hall)
5. "Don't Turn Me Away" (Duke)
6. "Street Corner Serenade" (Duke, Jimmy Hall, Marshall Smith)
7. "One Track Mind" (Duke, Jimmy Hall)
8. "How 'Bout You?" (Duke)
9. "Doin' All the Right Things (The Wrong Way)" (Duke)
10. "Let It Shine" (Duke, Hall, Hall, Smith)

Personnel

• Jimmy Hall – saxophone, lead vocals, harmonica
• Marshall Smith – guitar, backing vocals
• Larry Berwald – guitar
• Mike Duke – keyboards, lead vocals
• Jack Hall – bass, backing vocals
• Theophilus Lively – drums, backing vocals, percussion
• Fiachra Trench – orchestration on "Don't Turn Me Away" and "Let It Shine"
• Mick Glossop – engineer

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	93
US Billboard 200^[3]	118

Notes and References

1. ("...set for release Monday".) . November 12, 1977 . Signings . . 49 . Billboard Publications, Inc. . June 11, 2011 .
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 335.
3. Billboard 200 Chart: March 4, 1978. Billboard. September 11, 2020.