| Slow Motion | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Man |
| Cover: | Man_Slow_Motion.jpg |
| Recorded: | July and September 1974 |
| Studio: | Rockfield Studios near Monmouth |
| Length: | 39:33 |
| Label: | United Artists |
| Producer: | Man with Anton Matthews |
| Prev Title: | Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Maximum Darkness |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
Slow Motion is the ninth album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released on the United Artists Records label.[1] It was the only album recorded by this line-up, Malcolm Morley (guitar, keyboards, vocals) having left the day before recording was due to start. He was not replaced, so the album was recorded by the remaining four members. Unlike the previous and subsequent albums (Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics and The Welsh Connection) Slow Motion failed to make the UK top 40 album chart.
The album title was chosen to challenge sleeve designer Rick Griffin, who painted Alfred E. Neuman shaking a fish, but Mad magazine objected, so the final image concentrated on the fish.[2] The band name "Man" was also written in a font resembling the Mad logo.
All songs composed by Micky Jones, Deke Leonard, Ken Whaley and Terry Williams.
Original LP released on United Artists in 1974 - Catalogue Nos UAG 29675 (UK) and LA 345G (US)
Released as CD on Beat Goes On Records (BGO Records) in 1993 - Catalogue Nos BGOCD 209 (UK) and BGT 209 (US)
Remixed and re-issued with bonus tracks on Esoteric Recordings in 2008 - Catalogue No ECLEC 2062
For information about releases in other countries, singles, cassettes, 8 track cartridges etc., see The Manband Archive[3]