Watch (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album) explained

Watch
Type:	studio
Artist:	Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Cover:	Watch (album).jpg
Released:	24 February 1978
Recorded:	1977
Studio:	Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London
Length:	39:26
Label:	Bronze (UK) Warner Bros. (U.S.)
Producer:	Manfred Mann and Earth Band
Prev Title:	The Roaring Silence
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Angel Station
Next Year:	1979

Watch is the eighth album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, a studio album with two live tracks released in 1978. It is the first album recorded with new bassist Pat King, and the final album for both guitarist Dave Flett and original drummer Chris Slade. In West Germany, it stayed 69 weeks in the charts (# 3 highest position),^[1] receiving platinum status in 1981.^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Circles" (Alan Mark) – 4:50
2. "Drowning on Dry Land/Fish Soup" (Chris Slade, Dave Flett, Manfred Mann) – 6:01
3. "Chicago Institute" (Peter Thomas, Mann, Flett) – 5:47
4. "California" (Sue Vickers) – 5:32

Side two

5. "Davy's on the Road Again" (Live) (John Simon, Robbie Robertson) – 5:55
6. "Martha's Madman" (Lane Tietgen) – 4:52
7. "Mighty Quinn" (Live) (Bob Dylan) – 6:29

Bonus Tracks 1998 CD re-issue

8. "California" (single edit) (Sue Vickers) – 3:46
9. "Davy's on the Road Again" (single edit) (Simon, Robertson) – 3:38
10. "Bouillabaisse" (single edit) (Flett, Mann) – 4:02
11. "Mighty Quinn" (single edit) (Dylan) – 3:39

Personnel

The Earth Band

• Chris Hamlet Thompson – vocals, guitar
• Manfred Mann – keyboards, backing vocals
• Dave Flett – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
• Pat King – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Slade – drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

• Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Stevie Lange, Victy Silva, Kim Goddy – backing vocals

Technical

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band – producers
• Laurence Latham – engineer
• Rick Walton – engineer
• Edwin Cross – assistant engineer
• Michael Sanz – cover painting
• Pat King – photography
• Re-mastered by: Robert M Corich and Mike Brown

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978-1979)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[3]	40
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[4]	18

Year-end charts

External links

• Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch (1978) album releases & credits at Discogs
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch (1978) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-8689 Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch (1978) album at Offizielle Deutsche Charts
2. https://www.musikindustrie.de/markt-bestseller/gold-/platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung/datenbank/#topSearch Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Watch (1978) album at www.musikindustrie.de
3. 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. 191.
4. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.
5. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. 1978. GfK Entertainment Charts. de. 2 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100248/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978. 23 October 2021.
6. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. 1979. GfK Entertainment Charts. de. 2 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108121805/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1979. 8 November 2021.