Manifest Destiny (Brand X album)

Manifest Destiny is a studio album by jazz fusion group Brand X. It is their final studio album to date.

Manifest Destiny
Studio album by Brand X
Released	5 February 1997
Recorded	February 1996
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	50:46
Label	Cleopatra
Producer	Shawn Ahearn, Sami Kaneda
Brand X chronology
Xcommunication (1992) Manifest Destiny (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
All About Jazz	(positive)[2]

Track listing

1. "True to the Clik" (Goodsall, Pusch) – 5:31
2. "Stellerator" (Jones) – 6:17
3. "Virus" (Goodsall, Pusch) – 7:56
4. "XXL" (Goodsall) – 5:51
5. "The Worst Man" (Jones) – 4:33
6. "Manifest Destiny" (Goodsall, Jones, Katz, Wagnon) – 4:11
7. "Five Drops" (Wagnon) – 3:52
8. "Drum Ddu" (Jones) – 5:50
9. "Operation Hearts and Minds" (Goodsall) – 4:39
10. "Mr. Bubble Goes to Hollywood" (Jones, Katz) – 2:56

Hidden Tracks on European release

[3]

11. "Disco Suicide" - Live (Robin Lumley) – 8:06
12. "Bass and Drum Solo Improvisation" - Live – 9:44

Personnel

• John Goodsall – guitar, rhythm guitar, MIDI guitar, narrator, orchestra, organ, sampling, sitar, synthesizer, tubular bells, wah wah guitar
• Percy Jones – fretless bass, keyboards, sequencing, sound effects, special effects, wah wah bass
• Pierre Moerlen – drums (on hidden live tracks)
• Franz Pusch – bass, fender rhodes, keyboards, percussion, programming, sampling, sequencing, sound effects, synthesizer, vocals
• Marc Wagnon – bass, MIDI vibes, synthesizer, vibraphone
• Frank Katz – drums, sampling, vocals
• Danny Wilding – flute

Additional personnel

• Ronnie Ciago – on Track 3 "Virus", rainstick, shaker, tamtam, udu

Production

• David Hentschel – engineer, producer
• Keith Lewis – technical assistance
• Mark Tessler – photography

References

1. Mason, Stewart. "Manifest Destiny - Brand X | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
2. "Brand X: Manifest Destiny". Review. All About Jazz. 1 Sep 1999. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
3. "Brand X (3) – Manifest Destiny". discogs.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

External links

• "Brand X (3) - Manifest Destiny at Discogs". discogs.com. 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.