Solar Fire

Solar Fire is the fourth studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released in 1973. It spent 15 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at number 96 on May 11, 1974.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [2]
Christgau's Record GuideC+ [3]
For the flower cultivar called Solar fire, see Ursinia anthemoides.
Solar Fire
Studio album by
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released30 November 1973
Recorded1973
StudioThe Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London
GenreHard rock, progressive rock, jazz rock
Length37:10
LabelBronze (UK)
Polydor (U.S.)
ProducerManfred Mann, Earth Band
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Messin'
(1973)		 Solar Fire
(1973)		 The Good Earth
(1974)
Singles from Solar Fire
  1. "Father of Day, Father of Night"
    Released: February, 1974

Track listing
Side one
  1. "Father of Day, Father of Night" (Bob Dylan) – 9:55
  2. "In the Beginning, Darkness" (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers, Chris Slade) – 5:22
  3. "Pluto the Dog" (Mann, Rogers, Slade, Colin Pattenden) – 2:48
Side two
  1. "Solar Fire" (Mann, Rogers, Slade, Pattenden) – 5:15
  2. "Saturn, Lord of the Ring/Mercury, The Winged Messenger"[4] (Mann/Mann, Rogers) – 6:31
  3. "Earth, The Circle Part 2" (Mann) – 3:23
  4. "Earth, The Circle Part 1" (Debussy/Mann) – 3:56
Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)
  1. "Joybringer" (Gustav Holst, Mann, Rogers, Slade) – 3:25
  2. "Father of Day, Father of Night" (Edited version) (Dylan) – 3:03

As mentioned in the Manfred Mann's Earth Band article the track listing varied from area to area. For Denmark, as an example, this album did not include "Joybringer" and the edited version of "Father of day, Father of Night". "Joybringer" was released as a non-album single in 1973.[5]

Personnel

The Earth Band

Additional musicians

Technical

References
  1. "Billboard 200 - May 11, 1974". Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  2. Foss, Richard. Solar Fire at AllMusic
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 4, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. this piece is based on the track "Fish", recorded by Manfred Mann's previous line-up Manfred Mann Chapter Three in 1971. The album was shelved before release. So, this track was first released in 2005 as a part of the box set Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes.
  5. "Manfred Mann's Earthband* – Joybringer". discogs.org. Retrieved 6 August 2016.



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