Original released on LP HMV / CLP 1731
(UK, 11/9/1964)
The debut
album by Manfred Mann holds up even better 40 years on than it did in 1964. It's
also one of the longest LPs of its era, clocking in at 39 minutes, and there's
not a wasted note or a song extended too far among its 14 tracks. The Manfreds
never had the reputation that the Rolling Stones enjoyed, which is a shame,
because "The Five Faces of Manfred Mann" is one of the great
blues-based British invasion albums; it's a hot, rocking record that benefits
from some virtuoso playing as well, and some of the best singing of its era,
courtesy of Paul Jones, who blew most of his rivals out of the competition with
his magnificently impassioned, soulful performance on "Untie Me", and
his simmering, lusty renditions of "Smokestack Lightning" and "Bring
It to Jerome". The stereo mix of the album, which never surfaced
officially in England until this 1997 EMI anniversary reissue (remastered in
24-bit digital sound), holds up very nicely, with sharp separation between the
channels yet - apart from a few moments on "Untie Me" - few moments
of artificiality. (in AllMusic)
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