Manfred Mann - Go Up The Junction : Original Soundtrack From The Paramount Picture The Junction (2004) @ Flac

 Review by Matthew Greenwald

One of the great soundtracks of the 1960s, Up the Junction shows Manfred Mann shedding their pop skin and evolving into a truly awesome jazz outfit, which would later be fully realized in their Chapter Three incarnation. Not that they didn't have some lovely pop gems on this record. The title song, sort of a flipped-out, very very British alternative to "Good Vibrations," is one of Manfred Mann's finest pieces ever, with an excellent vocal from Mike d'Abo, Paul Jones' (Manfred's original vocalist) replacement. But the series of brief jazz-based instrumentals such as "Sheila's Dance" and "Belgravia" are equally arresting, showing off Mike Hugg's drumming and Mann's own piano abilities as never before.

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01. Manfred Mann - Up The Junction  (4:37)

02. Manfred Mann - Sing Songs Of Love  (2:01)

03. Manfred Mann - Walking Round  (2:15)

04. Manfred Mann - Up The Junction  (1:10)

05. Manfred Mann - Love Theme  (2:13)

06. Manfred Mann - Up The Junction  (1:48)

07. Manfred Mann - Just For Me  (2:26)

08. Manfred Mann - Love Theme  (2:03)

09. Manfred Mann - Sheila's Dance  (2:04)

10. Manfred Mann - Belgravia  (2:45)

11. Manfred Mann - Wailing Horn  (2:24)

12. Manfred Mann - I Need Your Love  (1:41)

13. Manfred Mann - Up The Junction  (2:14)

14. Manfred Mann - Eastern Street  (2:29)

15. Manfred Mann - Mohair Sam  (3:17)

16. Manfred Mann - Love Bird  (3:04)

17. Manfred Mann - Brown And Porters (Meat Exporters)  (2:32)

18. Manfred Mann - I Love You  (2:49)

19. Manfred Mann - I Think It's Gonna Rain Today  (3:31)

20. Manfred Mann - Budgie  (2:39)

21. Manfred Mann - Sitting Alone In The Sunshine  (2:25)

22. Manfred Mann - Please Mrs. Henry  (3:10)

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