Revelation (Man album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Revelation
| type = studio
| artist = Man
| cover = Man_Revelation.jpg
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| released = 24 January {{start date|df=yes| 1969}}
| recorded = December 1968
| studio = Langland Hotel, Swansea; Pye Studios, London
| venue =
| genre = Psychedelic rock
| length = 42:40
| label = Pye
| producer = John Schroeder
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle
| next_year = 1969
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r43959 |title=Revelation – Man | AllMusic |first= Paul |last= Collins |website=AllMusic |year=2011 |access-date=24 June 2011}}
| rev3 = Hi-Fi News & Record Review
| rev3Score = B:3{{cite news|last=|first=|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-12.pdf|title=Review: Man — Revelation|work=Hi-Fi News & Record Review|type=magazine|date=December 1989|volume=34|issue=12|access-date=30 September 2021|page=147|location=Croydon|publisher=Link House Magazines Ltd|via=World Radio History|issn=0142-6230|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903215428/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Hi-Fi-News/80s/Hi-Fi-News-1989-12.pdf|archive-date=3 September 2021}}
}}
Revelation is the debut studio album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released in January 1969.{{cite web|url=http://www.manband-archive.com/music/index.php|title=Manband Archive – Music|website=Manband-archive.com|access-date=8 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504111851/http://www.manband-archive.com/music/index.php|archive-date=4 May 2009|df=dmy-all}} It was noted for the simulated orgasm on "Erotica", which was banned in the United Kingdom.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/genres_artists/rock_pop/man.shtml BBC Wales Biography], Bbc.co.uk, Retrieved 10 August 2009
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = And in the Beginning.....
| writer1 = Roger Leonard
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Sudden Life
| writer2 = Leonard, Clive John
| length2 = 4:40
| title3 = Empty Room
| writer3 = John, Ray Williams
| length3 = 3:44
| title4 = Puella! Puella! (Woman! Woman!)
| writer4 = Mike Jones
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Love
| writer5 = Leonard
| length5 = 2:52
| title6 = Erotica
| writer6 = Leonard, John, Mike Jones, Jeff Jones, Williams
| length6 = 4:10
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{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Blind Man
| writer1 = Leonard
| length1 = 4:17
| title2 = And Castles Rise in Children's Eyes
| writer2 = Mike Jones
| length2 = 3:21
| title3 = Don't Just Stand There (Come in Out of the Rain)
| writer3 = Mike Jones
| length3 = 4:15
| title4 = The Missing Pieces
| writer4 = Leonard, John, Martin Ace, Clive Reynolds
| length4 = 1:55
| title5 = The Future Hides Its Face
| writer5 = Leonard
| length5 = 5:30
}}
= Reissues =
Revelation was remixed and re-released on CD in May 2009 (Esoteric Eclec 2127) including four bonus tracks:
- "Erotica" (First Version)
- "Sudden Life" (Mono Single Mix)
- "Love" (Mono Single Mix)
- "Erotica" (Mono Single Mix) [http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/man.php Esoteric re-release track listing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007081956/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/man.php |date=7 October 2010 }} Link updated 15 October 2010
The original album has also been re-released on two CD compilations:
- The Dawn of Man (1997) Recall SMD CD 124
- The Definitive Collection (1998) Castle CCSCD 832.
Both these compilations also include the follow-up album 2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle and bonus singles.
Personnel
- Mike "Micky" Jones – lead guitar, vocals
- Deke Leonard (credited as Roger Leonard){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7531512-Manpower-Revelation|title=Manpower – Revelation (1969, Vinyl)|access-date=1 January 2022|website=Discogs.com}} – guitar, harp, piano, percussion, vocals
- Clive John – organ, piano, guitar, vocals
- Jeff Jones – drums, percussion
- Ray Williams – bass
;Production
- Production and supervision – John Schroeder
- Engineer – Alan Florence
- Sound Effects – Malcolm Eade
References
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External links
- [http://www.allmusic.com/album/revelation-mw0000206572 Man – Revelation (1969) album review by Paul Collins, credits & releases] at AllMusic
- {{cite web
|url=http://www.discogs.com/Man-Revelation/release/451329
|title=Man – Revelation (1969) (LP) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com|access-date=8 August 2009
}}
- [https://open.spotify.com/album/0ek9XjQ3QyPRzhFFULSZSs Man – Revelation (1969) album to be listened] as stream at Spotify.com on compilation And in the Beginning... The Complete Early Man 1968-69
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