Messin'

Messin'
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released	15 June 1973
Recorded	Maximum Sound Studios, London, 1973
Genre	Rock Hard rock Progressive rock
Length	48:04
Label	Vertigo (original release) Bronze (1977 reissue) Polydor
Producer	Manfred Mann
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Glorified Magnified (1972) Messin' (1973) Solar Fire (1973)
Get Your Rocks Off (US version)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	(A-)[3]

Messin' is a rock album released in 1973 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Messin' followed Glorified Magnified and preceded Solar Fire, and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers (see track listing below).

"Buddah" also appeared on the Vertigo budget sampler double album Suck It And See, along with tracks by then-labelmates Kraftwerk, Jade Warrior and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, amongst others.

The album was produced by Manfred Mann and engineered by John Edwardes at Maximum Sound Studios, London in 1973.

For the US release, the album was re-titled Get Your Rocks Off and the track "Pretty Good" was included in place of "Black And Blue", seemingly because the latter was about slavery and deemed unsuitable for the US market!^[4] Both tracks were included on the 1998 re-mastered re-issue.

UK Track listing

Messin'

Side one

1. "Messin' " (Mike Hugg) – 9:54
2. "Buddah" (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers) – 7:01
3. "Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:32

Side two

4. "Get Your Rocks Off" (Bob Dylan) – 2:51
5. "Sadjoy" (Mann) – 5:20
6. "Black and Blue" (Chain: Barry Sullivan, Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Barry Harvey) – 7:21 (6:44 on the 1998 reissue)
7. "Mardi Gras Day" (Dr John Creaux) – 3:02

Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)

8. "Pretty Good" (John Prine) – 4:11
9. "Cloudy Eyes" (single edit) (Mann) – 3:31

US Track listing

Get Your Rocks Off

Side one

1. "Messin' " (Mike Hugg) – 10:00
2. "Pretty Good" (John Prine) – 4:00
3. "Sadjoy" (Mann) – 4:30

Side two

4. "Get Your Rocks Off" (Bob Dylan) – 3:00
5. "Buddah" (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers) – 7:00
6. "Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:30
7. "Mardi Gras Day" (Dr John Creaux) – 3:00

Personnel

• Manfred Mann - synthesiser, organ
• Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals
• Colin Pattenden - bass guitar
• Chris Slade - drums

with

• Laurie Baker - Machines and Zoo on "Messin' "
• Liza Strike - backing vocals
• Vicki Brown - backing vocals
• Judith Powell - backing vocals
• Ruby James - backing vocals

Sources

1. ^ Allmusic review (Messin')
2. ^ Allmusic review (Get Your Rocks Off)
3. ^ Robert Christgau review
4. ^ Robert M Corich, Sleeve notes, Messin' album, 1998

External links

• Messin' at Discogs (list of releases)
• Get Your Rocks Off at Discogs (list of releases)