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Manpower (album)

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Manpower
Studio album by
Released1983
Recorded1982–1983
StudioTrident Studios, London. Vocals Berwick Street Studios, London
GenreHi-NRG
Soul
Length43:39
LabelRecord Shack, TSR
ProducerIan Levine, Fiachra Trench
Miquel Brown chronology
Symphony of Love
(1978)
Manpower
(1983)
Close to Perfection
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Manpower is an album by Miquel Brown, recorded in 1983. It includes the major international hits "So Many Men, So Little Time" and "He's a Saint, He's a Sinner" which peaked at number two and number twenty-nine respectively on the US dance charts,[2] as well as the moderate hits "Beeline" and "Sunny Day."

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench; arranged by Fiachra Trench

  1. "Man Power" - 8:00
  2. "Beeline" - 9:34
  3. "Sunny Day" - 4:39
  4. "He's a Saint, He's a Sinner" - 8:33
  5. "Maybe He Forgot" - 4:41
  6. "So Many Men, So Little Time - 8:12

Personnel

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  • Miquel Brown - vocals
  • Fiachra Trench, Nick Glennie-Smith - synthesizer and Linn drum programming
  • Fiachra Trench - keyboards, co-producer
  • Andy Peak - bass on "Sunny Day" and "Maybe He Forgot"
  • Luís Jardim - timpani on "Manpower"
  • Jeff Daly, Malcolm Griffiths, Martin Drover - horns on ""Sunny Day"
  • Miquel Brown, Marilyn David, Ruby James, Sylvia Mason-James, Earlene Bentley, Yvonne Gidden, Miss Piggy, Fiachra Trench, Sarah McMahon, Wavelength, The Trotters

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 45.