Mighty Garvey! (studio album) by Manfred Mann
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Mighty Garvey! is ranked 3rd best out of 36 albums by Manfred Mann on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Manfred Mann is The Five Faces Of Manfred Mann which is ranked number 11032 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 105.
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Mighty Garvey! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Mighty Garvey! rankings
All 15 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2024 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 93/100 | 0 |
2024 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 38/100 | 3 |
2024 | Moondance | Dylan covers 1: top 100 Dylan cover songs | 43/100 | - |
2022 | NoisyBeast | 1960's ~ Wish List | 71/100 | - |
2022 | gussteivi | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 63/100 | 8 |
2020 | neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 71/100 | 2 |
2020 | Rovers | Top 81 Music Albums of 1968 | 21/81 | 4 |
2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 81/100 | 1 |
2018 | Imaybeparanoid | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 43/100 | 3 |
2017 | gussteivi | BAROQUE POP | 47/100 | - |
2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 60/100 | 8 |
2016 | iancrockert141 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1968 | 20/99 | 4 |
2015 | timpipedream | Top 22 Music Albums of 1968 | 13/22 | 2 |
2015 | hahol | Top 79 Music Albums of 1968 | 73/79 | 0 |
2015 | gussteivi | Top 62 Music Albums of 1968 | 26/62 | 3 |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 15 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 38 |
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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11/19/2023 09:15 | TonySayers61 | 16,211 | 65/100 | |
04/23/2023 12:04 | RemainInLight | 1,557 | 35/100 | |
04/04/2023 16:46 | LosWochos | 42,165 | 75/100 | |
11/03/2021 11:22 | nashw | 32 | 79/100 | |
09/29/2020 04:41 | Moondance | 17,493 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Manfred Mann's version of Dylan's 'The Mighty Quinn' remains an iconic, commercially successful, radio friendly version of an otherwise minnow of a song in the Dylan catalogue. Given this high praise, I have included Manfred Mann's version in my 'top 100 Dylan covers' chart.
This was the third and final album by from the chapter two version of the Manfred Mann group - featuring lead-singer Mike d'Abo. The group is mostly known for their big and fine hit-singles during 1966-69 such as "Just Like a Woman", "Seme-detached Suburban Mr James", "Fox on the Run and of course the two included on this album "Mighty Quinn" and "Ha, Ha, Said the Clown"
Though band-members Mike Hugg and Mike d'Abo were brilliant song-writers themselves their singles were, by one exception, always written by other songwriters ( Bob Dylan for one ). Their three albums are all fine examples of early British pop-rock at its finest and really worth seeking out. All band-members were experinced, talented and capeable of playing very different instruments and musical styles. This obviously shows on their albums and there is a great variety in instrumentation on their albums.
"Mighty Garvey" is probably their most consistent with fine original material from Hugg and d'Abo, and apart from the "comedy" tracks "Happy Families" they stay away from their tendency to put in a couply of jazz-tunes. Though "Happy Families" hardly are meant to be taken seriously, the opener sets a fine free-and-easy mood for the album.
Mike d'Abo's "No Better, No Worse" is a great Traffic inspired (?) tune featuring Klaus Voorman's flute, which is also known from more of their hits. "Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey" is Mike Hugg's sad melodic answer to Beatles' "Penny Lane" - fine lead and harmony vocals on this one.
"Country Dancing" is a song much in the same vein as the single "Ha, Ha, Said the Clown", though not as good - written by d'Abo. "It's So Easy Falling in Love" and "Each and Every Day" are other fine typical Manfred Mann songs; featuring the mellotrone which also often was used on their records. Written by Hugg.
"Mighty Quinn" is simply one the greatest singles released in the late 1960's - try compare with Bob Dylan's original, then you'll understand how big this band really was.
The funky "Big Betty" is my least favourite on the album - may give associations towards Steve Winwoods Spencer Davis days.
Mike d'Abo's "The Vicar's Daughter" is a beautiful song, with lyrics that some may find somewhat too sentimental; for me personally it's a favourite. Guitarist Tom McGuinnes also contributed a song now and then; here he is featured with the surrelistic and experimental "Cubist Town" - though different the song works fine in the context.
Hugg's "Harry the One Man Band" is a little more of the same - art pop-rock - naive in the same way as Syd Barrett's early Pink Floyd songs. For any fan of British pop-rock of the 1960's this album is a must!
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