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Track listing

#" Pleasure and Pain" (

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) – 5:39 #" Play with Fire" (

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) – 3:58 #" Nothing Ever Happens" ( Justin Currie) – 4:10 #" Shelter from the Storm" (

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) – 6:06 #"Tumbling Ball" ( Mark Spiro) – 5:35 #"The Price I Pay" ( Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:06 #"Lose the Touch" (Cyril Schumann) – 3:31 #"Adults Only" (

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) – 3:36 #"Wherever Love Drops (Part One)" (Mann, Russell Hoban) – 1:05 #"The Complete History of Sexual Jealousy" (

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) – 3:30 #"99 lbs" (Dannie Bryant) – 2:38 #"Miss You" (Cyril Schumann) – 3:33 #"Nature of the Beast" ( Doc Neeson, Geoffrey Leib) – 4:35 #"Wherever Love Drops (Part Two)" (Mann, Hoban, Anthony Moore) – 2:00

Singles

*1996 - Nothing Ever Happens #"Nothing Ever Happens (Radio Mix)" (Currie) – 3:39 #"Nothing Ever Happens (TV Mix)" (Currie) – 4:52 #" Shelter from The Storm" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06 #"Adults Only" (Instrumental) (Manfred Mann) – 3:36 *1996 - Pleasure and Pain

Personnel

- keyboards, programming * Mick Rogers -

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s *Dave Farmer -

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- drums * Steve Kinch -

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* Chris Thompson -

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

* Noel McCalla - vocals with * Russell Hoban - speech on "Wherever Love Drops" * Richard Marcangelo - drums *

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- drums *

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- drums * Andy Pask - bass *Tony Patler - bass *Gary Farmer - guitar * Clem Clempson - guitar *Mitch Dalton - guitar *Tony Patler - guitar * Gary Sanctuary -

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on "99lbs" *Linda Taylor -

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* Maggie Ryder - backing vocals * Carol Kenyon - backing vocals *Janice Hoyte - backing vocals *Diane Byrch - backing vocals * Stevie Lange - backing vocals

Charts

References

External links

* Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums 1996 albums {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub