Criminal Tango

{{for|the 1959 pop song|Kriminaltango}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Criminal Tango | type = Studio album | artist = Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson | cover = Criminal Tango.jpg | alt = | released = 13 June 1986 | recorded = 1984–1986 | venue = | studio = Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London | genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|new wave|synth-pop}} | length = 37:34 | label = 10/Virgin (Canada, Germany original release) Cohesion (Canada, Germany 1999 reissue) | producer = Manfred Mann, Steve Forward | chronology = Manfred Mann's Earth Band | prev_title = Budapest Live | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = Masque | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Singles | name = Criminal Tango | type = studio | single1 = Do Anything You Wanna Do | single1date = March 1986 | single2 = Going Underground | single2date = June 1986 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = (not rated)<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r788893}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |first=Colin |last=Larkin |author-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=Manfred Mann's Earth Band |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |year=1998 |publisher=Groves Dictionaries |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo05lark/page/3438/mode/2up 3438–39] |isbn=1-561-59237-4}}</ref> }} '''''Criminal Tango''''' is the twelfth studio album released in 1986 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson. Founding guitarist/vocalist Mick Rogers returned to the band for this album and is still an active member. The new bassist Steve Kinch joined the band only when parts of the album were already recorded. Kinch therefore shared the bass parts on this album with bassists Durban Betancourt-Laverde and John Giblin.<ref name="Mannerisms180">{{Cite book |title=Mannerisms: The Five Phases of Manfred Mann |date=2022 |publisher=Crossfire Publications |isbn=978-0-9983550-8-5 |edition=4th |pages=180f}}</ref><ref name="Mannerisms394">{{Cite book |title=Mannerisms: The Five Phases of Manfred Mann |date=2022 |publisher=Crossfire Publications |isbn=978-0-9983550-8-5 |edition=4th|page=394}}</ref> This is their first album for the Virgin Records label after eleven years with Bronze Records.

==Track listing== ===Side one=== #"Going Underground" (Paul Weller) – 5:18 #"Who Are The Mystery Kids?" (Manfred Mann, Garland Jeffreys) – 3:44 #"Banquet" (Joni Mitchell) – 5:17 #"Killer On The Loose" (Denny Newman) – 3:59

===Side two=== # <li value = "5">"Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Graham Douglas, Edwin Hollis) – 4:14 #"Rescue" (Mann, Mick Rogers) – 2:59 #"You Got Me Right Through The Heart" (Robert Byrne) – 3:53 #"Bulldog" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:23 #"Crossfire" (Mann, Rogers, John Lingwood) – 3:47

===Bonus Tracks (1999 CD re-issue)=== # <li value = "10">"Runner" (12" version) (Ian Thomas) – 4:39 #"Rebel" (U.S. single version) (Reg Laws) – 4:08 #"Do Anything You Wanna Do" (12" version) (Douglas, Hollis) – 6:28 #"Going Underground" (alternate single version) (Weller) – 3:01

==Personnel== '''The Earth Band''' *Manfred Mann – keyboards *John Lingwood – drums, percussion *Mick Rogers – guitar, vocals *Chris Thompson – lead vocals *Steve Kinch – bass *Durban Betancourt-Laverde – bass

'''Additional musicians''' *John Giblin – bass

'''Technical''' * Manfred Mann, Steve Forward – producers * Terry Medhurst – engineer * Pete Hammond – engineer * Nigel Gilroy, Stuart Barry – assistant engineers * Roddy Matthews – mixing engineer (track 4) * The Leisure Process – cover design * Re-mastered by: Robert M. Corich and Mike Brown

== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (1986) ! Peak position |- {{album chart|Austria|26|artist=Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson|album=Criminal Tango|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 April 2023}} |- {{album chart|Germany|17|artist=Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson|album=Criminal Tango|id=368|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 April 2023}} |- {{album chart|Norway|7|artist=Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson|album=Criminal Tango|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 April 2023}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|18|artist=Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson|album=Criminal Tango|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 April 2023}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Manfred Mann's Earth Band with Chris Thompson|album=Criminal Tango|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 April 2023}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master |master=3599 |name=Criminal Tango |type=album}}

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