Manifest Destiny (Brand X album)
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Manifest Destiny is a studio album by Brand X
Brand X
Brand X was a jazz fusion band active between 1975–1980 and 1992-1999. Noted members included Phil Collins , Percy Jones , John Goodsall and Robin Lumley ....

 after an extended layoff.

Track listing

  1. "True to the Clik" (Goodsall, Pusch) – 5:31
  2. "Stellerator" (Jones) – 6:17
  3. "Virus" (Goodsall, Pusch) – 7:56
  4. "XXL" (Goodsall) – 5:51
  5. "The Worst Man" (Jones) – 4:33
  6. "Manifest Destiny" (Goodsall, Jones, Katz, Wagnon) – 4:11
  7. "Five Drops" (Wagnon) – 3:52
  8. "Drum Ddu" (Jones) – 5:50
  9. "Operation Hearts and Minds" (Goodsall) – 4:39
  10. "Mr. Bubble Goes to Hollywood" (Jones, Katz) – 2:56
  11. "[Untitled Track] – 5:33
  12. "[Untitled Track] – 4:52

Personnel

  • Ronnie Ciago – rainstick, shaker, tamtam
    TamTam
    The tamtam is a percussion instrument that is similar to a gong. It is sometimes spelled tam-tam.TamTam, Tam-Tam, tamtam, or tam-tam may also refer to:* Tam-Tams, a weekly drum circle held Sundays in the summer in Montreal...

    , udu
    Udu
    for other uses see Udu The udu is an African drum originated by the Igbo people of Nigeria. In the Igbo language, udu means vessel. Actually being a water jug with an additional hole, it was played by women for ceremonial uses. Usually the udu is made of clay...

  • John Goodsall
    John Goodsall
    John Goodsall is a progressive rock & jazz fusion guitarist most noted for his work with Brand X, Atomic Rooster and Fire Merchants.Goodsall was born in Pennsylvania and has lived in Los Angeles, England, Milan and Minnesota. He began playing guitar at age 7...

     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

    , rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar
    Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

    , MIDI Guitar, narrator
    Narrator
    A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...

    , orchestra, organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

    , sampling, sitar
    Sitar
    The 'Tablaman' is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...

    , synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

    , tubular bells
    Tubular Bells
    Tubular Bells is the debut record album of English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. It was the first album released by Virgin Records and an early cornerstone of the company's success...

    , wah wah guitar
  • Percy Jones
    Percy Jones (musician)
    Percy Jones is a Welsh bass guitarist, and was a member of jazz fusion band Brand X, from 1974 to 1980, and a reformed version which lasted from 1992 to 1997...

     – fretless bass, keyboards, sequencing, sound effects, special effects, wah wah bass
  • Frank Katz – drums, sampling, vocals
  • Franz Pusch – bass, fender rhodes, keyboards, percussion, programming, sampling, sequencing, sound effects, synthesizer, vocals
  • Marc Wagnon – bass, MIDI vibes, synthesizer, vibraphone
    Vibraphone
    The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....

  • Danny Wilding – flute
    Flute
    The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...


Production

  • David Hentschel
    David Hentschel
    David Hentschel is an English recording engineer, writer and music producer who engineered on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, as well as with artists including Genesis, Elton John, Ringo Starr, Queen, Marti Webb, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Peter...

    – engineer, producer
  • Keith Lewis – technical assistance
  • Mark Tessler – photography
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