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Soft Vengeance
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released	3 June 1996
Recorded	Workhouse Studios, Old Kent Road, London, 1992–1996
Genres	Rock Hard rock Progressive rock
Length	54:05
Label	Grapevine
Producers	Manfred Mann Richard James Burgess
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Plains Music (1991) Soft Vengeance (1996) Mann Alive (1998)

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Soft Vengeance is an album released in 1996 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Track listing

1. "Pleasure and Pain" (Mike Chapman, Holly Knight) – 5:39
2. "Play with Fire" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:58
3. "Nothing Ever Happens" (Justin Currie) – 4:10
4. "Shelter from the Storm" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06
5. "Tumbling Ball" (Mark Spiro) – 5:35
6. "The Price I Pay" (Robert Cray, Dennis Walker) – 4:06
7. "Lose the Touch" (Cyril Schumann) – 3:31
8. "Adults Only" (Manfred Mann) – 3:36
9. "Wherever Love Drops (Part One)" (Mann, Russell Hoban) – 1:05
10. "The Complete History of Sexual Jealousy" (Nick Currie) – 3:30
11. "99 lbs" (Dannie Bryant) – 2:38
12. "Miss You" (Cyril Schumann) – 3:33
13. "Nature of the Beast" (Doc Neeson, Geoffrey Leib) – 4:35
14. "Wherever Love Drops (Part Two)" (Mann, Hoban, Anthony Moore) – 2:00

Singles

• 1996 - Nothing Ever Happens

1. "Nothing Ever Happens (Radio Mix)" (Currie) – 3:39
2. "Nothing Ever Happens (TV Mix)" (Currie) – 4:52
3. "Shelter from The Storm" (Bob Dylan) – 6:06
4. "Adults Only" (Instrumental) (Manfred Mann) – 3:36

• 1996 - Pleasure and Pain

Personnel

• Manfred Mann - keyboards, programming
• Mick Rogers - guitars
• Dave Farmer - drums
• Clive Bunker - drums
• Steve Kinch - bass
• Chris Thompson - vocals
• Noel McCalla - vocals

with

• Russell Hoban - speech on "Wherever Love Drops"
• Richard Marcangelo - drums
• Richard James Burgess - drums
• Gavin Harrison - drums
• Andy Pask - bass
• Tony Patler - bass
• Gary Farmer - guitar
• Clem Clempson - guitar
• Mitch Dalton - guitar
• Tony Patler - guitar
• Gary Sanctuary - Wurlitzer electric piano on "99lbs"
• Linda Taylor - backing vocals
• Maggie Ryder - backing vocals
• Carol Kenyon - backing vocals
• Janice Hoyte - backing vocals
• Diane Byrch - backing vocals
• Stevie Lange - backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	65
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)	22

External links

• Soft Vengeance at Discogs (list of releases)