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Manpower
Manpower
Studio album by Miquel Brown
Released	1983
Recorded	1982–1983
Studio	Trident Studios, London. Vocals Berwick Street Studios, London
Genre	Hi-NRG; Soul
Length	43:39
Label	Record Shack, TSR
Producer	Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench
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Manpower is an album by Miquel Brown, recorded in 1983. It includes the major international hits "So Many Men, So Little Time" and "He's a Saint, He's a Sinner" which peaked at number two and number twenty-nine respectively on the US dance charts,^[2] as well as the moderate hits "Beeline" and "Sunny Day."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench; arranged by Fiachra Trench

"Man Power" - 8:00
"Beeline" - 9:34
"Sunny Day" - 4:39
"He's a Saint, He's a Sinner" - 8:33
"Maybe He Forgot" - 4:41
"So Many Men, So Little Time - 8:12

Personnel

Miquel Brown - vocals
Fiachra Trench, Nick Glennie-Smith - synthesizer and Linn drum programming
Fiachra Trench - keyboards, co-producer
Andy Peak - bass on "Sunny Day" and "Maybe He Forgot"
Luís Jardim - timpani on "Manpower"
Jeff Daly, Malcolm Griffiths, Martin Drover - horns on ""Sunny Day"
Miquel Brown, Marilyn David, Ruby James, Sylvia Mason-James, Earlene Bentley, Yvonne Gidden, Miss Piggy, Fiachra Trench, Sarah McMahon, Wavelength, The Trotters

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 45.

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[1] Allmusic review

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 45.

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- | Name = Manpower
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+| artist     = [[Miquel Brown]]
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+| cover      = Manpower (album cover).jpg
- | Artist = [[Miquel Brown]]
+| alt        =
- | Cover = Manpower.jpg
- | Released = 1983
+| released   = 1983
+| recorded   = 1982–1983
- | Recorded = 1982-1983
+|studio      = [[Trident Studios]], London. Vocals Berwick Street Studios, London
- | Genre = [[Hi-NRG]]<br />[[Soul music|Soul]]
- | Length = 43:39
+| venue      =
+| genre      = [[Hi-NRG]]<br />[[Soul music|Soul]]
- | Label = TSR
+| length     = 43:39
- | Producer = [[Ian Levine]]
+| label      = Record Shack, TSR
- | Last album  = [[Symphony of Love (Miquel Brown album)|Symphony of Love]]
+| producer   = [[Ian Levine]], [[Fiachra Trench]]
- | This album  = '''Manpower'''
+| prev_title = Symphony of Love
- | Next album  = [[Close to Perfection]]
+| prev_year  = 1978
+| next_title = [[Close to Perfection]]
+| next_year  = 1985
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-'''''Manpower''''' is an album by [[Miquel Brown]], recorded in 1983. Includes the major international hits "So Many Men, So Little Time" and "He's a Saint, He's a Sinner"  which peaked at number two and number twenty-nine respectively <ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=45}}</ref> as well as the moderate hits "Beeline" and "Sunny Day."
+'''''Manpower''''' is an album by [[Miquel Brown]], recorded in 1983. It includes the major international hits "So Many Men, So Little Time" and "He's a Saint, He's a Sinner"  which peaked at number two and number twenty-nine respectively on the US dance charts,<ref>{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=45}}</ref> as well as the moderate hits "Beeline" and "Sunny Day."
-"So Many Men, So Little Time" is considered by many within the male [[gay community]] to be one of the greatest dance songs from the 1980s.  It was included in the 1998 [[queer]] [[coming of age]] film, ''[[Edge of Seventeen (film)|Edge of Seventeen]]''.{{Attribution needed|date=October 2007}}
 == Track listing ==
+All tracks composed by [[Ian Levine]] and [[Fiachra Trench]]; arranged by Fiachra Trench
 # "Man Power" - 8:00
 # "Beeline" - 9:34
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 # "He's a Saint, He's a Sinner" - 8:33
 # "Maybe He Forgot" - 4:41
-# "So Many Men, So Little Time" - 8:12
+# "[[So Many Men – So Little Time|So Many Men, So Little Time]] - 8:12
+==Personnel==
+*Miquel Brown - vocals
+*[[Fiachra Trench]], [[Nick Glennie-Smith]] - synthesizer and Linn drum programming
+*Fiachra Trench - keyboards, co-producer
+*Andy Peak - bass on "Sunny Day" and "Maybe He Forgot"
+*[[Luís Jardim]] - timpani on "Manpower"
+*Jeff Daly, Malcolm Griffiths, Martin Drover - horns on ""Sunny Day"
+*Miquel Brown, Marilyn David, Ruby James, Sylvia Mason-James,  Earlene Bentley, Yvonne Gidden, [[Ian Levine|Miss Piggy]], Fiachra Trench, Sarah McMahon, Wavelength, The Trotters
 == References ==
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+[[Category:albums recorded at Trident Studios]]
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