Manifest Destiny

Brand X | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 15, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B000001JWN
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,541 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. True To The Clik

2. Stellerator

3. Virus

4. XXL

5. The Worst Man

6. Manifest Destiny

7. Five Drops

8. Drum Ddu

9. Operation Hearts And Minds

10. Mr. Goes To Hollywood

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the Best!!, October 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Manifest Destiny (Audio CD)

This CD confirms that Brand X continues to be one of the greatest fusion bands ever! Of their prior releases, some are better than others like Unorthodox Behaviour and Morroccan Roll, but none totally disappoint. I was lucky enough to see them live during the early years but had not kept up with the recent CD's until I bought this one. Since buying this disc about a week ago, I've probably played it 10 times! The first three tunes are some of the best Brand X has ever written. These guys put it together so well, I thought the paint was going to melt off the walls!! The other tunes range from good to very good and the more I here them the more I like them as well. As another reviewer stated, you will not be disappointed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars John Shreds, March 14, 2000

By 

M. Atkinson (Bakersfield, CA (new orleans)USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manifest Destiny (Audio CD)

The pleasure inherent in listening to John set a fire to his acoustic guitar in "Five Drops" is enough to recommend the album in and of itself however that isn't all the Brand X boys are offering on this album. Their typical tirade of tightly fused jazz and well orchestrated tracks combine with Goodsalls' mercurial guitar style to create the ultimate, and always progressive, jazz fusion style that is expressed in all of Brand Xs' work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Fusion and Flashy Guitar, October 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Manifest Destiny (Audio CD)

This is a good fusion album, with lots of simple back-beat drumming, great bass work and scorching single-note runs from guitarist John Goodsall. There is a bit of repetition on many of the cuts, but as a whole I enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed the first four tracks, the seventh one and I loved the ninth one, "Operation Hearts and Minds", which is worth the admission alone.