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Venus and Mars is the fourth studio album by the British–American rock band Wings. Released in May 1975 as the follow-up to Band on the Run , Venus and Mars continued Wings' run of commercial success and provided a springboard for a year-long worldwide tour.
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The world tour followed the release of Wings' bestselling album Venus and Mars (1975), while the follow-up album, Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976), was completed after the band's Australian concerts. Both Venus and Mars and Band on the Run (1973) were well represented in the setlist for the two 1975 legs.
"Listen to What the Man Said" was recorded in early 1975 by Wings during their New Orleans sessions for Venus and Mars. [2] [10] [11] It was a song for which Paul McCartney had high hopes, but early recordings did not live up to the song's potential.
The album achieved the second highest chart position of the four Montrose releases, reaching No. 79 in the Billboard 200. [6] It was critically praised and also noted for its movie-poster cover art, giving the impression that Warner Bros. Records was presenting a rock band like a big budget Hollywood production.
The song was recorded late in 1974 at Abbey Road Studios, before the band went to New Orleans to record the majority of Venus and Mars. [6] It was one of only three songs recorded for the album with short-term Wings drummer Geoff Britton before he quit the band (the others being "Love in Song" and "Medicine Jar").
The cover was highly controversial and remains so: in 2008, the album’s Wikipedia page was placed on a blacklist by the Internet Watch Foundation as they believed the image could be regarded as ...
The song was included in the setlist for the band's 1975/1976 world tours. [5] While it was performed, comic art of Magneto, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and Titanium Man & the Crimson Dynamo, created by Stan Lee and Don Heck, was projected onto the large screen behind the band.