Slow Motion (Man album)

Slow Motion
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1974 (1974-10)
RecordedJuly and September 1974
StudioRockfield Studios near Monmouth
Length39:33
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerMan with Anton Matthews
Man chronology
Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics
(1974)
Slow Motion
(1974)
Maximum Darkness
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideB+
DPRP(8/10)

Slow Motion is the ninth album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released on the United Artists Records label. It was the only album recorded by this line-up, Malcolm Morley (guitar, keyboards, vocals) having left the day before recording was due to start. He was not replaced, so the album was recorded by the remaining four members. Unlike the previous and subsequent albums (Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics and The Welsh Connection) Slow Motion failed to make the UK top 40 album chart.

The album title was chosen to challenge sleeve designer Rick Griffin, who painted Alfred E. Neuman shaking a fish, but Mad magazine objected, so the final image concentrated on the fish. The band name "Man" was also written in a font resembling the Mad logo.