DESCRIPTION:
Solid State Warrior was a Japan-only release. The Land Of Pure Imagination was its' American counterpart with the tracks "What You Don't Know About The Girl", "Sleep Children" and "'Til We Meet Again" being replaced by the tracks "Pray for the Many", "In the Name of Romance" and "Appleby". I decided to include The Land Of Pure Imagination's tracks after Solid State Warrior.

Roger Joseph Manning Jr.'s debut solo albums. No Copyright Intended.

Genres: Power Pop, Pop

---Tracklist---
1. The Land Of Pure Imagination - 0:00
2. Too Late For Us Now - 6:01
3. Wish It Would Rain - 9:25
4. The Loser - 15:08
5. Sandman - 18:45
6. What You Don't Know About The Girl - 22:23
7. Dragonfly - 25:12
8. Creeple People - 30:32
9. Sleep Children - 36:03
10. You Were Right - 38:51
11. 'Til We Meet Again - 44:34
---(Tracks from The Land Of Pure Imagination)---
12. Pray For The Many - 48:19
13. In The Name Of Romance - 51:21
14. Appleby - 56:48

---Personnel---
Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Music, Lyrics, Producer
John Paterno - Mixing, Mastering
Mike McGuffey - Trumpet on "In the Name of Romance"
Ross Harris - Photos, Art Design

---Biography---
Manning was a founding member of bands Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, The Moog Cookbook, and TV Eyes. He has also spent several years as an integral member of Beck's backing band, and made contributions to several recordings by the band Air. He is known for his distinctive style of playing various analog and digital synthesizers. Electronica, power pop, psychedelia and jazz are his primary genres although he also does session work with a number of artists as well as commercial and soundtrack music. As well as providing session work, he used to work frequently with producer Jerry Finn, through whom he was credited as keyboardist on a number of recordings with pop-punk band Blink-182. In early 2006, Manning released his first solo album in Japan only: Solid State Warrior. It was subsequently issued in the U.S. under a different title, The Land of Pure Imagination, along with an altered song content. Three tracks from Solid ("What You Don't Know About the Girl," "Sleep Children," and "Till We Meet Again") were switched-out for three newer tracks ("Pray for the Many," "In the Name of Romance," and "Appleby").

When Roger Joseph Manning (he added the "Joseph" to avoid confusion with another musician named Roger Manning) was ready to issue his debut solo album, Solid State Warrior, in 2005, rather than use the traditional retail model, he opted for digital distribution via a novel but short-lived service called Weedshare that attempted to harness peer-to-peer tastemaking capabilities. Neither the service nor the album gained traction -- a pity, since as sunshine pop albums go, this one was, well, solid. It was released with this track ordering and title on the Pony Canyon label in Japan, then reconfigured slightly for a U.S. album release the next year under a different title, The Land of Pure Imagination. Replaced were three tracks: two forgettable lullaby ditties ("Sleep Children," "Til We Meet Again") and one bona fide candy-coated delight (replete with toy piano melody), "What You Don't Know About the Girl." The rest of the album continues in the sunny power pop mold; it doesn't tip over into exceedingly twee or baroque territory, but rather emphasizes bright melodies and playful arrangements. Manning, who played all the instruments and produced, sometimes toys too much with fuzz and treble and such, but his songwriting sensibilities, honed over his years with Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, and the Moog Cookbook, remain acute if sometimes oversweetened. Well worth seeking out.