It was released in July 1983 by Chrysalis Records and featured his 1981 to 1983 lineup (with guitarist Gary Moore, longtime friend bassist Tris Margetts, drummer Ted McKenna (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Rory Gallagher), and session keyboardist Tommy Eyre).

[2] Like his debut solo album, Greg Lake (1981), Manoeuvres was created in close collaboration with Northern Irish guitarist and singer-songwriter Gary Moore.

It includes a song "Haunted" written with friend and bassist Tris Margetts and rock cartoonist-artist Tony Benyon.

[3] The album features a pop-flavoured progressive rock sound resembling that of Asia, the group Lake would join briefly in the end of 1983.

His other work consisted of collaborations and concerts with artists including Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band;[5] The Who;[6][7] Ian Anderson;[8][9] The RD Crusaders[10] and Roger Daltrey (benefiting the Teenage Cancer Trust); his solo projects supporting the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, the Sara Anne Wood Rescue Center,[11] the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and other organizations,[12][13] and periodic reunions with Emerson, Lake & Palmer.