Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers

Journal for Plague Lovers

by Manic Street Preachers

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Released
5/18/09
Music Genre
Pop
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For their ninth studio album 'Journal For Plague Lovers', the Manic Street Preachers recall the spirit of their 1994 album 'The Holy Bible' by using lyrics left by missing, enigmatic front man Richey Edwards. This record sees producer Steve Albini deftly harness the rawness and stunning intelligence of the band's career highlight. Intriguing and challenging, this is the Manics back to their best. Includes the songs 'Peeled Apples' and 'Jackie Collins Existential Question Time'.

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Product Details

Artist
Manic Street Preachers
Number of Discs
1
Recording Environment
Studio
Label / Studio
COLUMBIA
Media Content Format
Album
Original year of release
2009
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
2009
Cast & Crew
Manic Street Preachers (Music Performer)
Steve Albini (Producer)
Steve Albini (Sound Engineer)

Press Reviews

A band aligning with its purest impulses Mojo

...not just a dignified salute to an absent friend, but a cracking album in its own right Observer Music Magazine

Simply a phenomenal rock record Q

The Manic Street Preachers have re-established themselves as one of the most important bands of our generation The Fly

A brave compelling record, stands shoulder to shoulder with the Manics best Uncut

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Peeled Apples
  2. Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
  3. Me and Stephen Hawking
  4. This Joke Sport Severed
  5. Journal for Plague Lovers
  6. She Bathed Herself in a Bath of Bleach
  7. Facing Page Top Left
  8. Marlon JD
  9. Doors Closing Slowly
  10. All Is Vanity
  11. Pretension/Repulsion
  12. Virginia State Epileptic Colony
  13. William's Last Words

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18/11/2010
 
4.0

An album med 14 years delay

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Pros

  • Can Listen Over And Over
  • Engaging
  • Great Lyrics
  • Hit Songs

Cons

    Best Uses

    • At Home
    • In The Car

    Comments about COLUMBIA Manic Street Preachers - Journal for Plague Lovers:

    I've alway thought that Manic Street Preachers was - and still is - very special, even if they've changed their musical attitude from being a revolutionary and desperate punkband to be a well-considered and mature rockband, intended for the big stadiums. But the good songs with political engagement have always been there, and Journal For Plague Lovers is the best MSP-album since The Holy Bible, the last recording with guitarist Richey James Edwards, before he disappeared in 1995. He left a collection of lyrics for the band, and that's how this record came into existence 14 years later.
    It's been worth waiting for.

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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