Manic Street Preachers Albums from worst to best

40   7.1  

This album is the worst from this great band. There isn't that much good pop songs or songs with political message. Also the "rebel" attitude is missig.

If I have to pick one song. It would be La Tritesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh). It's an almost good song.




Track List

1. "Sleepflower" – 4:51
2. "From Despair to Where" – 3:34
3. "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" – 4:13
4. "Yourself" – 4:11
5. "Life Becoming a Landslide" – 4:14
6. "Drug Drug Druggy" – 3:26
7. "Roses in the Hospital" – 5:02
8. "Nostalgic Pushead" – 4:14
9. "Symphony of Tourette" – 3:31
10. "Gold Against the Soul" – 5:34

Tumppi's rating:

65   7.9  

Highly overrated album, that doesn't have many good songs. It's little bit better than Gold Against the Soul, but not much. Lyrics are stronger and that's why I like The Holy Bible. What I don't like about it, that it's very hard to listen. There isn't that many groovy songs in this album. Maybe it's a concept album, but I don't get.

Track List

1. "Yes" 4:59
2. "Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart" 3:39
3. "Of Walking Abortion" 4:01
4. "She Is Suffering" 4:43
5. "Archives of Pain" 5:29
6. "Revol" 3:05
7. "4st 7lb" 5:05
8. "Mausoleum" 4:12
9. "Faster" 3:55
10. "This Is Yesterday" 3:58
11. "Die in the Summertime" 3:05
12. "The Intense Humming of Evil" 6:12
13. "P.C.P"

Tumppi's rating:

14   8.2  

This album proves that I don't like Edwards Songwriting. Also it was released little bit too late. It sounds like early Manics, witch is not a bad thing nor good thing. When I for heard Journal for Plague Lovers I think it was pretty good. When I listen it more I started to dislike it.

Track List

1. "Peeled Apples" – 3:33
2. "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" – 2:24
3. "Me and Stephen Hawking" – 2:47
4. "This Joke Sport Severed" – 3:04
5. "Journal for Plague Lovers" – 3:45
6. "She Bathed Herself in a Bath of Bleach" – 2:18
7. "Facing Page: Top Left" – 2:40
8. "Marlon J.D." – 2:50
9. "Doors Closing Slowly" – 2:52
10. "All Is Vanity" – 3:34
11. "Pretension/Repulsion" – 2:05
12. "Virginia State Epileptic Colony" – 3:23
13. "William's Last Words" – 4:19 / "Bag Lady" (hidden track) – 3:05
14. "Marlon J.D." (NYPC's Wire Up Mix)
15. "Journal for Plague Lovers" (acoustic)

Tumppi's rating:

39   7.5  

Their debut album is kind of oddball. Motorcycle Emptiness is one of the best Manic songs, but after that there is not much to listen. Also You Love Us is decent song. Maybe this one gets it's credits for freshness and rebel attitude.



Track List

1. "Slash 'n' Burn" – 3:59
2. "Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds" – 4:32
3. "Born to End" – 3:55
4. "Motorcycle Emptiness" – 6:08
5. "You Love Us" – 4:18
6. "Love's Sweet Exile" – 3:29
7. "Little Baby Nothing" – 4:59
8. "Repeat (Stars and Stripes)" – 4:09
9. "Tennessee" – 3:06
10. "Another Invented Disease" – 3:24
11. "Stay Beautiful" – 3:10
12. "So Dead" – 4:28
13. "Repeat (UK)" – 3:09
14. "Spectators of Suicide" – 4:40
15. "Damn Dog" (Music by Jacob Brackman/Billy Mernit) – 1:52
16. "Crucifix Kiss" – 3:39
17. "Methadone Pretty" – 3:57
18. "Condemned to Rock 'n' Roll" – 6:06

Tumppi's rating:

33   6.5  

This album is weird mix. There is lots of good stuff. But also very much bad songs. Have to say that Ocean Spray hit my like a dozen killer bees. It's a very good songwriting and iteresting melodies. Also I like the theme of this album, that is very much communist propaganda style. It's contention to western civilization to rethink our values.



Track List

1. "Found That Soul" – 3:05
2. "Ocean Spray" – 4:11
3. "Intravenous Agnostic" – 4:02
4. "So Why So Sad" – 4:02
5. "Let Robeson Sing" – 3:46
6. "The Year of Purification" – 3:39
7. "Wattsville Blues" – 4:29
8. "Miss Europa Disco Dancer" – 3:52
9. "Dead Martyrs" – 3:23
10. "His Last Painting" – 3:16
11. "My Guernica" – 4:56
12. "The Convalescent" – 5:54
13. "Royal Correspondent" – 3:31
14. "Epicentre" – 6:26
15. "Baby Elián" – 3:37
16. "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children" – 2:59

Tumppi's rating:

4   7  

Manic's newest album in their own words is; "We're going for big radio hits on this one ... It isn't a follow-up to Journal For Plague Lovers.". Ok, it sure is like that. It's very poppy album. Easy to listen and there is many good song. Of course the best one is (It's Not War) Just the End of Love that also got most of playtime in radiochanels. I also like Postcards from a Young Man, it has a very good pop song meldodies.



Track List

1. "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" – 3:32
2. "Postcards from a Young Man" – 3:39
3. "Some Kind of Nothingness" – 3:52 (ft. Ian McCulloch)
4. "The Descent (Pages 1 & 2)" – 3:30
5. "Hazelton Avenue" – 3:27
6. "Auto-Intoxication" – 3:52
7. "Golden Platitudes" – 4:28
8. "I Think I Found It" – 3:10 (Lyrics by Bradfield)
9. "A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun" – 3:43 (ft. Duff McKagan)
10. "All We Make Is Entertainment" – 4:18
11. "The Future Has Been Here 4 Ever" – 3:42
12. "Don't Be Evil" – 3:18

Tumppi's rating:

23   7.3  

This is the album when I realized that Manics are the best. After all Send Away the Tigers isn't their best album, but it's really nice work. There's lots of good pop songs like Indian Summer, Autumsong and also a great duet Your Love Alone Is Not Enough with Gardigans singer Nina Persson.




Track List

1. "Send Away the Tigers" – 3:36
2. "Underdogs" – 2:49
3. "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" – 3:55
4. "Indian Summer" – 3:54
5. "The Second Great Depression" – 4:09
6. "Rendition" – 2:59
7. "Autumnsong" – 3:40
8. "I'm Just a Patsy" – 3:11
9. "Imperial Bodybags" – 3:30
10. "Winterlovers" – 3:03 (Music and lyrics by John Lennon)
11. "Working Class Hero"
12. "Love Letter to the Future" - 3:44
13. "Morning Comrades" – 3:13
14. "Send Away the Tigers" (acoustic) – 2:31

Tumppi's rating:

24   7.3  

I was so surprised when I heard this album. It's so fucking awsome. I couldn't beleave that. Because I was always told that 00's Manics sucks. In my books this prove them wrong. Songs are funny and powerful at the same time. Specialy The Love of Richard Nixon is very good songwriting. Also Empty Souls is five stars song. There is so many good stuff in Lifeblood, to remind why Manic Street Preachers is one of the best bands in the world.




Track List

1. "1985" – 4:08
2. "The Love of Richard Nixon" – 3:38
3. "Empty Souls" – 4:05
4. "A Song for Departure" – 4:20
5. "I Live to Fall Asleep" – 3:57
6. "To Repel Ghosts" – 3:58
7. "Emily" – 3:34
8. "Glasnost" – 3:14
9. "Always/Never" – 3:42
10. "Solitude Sometimes Is" – 3:21
11. "Fragments" – 4:02
12. "Cardiff Afterlife" – 3:27

Tumppi's rating:

61   7.7  

Last two albums where hardest to put in order. So today it like this. Everything Must Go is perfect album. There is no bad songs, couple decent. But overall it's one of the best alternative rock albums ever made. If I have to Choose best songs from this album, here's my picks:






Track List

1. "Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier" – 3:29 (Lyrics by Wire/Edwards)
2. "A Design for Life" – 4:16
3. "Kevin Carter" – 3:24 (Music by Bradfield/Moore/Wire, lyrics by Edwards)
4. "Enola/Alone" – 4:07
5. "Everything Must Go" – 3:41
6. "Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky" – 3:02 (Music by Bradfield/Moore/Wire, lyrics by Edwards)
7. "The Girl Who Wanted to Be God" – 3:35 (Lyrics by Wire/Edwards)
8. "Removables" - 3:31 (Music by Bradfield/Moore/Wire, lyrics by Edwards)
9. "Australia" – 4:04
10. "Interiors (Song for Willem de Kooning)" – 4:17
11. "Further Away" – 3:38 [A]
12. "No Surface All Feeling" – 4:14

Tumppi's rating:

61   7.2  

There is only one album that's better than Everything Must Go and it's This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours...

This was the first album that I heard from the Manics. When it was released I wasn't that exicted. It took me many years to figure out how awsome this album is. When I finaly get it, the album hit me really hard. It has so strong lyrics, but still it's very easy to listen. My picks from number one album are:








Track List

1. "The Everlasting" – 6:09
2. "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" – 4:50
3. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" – 4:20
4. "Ready for Drowning" – 4:32
5. "Tsunami" – 3:51
6. "My Little Empire" – 4:09
7. "I'm Not Working" – 5:51
8. "You're Tender and You're Tired" – 4:37
9. "Born a Girl" – 4:12
10. "Be Natural" – 5:12
11. "Black Dog on My Shoulder" – 4:48
12. "Nobody Loved You" – 4:44
13. "S.Y.M.M." – 5:57

Tumppi's rating: