Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers

[redspoony]

Anyone else got it?

Top album. Shades of the Holy Bible.

 

[Count Duckula]

I might be getting them confused with someone else but I was sure their lead singer was dead.

 

[BAMSOLA]

I might be getting them confused with someone else but I was sure their lead singer was dead.

They lost a guitarist long ago but not a lead singer.

 

[vanthaman]

this whole album is from poems written by the guitarist,

i havent bought this yet, but will do so soon

 

[MikeUpNorth]

I absolutely love this album. Some of the lyrics are unbelievable; witty, insightful, dark and moving. And I think working with Albini has given it a raw and authentic quality. It perhaps lacks immediacy for casual listeners, but that was always going to happen when using Richie's meandering lyrics; it gets better with every listen.

Some of my favourite tracks:

Bag Lady



Me and Stephen Hawking



Pretension / Repulsion

 

[MikeUpNorth]

They lost a guitarist long ago but not a lead singer.

To be fair he couldn't really play the guitar, he just strummed a bit on stage. He was the lyricist. And my favourite lyricist of all time.

 

[Judge Red]

This is good, but I hope I'm not in the mood for Manics come 10pm tonight. If the worst happens, I might allow myself a little This Joke Sport Severed in a lonely room.