Manic Street Preachers [The Holy Bible]Here's one of the greatest albums ever recorded, and fittingly titled The Holy Bible, i can't believe this is only the first time this appears in my Blog, it's a massive album, a phenomenal statement by the band, and a farewell from Richey James Edwards [missing - probable Suicide], more than anything the music veers away from the MSP's earlier Alternative Rock albums, and moves more into Punk Rock territory, after this album they would move toward melodic Hard Rock, the lyrics are 80% from Richey James Edwards, and he is full of vitriol for the serious problems of the world, it can be quite a depressing read, but... the music and the enthusiasm behind it makes it somehow a truly enlightening statement, this album is my 11th favourite disc out of roughly 1650 discs that i own, that's major, every time i listen to this album i marvel at the sheer inventiveness of each of the tracks, the Manic Street Preachers would never make another album remotely as good as this one again.
The Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh band, formed in 1986, and still going strong today, they recorded this album in 1994, the front cover is a painting called Strategy by Jenny Saville, a thought provoking piece of artwork, the track listing is actually on the front, a clever inventive little idea, it sort of completes things.
Just about every track was so superb, with tracks 3-4, 6-7, 9, 11 & 13 really stunning, out of this i found track 3 Of Walking Abortion to be especially enlightening, not one of my usual favourites [usually 6, 9 or 13], and it was good to seriously listen to this track, and find a new appreciation for it, and to hear things that i've never really noticed before,
Here's the Manic Street Preachers singing Of Walking Abortion on YouTube.
