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Sound-wise, I think it's the smallest departure a Manics album has had from its predecessor. Think that says a lot for a band with a sequence like This Is My Truth, Know Your Enemy and Lifeblood... Used to be a bit like football for me, used to like seeing bands/teams I like doing well. I'd be happy for Manics to finally get another number one album, cos it still matters to them.
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I've found one review in Polish so far, they gave it 3.5/5 and said the typically beautiful melodies on the album might please the hardcore fans, but ultimately they fall short of ME and ADFL and that there isn't anything edgy about them (no mention of wet carrots though). On a side note, it's been ages since I've had a new Manics album almost on constant repeat. It's been ages since I cared about their reviews and their chart position, too. How about that? |
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A Song for Sadness, hypothetically speaking would have made not just a great album closer but a great final single for the band encompassing everything great about the band.
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Anyone else not got their pre-order copy yet?
My wife ordered the signed deluxe edition before Xmas for me, she got an email saying it had been shipped but there's still no sign of it. Thus, I have not heard the new record by my favourite band. I refuse to listen to it on Spotify before hearing it on my stereo.
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The Left Behind has been getting stuck in me head recently, it's grown on me a bit. Didn't see that coming.
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Is there anything overseas fans can do for No1?
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There’s not much anyone can do at this point. The Greatest Showman is in the lead and pulling away. Fans on Twitter are just in denial.
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Maybe if I search and listen the album to death on Melon. Though I prefer listening to music offline rather tha streaming, for practical reasons.
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The Left Behind and Concrete Fields actually are two that I love; after the initial reviews with many very nonplussed with it as album closer it was a welcome surprise I like it so much.
I love the arrangemenrs on this album, so many imaginative instrumental touches bringing life to the melodies. This is especially so on the last 4 or 5 tracks aswell as both deluxe edition songs. I thought RTF and especially Futurology were essential; brilliant works that I still listen to and top tier Manics. The new album is very different in places but some Futurology motifs clearly carried over.Tracks like Hold Me Like a Heaven, In Eternity, Soundtrack to Complete Withdrawal have that wonderful Futurologyesque synth and mood touch, and are for me top tier. A very commercial album but not a generic one. Plenty of artistry there and they can still make compelling music. JFPL, RTF and F proved that, and this one, though aesthetically in the SATT and PFAYM style, the craft and artistic flourishes elevate it above that duo. Its not The Holy Bible, nor is it as high as Futurology, but it is a quality release with some very compelling moments. (Ordered the Japanese Deluxe also to obtain the other bonus'). |
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Arigatou gozaimasu for the Vapors reference; not being able to put my finger on it was doing my head in!
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Looks like another #2 album for the boys..... FFS
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Anyone got the current sales figures?
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I suppose there is a bit of rage in the likes of Broken Algorithims and Sequels of Forgotten Wars, but I would agree that the album (particularly the second half of it which I'm liking more and more) has an air of resignation in it. Maybe a few years after he wrote that line in Builder of Routines he is erring more towards acceptance than rage. |
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This was yesterday's (Wed) figures. It's already over.
1 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman (21.1k) 2 Manic Street Preachers - Resistance Is Futile (20.9k) * |
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