The worst Manics' album II

[ulstermanic]

Lifeblood - monotone - all the songs blend into one except for Richard Nixon which was a great rack. Songs such as "Cardiff Afterlife" and "Glasnost" are just pure tripe to be honest...

[Donkey]

Originally Posted by mute solitude

why the GATS hate - I'm one of it's fans

I don't know maybe it's because they read Everything and know that Lamacq doesn't like it


I'm surprised by SATT (positively), three years ago it looked like everyone (except me of course) is sleeping in bed with the album and now the passions are gone, I guess PFAYM love will fade the same way...

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by ulstermanic

Lifeblood - monotone - all the songs blend into one except for Richard Nixon which was a great rack. Songs such as "Cardiff Afterlife" and "Glasnost" are just pure tripe to be honest...

Strongly disagree!

[JamesyEsquire]

Know Your Enemy is criminally underrated, yes its a probably 3 or 4 songs too long but it has some real gems, i.e

Found That Soul (the last great manics song)
Intravenous Agnostic
Dead Martyrs
Baby Elian

all vastly superior to anything on any album (apart from JFPL) since

[franny]

Any album with FTS, IA and Epicentre can't be bad.

[screamingsoul]

All the Lifeblood hate on here made me stick it on and remember what an amazing album it is, with the exception of always/never which is possibly one of the worse songs of theirs to make it onto an album. Voted for SATT, I loved it when it came out but a couple of years later, I have very little interest in hearing it again.

The weird thing is that some Manics albums like KYE and Truth oscillate between being my worse and my favourites. Depending on the mood I'm in, sometmes the last thing I want to hear is Be Natural, other times it's the best thing EVAAA.

[Aestivate]

Originally Posted by screamingsoul

All the Lifeblood hate on here made me stick it on and remember what an amazing album it is, with the exception of always/never which is possibly one of the worse songs of theirs to make it onto an album. Voted for SATT, I loved it when it came out but a couple of years later, I have very little interest in hearing it again.

The weird thing is that some Manics albums like KYE and Truth oscillate between being my worse and my favourites. Depending on the mood I'm in, sometmes the last thing I want to hear is Be Natural, other times it's the best thing EVAAA.

I don't dislike any Manics album. So I had to go with the ones that took me longest to get into which were Truth and Lifeblood. And clearly Truth is a masterpiece (and would be in my top 5 Manics albums), so it had to be Lifeblood. Their worst album is probably Postcards as I've found it very easy to get into, so will probably lack depth & longevity.

[dthomas850]

I don't dislike any of their albums either...I voted for GT because it's the one i've listened to the least...it just hasn't clicked with me yet.

[Donkey]

Originally Posted by screamingsoul

All the Lifeblood hate on here made me stick it on and remember what an amazing album it is, with the exception of always/never which is possibly one of the worse songs of theirs to make it onto an album. Voted for SATT, I loved it when it came out but a couple of years later, I have very little interest in hearing it again.

I could sign the first sentence. I think there are lotta people here who had also an affair with SATT and it's over. I'm strongly convinced that PFAYM will go the same way.