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15 years of Lifeblood
Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of Lifeblood. It's absolutely my favourite Manics album and it's the last Manics era in which I still truly felt the same youthful obsession that I did in my teens. The last tour where I went to every single London date and traveled to see shows in other cities as well.
My life was changing a huge amount when this album came out and when I listen to it now it's suffused with the feelings of the time, the excitement of new horizons mingled with sadness for what I'd lost. I think it's a truly beautiful record and I really wish they'd explored its sound more in further records. I particularly adore 1985, I Live To Fall Asleep and Glasnost. The latter's lyrics really resonated with me at the time and still do: "When did life get so complicated? When did life start accelerating?" Much as The Holy Bible resonated with me so strongly as a confused, angsty 19 year old, Lifeblood felt exactly right for me at 29 - the hope mixed with melancholy mixed with resignation mixed with resolution: "we've realised there's no going back". I can't really welcome the darkness of THB into my life any more, but Lifeblood is like an eternal friend. I love this album so much. Anyone else?
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