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Old 15-09-2021, 00:37
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Y'see, this is why i hate doing lists like this because once you start getting into the weeds of all the stuff they've put out you realise you can't include everything because there are so many gems.
I bring this up because familiarising myself with both those remixes of hold me like a heaven mentioned by flint and porco now means they need honorary mentions. Both great, especially the warm digits remix.
The new version of spectators of suicide... no, no, the line must be drawn here!
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Old 15-09-2021, 05:20
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Great songs:
1. Concrete Fields
2. What Happened to the Blue Generation
3. Caldey
4. Empty Motorcade
5. Mirror Gaze
6. My Drowned World
7. The Last Time I Saw Paris

Good songs:
8. T. E. Lawrence on a Bike
9. Blistered Mirrors
10. Together Stronger
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Old 15-09-2021, 06:06
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I did completely realise I left out the TUVL Japanese bonus tracks off my list, I blame the fact that they’re so recent I’ve yet to become accustomed to them. Would likely include them though - especially My Drowned World.
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Old 15-09-2021, 07:04
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If anyone has rips of ‘Before I Leave’ and ‘It Will Take More Than A Grave To Bury You’ I would be very grateful
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Old 15-09-2021, 19:33
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no order

Red Rubber
Together Stronger
Death of a Digital Ghost
Concrete Fields
Before I leave
Caldey
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Old 15-09-2021, 20:41
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no order

Red Rubber
Together Stronger
Death of a Digital Ghost
Concrete Fields
Before I leave
Caldey
I can put that in order:

Concrete fields
Red rubber
Calder
Before i leave
Death of a digital ghost
*Together Stronger (replaced with anything else) :-)
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Old 15-09-2021, 23:05
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This is going to be a tough list but I'll give it a go - in order of preference:

1. A Soundtrack To Complete Withdrawal (one of the best Manics tracks ever for me and would have improved RIF immeasurably).
2. Midnight Sun
3. Distractions
4. Lost Voices
5. The Passing Show
6. Kodawari
7. See It Like Sutherland
8. Death Of A Digital Ghost
9. Together Stronger
10. Empty Motorcade
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Oh snap, damn, forgot A Soundtrack to Complete Withdrawal, (arguably) the best RIF track.
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Old 16-09-2021, 09:06
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Standings so far. So many didn't rank (rebels) I've just gone with frequency of mention:

Before I Leave 1
Inky Fingers 1
Last Time I Saw Paris 1
Lost Voices 1
The Endless Plain of Fortune 1
The Passing Show 1
These Dark Roads 1
Time Ain't Nothing 1
A Soundtrack to Complete Withdrawal 2
I Know the Numbers 2
Blistered Mirrors 3
Engage With Your Shadow 3
Holding Patterns 3
Kiss My Eyes for Eternity 3
Kodawari 3
Mirror Gaze 3
Ostopolitik 3
See It Like Sutherland 3
T. E. Lawrence on a Bike 3
Concrete Fields 4
Death of a Digital Ghost 4
Distractions 4
I’m Leaving You for Solitude 4
Midnight Sun 4
My Drowned World 4
Together Stronger 4
What Happened To The Blue Generation 4
The Last Time I Saw Paris 5
The Sound of Detachment 5
Broken Up Again 6
Caldey 6
Red Rubber 9
Empty Motorcade 10
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Old 16-09-2021, 09:16
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This thread makes me realise what a bad fan I've been this past decade (in my defence, I really didn't like PFAYM or RTF). I don't know any of these songs apart from Together Stronger (eek). Time to get catching up...
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Old 16-09-2021, 09:19
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Likewise, I just totally switched off to the band after PFAYM. I tired to entertain RTF, but relistening now I realise that for me, it just wasn't that good either. However it seems from there things definitely improved, and the b-sides remained, as ever, mixed-to-solid.
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Old 16-09-2021, 10:01
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Sorry, I couldn’t do a list. I got as far as

1. Rock n Roll Genius

and everything else just felt so unworthy after that.

The Last Time I Saw Paris, T.E. Lawrence on a Bike and Red Rubber can have honourable mentions.
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Old 16-09-2021, 12:06
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Preach. Such a good album hiding in there.

I attempted this but couldn't limit it to 10. Sorry not sorry.
Also in no particular order:

Broken up again
Kiss my eyes for eternity
I'm leaving you for solitude
I know the numbers
Empty motorcade
T.e. lawrence on a bike
Concrete fields
What happened to the blue generation
Time ain't nothing
Blistered mirrors
Holding patterns
Red rubber
I love "T. E. Lawrence On A Bike" so much! What a great b-side!
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Old 16-09-2021, 12:20
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1. A Soundtrack To Complete Withdrawal
2. Red Rubber
3. Lost Voices
4. Empty Motorcade
5. Broken Up Again
6. The Sound Of Detachment
7. Caldey
8. Blistered Mirrors
9. Distractions
10. What Happened To The Blue Generation?
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Old 16-09-2021, 12:28
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When you get to Caldey, should it have been reworked into a Eurovision Duet or what?!
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Old 16-09-2021, 12:38
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So I have listened to all the tracks listed in top 10s to this point (and others, but not all others).

Right now my pick of 10, in no order, is:

Broken Up Again
We Were Never Told
Melancholyme
See It Like Sutherland
Caldey
Kodawari
Blistered Mirrors
Empty Motorcade
The Last Time I Saw Paris
These Dark Roads
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