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Don't panic, the 20th anniversary edition is coming, Nicky more or less confirms it in the new Record Collector Manics Special magazine. The band appear to have made peace with that album now. What will always hurt / never leave them is the lack of sales, how it commercially was a complete disaster.
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I agree, and it must have been quite a dark time for them. My theory is that Lifeblood's commercial performance was in many ways paved by what went before it. In the same way TIMTTMY did so well because of EMG (notwithstanding TIMTTMY is a strong album), Lifeblood failed because of KYE. Add to this a weird Greatest Hits promoted by TBTGOG and, to a lesser extent, the potentially alienating LT (unlike The Killers' 'Sawdust', it really did not make the best of their B-sides). Then, just to make sure, roll out Nixon as your first single, and it's a recipe for (commercial) disaster. The album itself was failed by the 3 and a half years leading up to it.
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Nixon definitely was the nail in the coffin, I had no hope for Lifeblood at all, was the first Manics album I didn't buy on release day. Almost begrudgingly bought it the following weekend, then was floored by the fact that it was absolutely amazing. I thank Nixon for that! In general experience (not even with the manics) I've found that a strong lead single has hardly ever proven to be an accurate album indicator. My hopes have been dashed more times than I care to mention. Was definitely the opposite for Lifeblood! Last edited by robg1979; 18-10-2021 at 11:10. |
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I love TBTGOG too - and loved that little cardboard sleeve they gave away to house the singles in. But to use Nicky's language, I think it struggled to connect outside the hardcore fan base. When I heard Forever Delayed, I couldn't get my head around why they hadn't released that instead for so many reasons!
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Forever Delayed and Automatik Teknicolour are two classic sounding Manics singles from that era, and they put out TBTGOG instead. It's pretty baffling. I love TBTGOG most of the three, but it's really not single material.
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This is a good point, I aleays thought the follow up to Tolerate should have been YSTSFMH, then Tsunami, amd either Ready For Drowning or Nobody Loved You as the final single.
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Yeah, that's an ideal run. The Everlasting was a bizarre choice in the first place, and then it being utterly neutered by its radio edit removed any remaining potential it had.
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