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The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers

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Tracklist

    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Yes 4:59 51,456
2 Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart 3:39 38,405
3 Of Walking Abortion 4:00 41,240
4 She Is Suffering 4:43 47,244
5 Archives Of Pain 5:28 39,961
6 Revol 3:04 43,454
7 4st 7lb 5:04 39,545
8 Mausoleum 4:12 33,082
9 Faster 3:54 71,676
10 This Is Yesterday 3:56 35,988
11 Die In The Summertime 3:05 38,174
12 The Intense Humming Of Evil 6:11 28,549
13 P.C.P. 3:55 31,076
14 Drug Drug Druggy (live) 3:29 573
15 Roses in the Hospital (live) 4:48 667
16 You Love Us (live) 3:06 836
17 New Art Riot (live) 3:00 404
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About this album

Epic (1998) Released: 9 Sep 1998 17 tracks (70:33)
The Holy Bible was the third studio album by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on August 30, 1994 by Epic Records, a subsidiary of Sony Records, unlike their two previous albums which had been released on the Columbia Records imprint. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart. In August 2005 it topped Newsnight Review’s ‘Quintessential Newsnight Viewer’ top 5 favourite albums poll, pushing Radiohead’s OK Computer (a much bigger seller) into second place. It is listed on the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time.

It was the band’s final album recorded before the disappearance of their lyricist Richey James Edwards on February 1, 1995. It is considered to be the band’s best work by many, although some critics prefer the band’s next album, Everything Must Go, the latter demonstrating a different musical style and production outlook, reflecting the absence of the creative direction of Edwards.

The first single from the album, “Faster”, was released on June 6 and peaked at #16 on the British singles chart. The single marked a new chapter for the band as the material was both lyrically and sonically different than their previous release, the Life Becoming A Landslide EP.

Whereas lyric duties on the two previous albums were split fairly evenly between Edwards and the band’s bass player Nicky Wire, Wire has said in interviews that Edwards wrote about 70-75% of the lyrics on The Holy Bible, which may explain why the lyrical themes were much darker than on later albums following Edwards’ disappearance.
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  • IlanDatabase

    FUCKING A.

    Friday evening

  • GuzonjinaCerka

    I'm in love with this album.

    20 days ago

  • DanLovesAlice

    Nothing else in the Manics canon can hold a candle to this dark masterpiece. Truthful, brutal and depressing, a document that hits Western culture right between the eyes.

    March 2012

  • SciFiBoy2009

    best album ever. nothing else is even close to this good. it is literally gospel, listen to it as often as I can because it is holy.

    January 2012

  • lanakias

    Easy the best album of manic street preachers....masterpiece

    January 2012

  • ricardo_zmn

    Masterpiece

    January 2012

  • Leonod

    One of the first albums I ever bought, and still sounds as good as the day it was released.

    October 2011

  • DumbFlagScum

    amazing album

    August 2011

  • ShapesAtDawn

    just got into THB recently...I can't believe what I have been missing alle these years. It's a damn masterpiece! Richey's lyrics are indeed brilliant...he's a real icon and one of the most fascinating persons I came across.

    August 2011

  • PreservShepherd

    Being a yank, MSP is not something that was readily available during the peak years. Finding this album almost a decade after it's release, it is in my blood like an album I've been spinning since i was 10. At first I liked it but figured it was a passing curiosity. By the 2nd listen, all these small moments come into view and by the 3rd or 4th listen, you know you are listening to a album that will be in your heart forever. Thanks Manics!

    August 2011

  • Magus_Perde

    Total goddamn masterpiece.

    July 2011

  • reap_r

    one of the most emotionally devastating records committed to tape... [2]

    March 2011

  • brunogramacho

    classic

    March 2011

  • Bejn23

    The album is perfection.

    March 2011

  • Sonny_J_D

    This album is simply brutal - one of the most emotionally devastating records committed to tape...

    February 2011

  • cha0sm0nkey

    Still jawdropping after all these years.

    February 2011

  • grazziee

    After I gave it a listen for the first time, I just felt someone's banged my head with a massive lump hammer. I still feel dizzy. And I'm still trying to recover my balance.

    December 2010

  • dontsagemebro

    why isnt this as popular as their other albums? i keep hearing that its their best album...ill have to give it a listen.

    November 2010

  • ReddestHusky

    Incredible dark album! Love love love!!!

    November 2010

  • Fury112

    visceral

    November 2010
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