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| 3.0 good | fran tall ear | September 12th 22 |
early Manics lives and dies on the power of the lyrics. here they are fucking lethal! otoh the only musician in this band who does anything is JDB which means there's too much room in these glam rock-finished tunes and not enough accompaniment to fill it
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| 0.0 | PlasticRadioBand | May 22nd 16 |
The long lost third Use Your Illusion album. Too bad it doesn't contain a powerballad as enthralling as Novermber Rain or an epic 10 minute song about overdosing like Coma. But still an overall superb listen for any walk of life who knows what a piss christ is
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| 4.0 excellent | becomesmusical | November 28th 15 |
Cut this bad boy in half and you have one of the greatest rock debuts ever. The bloated original, though, is still worth a listen; one can't help but appreciate the ambition that drives this record, even if a number of tracks don't fully deliver on their promise.
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| 5.0 classic | MaggieG | September 8th 14 |
Everybody normally associates the Manic Street Preachers with radio friendly Britpop hits like 'A Design for Life' and 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next' though rewind back to the early 90s and they were a much different band. Originally a hard rock outfit with punk influences, the Manics gained a large cult following with their first three albums mainly because of their now missing rhythm guitarist and ghost frontman Richey Edwards. Generation Terrorists is a very bombastic and heavy debut album that mixes in a Brit punk attitude and socialist philosophy with glam metal riffs and delivers a strong over the top album that shocked the British music scene with its 18 tracks filled with a that displayed a cocky middle finger to mainstream music. 'Motorcycle Emptiness' however proves that they could write a heartfelt ballad in the midst of all the heavy rock this album throws at you. This is one of my favourite albums of all time and definitely worth a listen to those who haven't heard any of the band's Richey era material.
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| 2.0 poor | RobbaqPL | May 31st 13 |
"Motorcycle Emptiness" is one of the best songs of all time. The rest of the album blows hard.
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| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | February 21st 07 |
Realistically, this album was never going to sell the 20 million copies its creators said it would. Even so, it's a damn good album, ruined only slightly by the bloated length. The glam rock aesthetic and politically aware consciousness make for an album that's fun without being disposable, and intellectual without disappearing up its own backside. "Slash N' Burn", "Little Baby Nothing", and of course "Motorcycle Emptiness" are all fantastic songs, but the album does tail off at point - two versions of "Repeat" is slightly un-necessary, and some of the songs towards the "Damn Dog"/"Crucifix Kiss" end of things are utterly unmemorable. Still, trimmed down to 12 songs, this would have been one of the very finest debuts of the 90s, and for that alone it's worth owning.
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| 3.0 good | fifek | April 23rd 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | July 10th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jsounnd | December 31st 22 |
| 3.5 great | peahat | August 19th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | KuyJuk | July 17th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | CalinD | October 8th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | September 16th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | kornass | September 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jrzg85 | February 2nd 21 |
| 2.0 poor | progsun | September 16th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | July 18th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | July 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | neri31 | January 9th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Juca89 | November 10th 18 |
| 3.0 good | igi78 | July 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Stkyle | May 30th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 26th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | aew100 | April 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jan555 | April 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | March 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Marci | October 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gueero | August 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanpa | August 14th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alexxx | August 3rd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Miguee7 | July 11th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | wg98 | May 12th 17 |
| 2.5 average | 747727 | March 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | KevinMM | March 3rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | PaabL | February 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luisito | February 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | josefk | August 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Lanas | July 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | ArtBox | June 12th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | arcane | October 31st 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Jordan M. EMERITUS | October 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | edirp | August 8th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Lassie | August 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | swoen | June 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ledgy | May 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 29th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | sabaus | August 11th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | July 29th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Hoppip | March 23rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Sithese | February 17th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Gtzk | January 5th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | December 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowan5215 STAFF | November 30th 13 |
| 2.5 average | zakalwe | September 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | MF79 | September 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeg | September 4th 13 |
| 3.0 good | CamCar | August 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | kual21 | April 5th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Akmol | November 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mkBones | June 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tribszn | August 16th 11 |
| 3.0 good | geng | April 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mppwns | February 6th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Oddsy | February 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | kier72 | December 31st 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Pirrus | November 7th 10 |
| 3.5 great | deco20 | October 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | September 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | thawey | August 23rd 10 |
| 2.0 poor | slaome | August 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom2704 | August 12th 10 |
| 3.0 good | AnvilJ | August 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Titan50 | December 22nd 09 |
| 3.0 good | shark | December 30th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | Lawnee | August 15th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | coopj | February 12th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Isola | August 1st 07 |
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