Album Rating: 4.5

Goddamn I love this album



Poor Bradfield tested positive for covid, wishing him a speedy recovery

Album Rating: 4.5

Motorcycle Emptiness is still one of the best rock songs ever



This one's my second favorite after Holy Bible, with Everything Must Go being a close third after that

Album Rating: 4.5

Perhaps unsurprisingly, all five of my top Manic albums involve Richey Edwards:



1. Holy Bible

2. Generation Terrorists

3. Everything Must Go

4. Journal for Plague Lovers

5. Gold Against the Soul



But I also have to give a big shoutout to Send Away the Tigers and Futurology, which I see as great late-career records. Plus, every Manics album has at least something to recommend imo

Album Rating: 4.5

I will say though, I might have to recheck Know Your Enemy based on your appraisal. I remember that being one of my least faves

Album Rating: 4.5

Topical :D

5. Gold Against the Soul

GAtS it's good the problem is that...it suffers from a crisis identity and some of the songs are sometimes irritable (I can't stand la tristessa durera)

I like the song but it's so strange that they speak British natively yet Motorcycle Emptiness doesn't make any sense lyrically.

Album Rating: 2.5

You what mate?

Album Rating: 3.5

poetry innit

Album Rating: 4.5

Kinda surprised you have this rated so low tbh. I know the record's overlong, but only a few songs constitute as filler imo

Motorcycle Emptiness - greatest song of all time NO CONTEST.

Album Rating: 4.5

^ it's up there for sure

Album Rating: 2.5

The album is too much of a pastiche

Motorcycle Emptiness is one of the greatest songs of all time.

Richey Edwards 4 Real sentiment is commendable.

Album Rating: 2.5

Credit where it’s due James looks cool as fuck in the Little Baby Nothing vid

Album Rating: 3.5

He is the ultimate case study in going from cool to middle aged overnight - seemed to happen over a single month some time in the mid '90s.

Album Rating: 2.5

lol it did didn’t it.