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| 3.5 great | Iai EMERITUS | November 19th 07 |
Considering that they were once the most urgent, vital force in British music, it was especially difficult for us fans to watch the Manics become stadium giants and lose not just their fury, but also a good chunk of their intelligence and political intentions. They were still pumping out good songs fairly regularly, but the albums were hard to swallow. It was hard to see how they'd reclaim lost ground on that front - any attempt to revisit earlier glories would be obvious and likely disastrous (Know Your Enemy), and there was limited potential in reinvention (Lifeblood). But, third time lucky, they've done it. It's hard to explain what's so right about Send Away The Tigers, but it just feels like the passion and the urgency is back. As such it's easily their most solid album in 11 years, and a signpost that actually, they probably do have a future that's not based around endless re-runs of Everything Must Go.
In short:
THEY'RE GOOD AGAIN! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
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| 4.0 excellent | Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | November 7th 07 |
Upon its release, Send Away The Tigers marked a turn for long-suffering Manics fans- finally a release that captured the spirit of the great early recordings without sounding forced or contrived. Six months down the line, it sounds as fresh as ever, from the chunky rockabilly shuffle of anti-war anthem 'Imperial Bodybags' and the suggestive, Slash-like licks of single 'Autumnsong.' Opener 'Send Away The Tigers' reignites the group's long-held infatuation with layering morbid literary references inside superficially benign pop songs, while 'Indian Summer' and 'Winterlovers' recall the best of the flawed post-Richey James hangover Everything Must Go. Freely-distributed before the album�s release, 'Underdogs' pays tribute to the proud misfits and outcasts who make up the group�s fanatically loyal fanbase, and lead single 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough' sees frontman James Dean Bradfield bounce jubilant pop melodies off Cardigans frontman Nina Persson to no small effect. The most impressive aspect of Send Away The Tigers is that it feels as if it means something, and does so naturally, a stark contrast to the forced relevance of Know Your Enemy and electro-pop disaster Lifeblood.
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| 4.0 excellent | oldaboriginee | June 7th 10 |
Awesome album. I have had Imperial Bodybags stuck in my head for days now
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| 3.5 great | fifek | May 14th 24 |
| 2.5 average | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | CalinD | January 16th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Jrzg85 | February 2nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | iax | June 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bras42 | December 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Juca89 | September 6th 18 |
| 3.5 great | FelkFg | August 8th 18 |
| 3.5 great | igi78 | July 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | aew100 | April 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | March 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Marci | October 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | YayoG1 | September 2nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | August 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Juanpa | August 14th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Alexxx | August 3rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | wg98 | May 11th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | PaabL | February 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luisito | February 9th 17 |
| 3.5 great | josefk | August 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Log S. | March 27th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | jmc1994 | September 29th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Lassie | August 8th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | edirp | August 8th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Sithese | February 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | MaggieG | January 12th 14 |
| 3.5 great | aguzman | December 19th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | December 1st 13 |
| 3.0 good | MF79 | September 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | pmellis | February 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Akmol | November 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | boleyn2 | September 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mkBones | June 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tribszn | August 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 3.0 good | JViney EMERITUS | February 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mppwns | February 6th 11 |
| 3.5 great | deco20 | October 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | KirrVlad | September 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | September 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | thawey | August 23rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | slaome | August 13th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | shark | December 30th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lawnee | August 15th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | MBS | May 26th 08 |
| 3.5 great | timbo8 | March 25th 08 |
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