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| 4.0 excellent | fran tall ear | September 12th 22 |
bumped to a four outta five. I love the style so much more than the debut, where songs had to be seriously good to rise out of the murk; here, the production is fine and its down to the songs to disappoint you. Yourself and the closer have gradually revealed themselves to me as killer tunes and La Tristessa Durera has always been one of their top best tunes. Life Becoming a Landslide and From Despair are a bit pub rock
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| 4.5 superb | MaggieG | September 8th 14 |
After the punk explosion that was Generation Terrorists garnered the Manics some level of critical acclaim as well as a large cult following, the band calmed down a bit on their second effort, the introspective Gold Against the Soul. This album's more indie rock direction alienated many fans of the band and was panned by critics yet time has been very kind to it in my opinion. The band themselves have disowned this album but that doesn't stop me from enjoying it so much. Some of my favourite Manics songs are here on this album like the terrifically written power rock song 'La Tristesse Durera' and the electrifying opening song 'Sleepflower'. Each of the four members plays their part here with James Dean Bradfield providing some excellent guitar work and rich vocal deliveries, Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire write some of the best lyrics in rock music and Wire does some pretty cool bass lines and Sean Moore is a very sufficient drummer. It's not as hard-hitting for me as Generation Terrorists or The Holy Bible but it's miles better than people give it credit for.
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| 4.0 excellent | fifek | May 6th 24 |
| 3.0 good | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 3.5 great | KuyJuk | January 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dylan620 | February 20th 22 |
| 5.0 classic | CalinD | October 8th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Jrzg85 | February 2nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jimbly | January 30th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | October 2nd 20 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 18th 20 |
| 3.0 good | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 3.5 great | igi78 | July 16th 18 |
| 3.0 good | aew100 | April 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | March 14th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Marci | October 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | May 11th 17 |
| 2.5 average | 747727 | March 26th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Oddsy | August 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | josefk | August 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | ArtBox | June 12th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Jordan M. EMERITUS | October 7th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | edirp | August 8th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Lassie | August 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ledgy | May 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | sabaus | August 11th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Surtur | July 29th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Sithese | February 17th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | December 1st 13 |
| 3.5 great | MF79 | September 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zeg | September 4th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | CamCar | August 16th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | pmellis | February 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Akmol | November 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kingdok | February 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tribszn | August 16th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mppwns | February 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | kier72 | December 31st 10 |
| 2.5 average | blurkom | October 5th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | September 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | thawey | August 23rd 10 |
| 3.0 good | slaome | August 13th 10 |
| 3.0 good | AnvilJ | August 6th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom2704 | June 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Titan50 | August 19th 09 |
| 3.5 great | shark | December 30th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Lawnee | August 15th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | coopj | February 12th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Isola | August 1st 07 |
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