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| 4.5 superb | fran tall ear | September 12th 22 |
this isn't a forgotten gems situation. it's the scrapbook of a lifetime. forget richie's final binder, this is where the good stuff lies, be it too REM-ish, too underbaked after Tell Me Yours's 64 channel symphony, nothing they had done before this point really prepares you for Wattsville Blues, their catchiest song. if only it had been the fulcrum for what happened next. the alternate reality history of the Manic Street Preachers
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| 2.5 average | xAshtrayux | October 5th 21 |
I swear I'm never listening to this again. Goddamn it Manics, why do you make it so hard to like your post-Richey content?
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| 2.0 poor | mmfan486 | August 2nd 07 |
It's all there- the pop melody sensibilities, the politcal lyrics, the hard rock drive... but about six tracks into it they seem to run out of steam and the rest of the album is quite frankly dull. I don't like the production on it either; I would expect better from a band as big as the Manics.
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| 2.5 average | pulseczar | June 25th 06 |
Possibly the album that effectively killed the Manics' chances of becoming critically acclaimed arena rockers after the commercial rock success This is my Truth, Tell me Yours. Know Your Enemy is a lumbering, and pretentious collage of their old and new sound, and half-assed tributes to too many things to count. On one side, it contains hard rock that throws back to the Manics' early 90s days, on another it offers soft rockers, and somewhere in between it gives us a disco parody, hidden tracks, and other oddities that bulken the junk in Enemy's trunk. Some truly great melodies do shine through, though, when not dampened by awkward political messages or overly-processed studio effects. The end result wouldn't have been so bad if the album were shorter, it grates me that the album goes on for another half hour after it's given all it can, musically and... well, whatever the hell the Manics were trying to prove this time.
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| 3.0 good | fifek | May 13th 24 |
| 2.0 poor | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | CalinD | January 16th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Martiin | January 25th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Jrzg85 | February 2nd 21 |
| 3.0 good | Jimbly | January 30th 21 |
| 3.0 good | heck | October 2nd 20 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | July 18th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | FelkFg | August 8th 18 |
| 2.5 average | igi78 | July 16th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Stkyle | May 30th 18 |
| 2.5 average | aew100 | April 19th 18 |
| 2.5 average | bSmith | March 14th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Crawl | November 23rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Marci | October 30th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Jan555 | July 5th 17 |
| 3.5 great | wg98 | May 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | 747727 | March 26th 17 |
| 2.5 average | josefk | August 21st 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Lassie | August 8th 15 |
| 3.0 good | edirp | August 8th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | December 1st 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Mr Snrub | November 20th 13 |
| 2.5 average | MF79 | September 18th 13 |
| 2.5 average | CamCar | August 16th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Akmol | November 25th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Gene | July 31st 11 |
| 3.5 great | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 3.0 good | JViney EMERITUS | February 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Oddsy | February 3rd 11 |
| 2.5 average | deco20 | October 10th 10 |
| 2.5 average | blurkom | October 8th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Matski | September 22nd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | thawey | August 23rd 10 |
| 2.0 poor | slaome | August 13th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom2704 | June 29th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Titan50 | June 14th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | shark | December 30th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lawnee | August 15th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Log S. | August 3rd 07 |
| 3.0 good | Isola | August 1st 07 |
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