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Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...mayoungman.jpg Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man Released 20th September 2010 Columbia Records Alternative Rock/Pop. 1. "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" – 3:32 2. "Postcards from a Young Man" – 3:39 3. "Some Kind of Nothingness" – 3:52 (feat. Ian McCulloch) 4. "The Descent – (Pages 1 & 2)" – 3:30 5. "Hazelton Avenue" – 3:27 6. "Auto-Intoxication" – 3:52 (feat. John Cale) 7. "Golden Platitudes" – 4:28 8. "I Think I Found It" – 3:10 (Lyrics by Bradfield) 9. "A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun" – 3:43 (feat. Duff McKagan) 10. "All We Make Is Entertainment" – 4:18 11. "The Future Has Been Here 4 Ever" – 3:42 12. "Don't Be Evil" – 3:18 The Manic Street Preachers apparent goals and direction have forever seemed somewhat of a moving target. What is generally considered the bands most defining work, 1994's The Holy Bible, never really achieved more than cult status. The follow-up's Everything Must Go and This Is My Truth... were huge, commercial successes and since then the band have walked the line between attempts at commercially successful, radio-friendly pop music and tributes to a darker, rougher, edgier period in their history. This album, according to the band, will be the former. A pop album in every sense of the word. To quote both James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire, Postcards from a Young Man will be "one last shot as mass communication." |
I like it, pity I canceled seeing them just because of the lead single.
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I'm also enjoying it so far. It isn't comparible to The Holy Bible and frankly comparing Manics albums to that became boring a long time ago but I think what it is is that it is indeed radio-friendly just like they said it would be, but thanks to nice melodies and fantastic use of the choir and a string section it is a very smooth, enjoyable pop record.
Certainly nothing spectacular and i'm already thinking that I could bore of it easily and end up with a much more negative opinion of the record as a whole in time but for now I am liking it. |
Nothing will ever be as good as The Holy Bible, Richey Edwards' parting gift. Absolutely brilliant album, I don't think anything they'll do will be as good as Generation Terrorists either but they've had some solid albums out. I'm yet to hear this one though, I'm trying to find a link as we speak. I don't like the poll options already, you can only vote Brilliant or above average. Where's the good option?!
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I guess i could have done a better job with those but basically "Above average" does equate to "Good."
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They're borrowing album covers from Pansy Division now?
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I wouldn't have a clue?
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