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Rank the Manics albums from best to worst

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Started by Superunknown in Other Bands & Artists

Sorry, if it’s been done before. I just feel like it right now ;)

1. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours… to me this is the Manics at their peak. JDB’s best songwriting and lyrics that weren’t just political all the time.
2. Everything Must Go!… great singles and some more than decent album tracks.
3. JDB - The Great Western… I think JDB outdid himself with this solo record that he seems to have come up with so effortlessly. The B-Sides are even better.
4. Lifeblood… I would never have thought that this would end up so high on the list one day. I couldn’t stand it at all at first, but then the album revealed its beauty to me.
5. The Holy Bible… I don’t like it as much as everybody else and I think individual tracks on “Generation Terrorists” and “Gold Against The Soul” shine much brighter than anything on “THB” but as a whole it’s a pretty good effort.
6. Generation Terrorists… much too long, but nothing can beat “Motorcycle Emptiness”.
7. Gold Against The Soul… some songs that I still can’t stand (“Drug Drug Druggy”, “Roses In The Hospital”), but at least 4 top notch songs, too.
8. Know Your Enemy… “Ocean Spray” and “Found That Soul” are great. Then there are some decent tracks and a whole lotta turds.
9. Send Away The Tigers… I like the title track, “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” and “Autumn Song”, but what really pulls this album down is that seems like a deliberate return to something in the vein of “Everything Must Go!”. Only it’s not as good and seems like a calculated turn to sell more albums again. And for a band as bigmouthed as the Manics that’s just pathetic.
10. Lipstick Traces… although JDB is one of the most prolific songwriters of all time his B-Sides are B-Sides for a reason.
11. Nicky Wire - I Killed The Zeitgeist… no matter how shitty the Manics might get in the future, this album will always be worse.

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 10:42

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#1

Dennis wrote:

This Is My Truth as the best Manics album?!

Give over!

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 12:05

#2

Muskeg (Yes, It's me.) wrote:

The Holy Bible is obviously the best.
This is my truth is my least fasvourite.

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 12:36

#3

Dennis wrote:

^ Muskeg is 100% correct there, no argument from me on that one.

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 13:37

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Gimme Back My Brainsaw wrote:

Holy bible is the best

send away the tigers the worse.

gold against the soul and generation terrorist are in the top 5 for sure

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 15:40

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deadsetgav wrote:

For me

Best = Generation Terrorists

Worst = Everything else

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 17:17

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Dermot (The Derm) wrote:

I’ll give this a go. Out of the albums I’ve heard

1- Holy Bible (obviously)
2- Everything Must Go
3- Gold Against The Soul
4- Generation Terrorists
5- Know Your Enemy
6- Send Away The Tigers
7- This Is My Truth

Never heard Lifeblood

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 18:09

#7

butters (mikey) wrote:

are they not all just as crap as each other?!

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 18:15

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Muskeg (Yes, It's me.) wrote:

^^ if you dont like the manics then they probably are. However, who would post in a thread about the manics when they don’t even like the band.

I disagree with Gimmebackmybrainsaw. I don’t think Send Away The Tigers is their worst album . I think it’s their best since Everything Must Go. It’s easily better than This is My Truth. Word is they want Steve Albini for the next album - so i’m hoping for raw goodness with fuzz guitars and shouting a plenty :D

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 20:07

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Misanthropologist (d) wrote:

I’ve seen you posting in threads about OCFA’s production, so don’t give me that! :p

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 20:29

Last edited by Teethgrinder on Thu, 27 March 2008 at 13:28 (Corrected use of quotes)

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Dusty (Chris Davies) wrote:

The Holy Bible
Generation Terrorists
Send Away The Tigers (excellent return to form)
Everything Must Go
This Is My Truth
Gold Against The Soul
Know Your Enemy
Lifeblood

The Lipstick comp was pretty good , Judge Yourself was a great song. There cover of Nirvana’s Breed not so.

A band with a great best of and one album that was just wow at the time , even though i was just a meer child when released , I can see that its gone down in British Rock/Indie as a very important album. THB :)

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 22:16

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caffeinebomb wrote:

Terrorists
Go
Soul
Truth
Tigers
Bible (never got into it although I am aware that it is a masterwork)
Lifeblood
Enemy

Posted on Sat, 15 March 2008 at 22:23

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not_that_kind_of_guy (a story on the radio) wrote:

the holy bible (obviously. not only the best manics album but on the right day, possibly THE best album ever by anyone)
gold against the soul
generation terrorists
send away the tigers
this is my truth tell me yours
everything must go
know your enemy
lifeblood

Posted on Sun, 16 March 2008 at 00:05

#13

caffeinebomb wrote:

Why is The Holy Bible SO good - What am I missing?

I know I am clearly missing something, some people with intelligence, insight and good taste have rated it very highly.

And Dennis too

Posted on Sun, 16 March 2008 at 00:39

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Graeme55? (Graeme Williams) wrote:

1. holy bible
2. everything must go
3. know your enemy
4. send away the tigers
5. generation terrorists
6. lifeblood
7. gold against the soul
8. this is my truth tell me yours

Posted on Sun, 16 March 2008 at 11:56

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Muskeg (Yes, It's me.) wrote:

caffeinebomb wrote:

Why is The Holy Bible SO good - What am I missing?

I know I am clearly missing something, some people with intelligence, insight and good taste have rated it very highly.

And Dennis too

rofl ! :D It’s everything - the whole twisted claustrophobic vibe - the sound of the guitars - james voice..the lyrics…

Posted on Sun, 16 March 2008 at 16:46 in reply to an earlier post

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Taunty Dan wrote:

enough about “this is my truth”, i think he was enquiring about the holy bible…

Posted on Sun, 16 March 2008 at 20:52

#17

Muskeg (Yes, It's me.) wrote:

I was describing it :-\

Posted on Sun, 16 March 2008 at 21:57

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Muskeg (Yes, It's me.) wrote:

Superunknown wrote:

9. Send Away The Tigers… I like the title track, “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” and “Autumn Song”, but what really pulls this album down is that seems like a deliberate return to something in the vein of “Everything Must Go!”.

I dont agree with this. I feel the manics realised they had strayed too far from what they were about in the old days. Hence the rumoured return to lo fi punk on the next album.Cannot wait !

Posted on Sun, 16 March 2008 at 21:59

Last edited by Teethgrinder on Thu, 27 March 2008 at 13:32 (Corrected use of quotes)

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buffalo-boy wrote:

The Manics have always been contrary so all arguments about such things are meaningless. That said tho you could level it by saying they are bunch of hypocrites which they are really!

1) The holy Bible
2) Gold
3) Generation Terrorists
4) This is my truth
5) Send away the tigers
6)Everything must go
7) Know Your Enemy
8) Lifeblood

For such a huge fan even I’M surprised by my low ranking of EMG and to have a think about that! I just think that image wise and soniaclly its very… bland. Good tunes tho!

Posted on Mon, 17 March 2008 at 09:05

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Muskeg (Yes, It's me.) wrote:

The no image thing was deliberate. They weren’t the same band without RIchey so they wanted you to focus on the music instead of the image for once hence the everyday clothes ( for james and Sean at least ! )

Posted on Mon, 17 March 2008 at 13:53

#21

Taunty Dan wrote:

Muskeg wrote:

I was describing it :-\

you really REALLY don’t have a sense of humour do you?! Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeez…

Posted on Wed, 19 March 2008 at 21:08 in reply to an earlier post

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mr self destruct wrote:

Holy Bible is excellent, GT and GATS are good, and I’m not ashamed to admit TIMTTMY has it’s place. Not bothered about anything else by them and not interested in their current stuff.

Posted on Wed, 19 March 2008 at 21:12

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mr self destruct wrote:

its place

Posted on Wed, 19 March 2008 at 21:13

#24

Muskeg (Yes, It's me.) wrote:

IMO SATT is their best album since everything must go.

Posted on Wed, 19 March 2008 at 21:26

#25

buffalo-boy wrote:

SATT is a really good effort from them - i hope they make more albums like this but i bet they go off and experiment again!

Posted on Thu, 20 March 2008 at 08:09

#26

Superunknown wrote:

Muskeg wrote:

I feel the manics realised they had strayed too far from what they were about in the old days.

yeah, damn right they were and that’s exactly what I’m expecting from a band as it matures. I don’t want to see them doing the same thing over and over again and watch men in their 40’s trying to recapture the glory of their 20’s.

Still, I would love them to work with Albini. I don’t think they have really made a lo-fi punk recording, yet (yes, I don’t think of “The Holy Bible” as lo fi, but maybe “Motown Junk” came close)

Posted on Tue, 25 March 2008 at 05:08 in reply to an earlier post

Last edited by Teethgrinder on Thu, 27 March 2008 at 13:33 (Corrected use of quotes)

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buffalo-boy wrote:

I don’t want to see them doing the same thing over and over again and watch men in their 40’s trying to recapture the glory of their 20’s.

We’ll leave that to Iron Maiden!

Posted on Tue, 25 March 2008 at 09:10

#28

Superunknown wrote:

True. I like Maiden for what they are, but I don’t expect anything from them anymore.

Posted on Tue, 25 March 2008 at 18:17

#29

buffalo-boy wrote:

off topic a bit but i don’t see the appeal of maiden’s last album - it was not top quality in my eyes it was average but people rave about it. hmmm.

er… i better say saomething about the manics now er… well nicky wire recently said that ‘there by the grace of god’ is they’re worst ever single…what’s he on about?! i fookin love that song!

Posted on Wed, 26 March 2008 at 08:42

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Dennis wrote:

There By The Grace of God was poor but it has quite a battle on its hands for worst Manics single. The Everlasting has to be in with a shout, for a start.

Posted on Wed, 26 March 2008 at 10:26

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