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Manic Street Preachers | Format: Vinyl
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“The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for your whole life. And the most important thing is—it must be something you cannot possibly do.” (Henry Moore)

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  • Vinyl (1 Nov 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B00067FAAC
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 515,617 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. 1985
2. The Love Of Richard Nixon
3. Empty Souls
4. A Song For Departure
5. I Live To Fall Asleep
6. To Repel Ghosts
7. Emily
8. Glasnost
9. Always / Never
10. Solitude Sometimes Is
11. Fragments
12. Cardiff Afterlife

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Testing times for the Manic Street Preachers: their seventh studio album, Lifeblood, comes hot on the heels of a commercial flop--2001's brave but unfocused Know Your Enemy--and renewed rumours that the band themselves are in the twilight of their existence. One thing's for sure, this is the right record at the right time: inspired by the widescreen melancholy of post-punk acts New Order, early U2, and The Cure, this "elegiac pop" LP finds the Manics acting their age, shelving the slash'n'burn punk in favour of a sound that is simultaneously graceful, epic and for these dedicated controversialists, unusually low-key.

The album's lead-off single, the disco-lite "The Love Of Richard Nixon", is a meandering dud--but luckily it's book-ended by a couple of strong tracks: the string-laden "1985", which both sings the praises of The Smiths and quotes Nietzsche, and "Empty Souls" (with its "Collapsing like the Twin Towers/ Falling down like April showers," couplet – one of the few tracks here that boasts that good ol' Manics trait of near-to-the-knuckle motor-mouthing). Quality elsewhere is variable – there's a couple of tracks here so inoffensively beige we won't waste words – but it's worth hanging around for "Cardiff Afterlife", a sweet closer decorated with harp and vibraphone. --Louis Pattison

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I wasn't massively disappointed with 'Know Your Enemy', but i'd have to say that this album is better than the last. In my opinion the general sound of the album lies somewhere between 'Everything Must Go' and 'This Is My Truth.....' There are no real standout tracks on here as they're all fairly equally as good as each other. Other than the two singles that have already been released, none of the songs stand out as potential singles which doesn't mean its a bad thing. 'Enola/Alone' and 'Further Away' from 'Everything Must Go' weren't singles yet they were two of the best tracks. One criticism that I did have of 'Know Your Enemy' was that it maybe went on for too long. However, this is roughly 45 mins long which is just about right. Although I said there weren't any standout tracks, the better ones would include 'Empty Souls', 'Song for a Departure', 'I live to fall asleep' and Emily. One more thing, when I ordered this I wasn't too excited about getting it but overall its an excellent album which hasn't got the attention it deserves. I've had it on repeat four times now and I'm not sick of it yet!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I guess the manics could release a country album and I'd still love it!
Once again different to anything they've done before (but I'm getting used to that...after all each of their albums is unique), but still it's the typical manic street preachers style.
The album has great lyrics, and James delivers them with so much devotion (as he always does) that it gives you goosebumps (in a positive way). Sometimes the drums sound a bit electronical and artificial, and since I think Sean Moore is the most versatile, most inventive and most genious (and fastest) of all drummers I know, this is a bit sad, but on the other hand the fact he made it sound that way shows his greatness even more, because combined with the music, the electronical/artificial drums sound really good (but I love the "real" drum roll on Cardiff Afterlife).
If your musical interest is limited to rock, and you want to hear the manics rock (and rock only), then I'm not sure if you'll have much fun with this album. But if you're as versatile as the manics, you may find another manic masterpiece here!
My faves from the album are 1985, Glasnost and To Repell Ghosts.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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In hearing "The Love of Richard Nixon", it had been expectant that we were drawn to hear uninspiring tunes from the Manics similar to the messed and flawed "Know Your Enemy". In fact it's sheer brilliance from the Blackwood's finest trio. It kinds of throws away the tension, confusion and experimentation from their previous album starting with a nice mellowing clean slate. The majority of its slow tracks, it hooks to your feel-good senses desperately often unrequited with their earlier work, in every way possible it is whispering to you breathlessly to say this album is a modern-art classic.
Kicking with a good opening track, "1985" shows light anthem rock with soothing melodic rhythms similar to "A Design for Life", clearly reminding you how they matured as a band to a softer direction in rock. "Empty Souls", "Song for Departure", and "Live to Fall Asleep" really highlights that the Manics can produce nice pop-rock with the digging of 1987-era U2 in "To Repel Ghosts" to New-Orderish feel in "Fragments" suiting for all tastes.
The album adds new blends of nice upbeat, harmonious electro-piano melange topped with classic vocals of James Dean Bradfield putting them on a new inspiring level although not clearly as profoundly ingenious with their dark album "The Holy Bible" but this is an album for mature Manic fans. Go buy and listen as it proves the Manics fulfil to all expectations.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
12 songs with incredible beautiful melodies and lyrics
Lifeblood is definitely an underrated album. This album is one of the albums that you play from the beginning to the end without having a need to skip songs. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Marko
hurrah!
This is a really good album from The Manics! A bit different maybe in that it doesnt have the heavier rock songs of old,it's more keyboard led. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Darryl Boitoult
Good, But Room For Improvement
It was around this period in their career that certain critics savaged the Manic Street Preachers with a terrible ferocity, probably due in part to the fact that this album was the... Read more
Published on 5 July 2007 by J. Roberts
A coming of age album
Musically it is not their greatest album, but lyrically it is their most beautiful!

After "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours" it is my favorite album, though alot of... Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2007 by Mr. Clark Gillies
Blood Transfusion
Having stumbled across the Manics late one Sunday evening the day before Motorcycle Emptiness was released I could of never have realised that 14 years later this band would be... Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2006 by J. Radley
Great Value
I paid just over 2 quid for this CD ( I was skint at the time of its release)and have to say it is great value and would recommend it to anyone. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2006 by P. E. Dunne
"Conquer yourself, rather than the world"
If 'Know Your Enemy' was an audacious attempt to recreate the dark angularismic lyricism of 'The Holy Bible' then 'LifeBlood' is the polar opposite. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2006 by "maythebloodiestwinners"
Manic's Are Half Way There
Lifeblood, The Manic Street Preachers seventh studio album, proves to me once again that the Manics really are a hit and miss band. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2005 by A. SHORT
A lot may have changed but they haven't lost it.
'Lifeblood' is definitely the least 'manic' or punk-ish album by the Manic Street Preachers... but its still worth a listen. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2005 by D. Mchugh
It's a really an okay album guys!
At first I thought with LIFEBLOOD we'll get another EVERYTHING MUST GO. Yeah it's kinda, in LIFEBLOOD we get some great Manics songs like 1985 (best manics album opener),empty... Read more
Published on 1 April 2005 by albert
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