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VOX, February 1998
'It's a fascinating yarn, and one told quite brilliantly by Clarke...Well balanced, incisive and utterly definitive.' VOX, February 1998
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Q Magazine, February 1998
'A well-written, intelligent effort which refuses to indulge either in cheap sensationalism or empty political sloganeering.' Q Magazine, February 1998
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a reasonable history of MSP which casual fans may enjoy. A better book is Simon Price`s "Everything" for the massive fans. Aesthetically this book is superb with some nice (if not unseen) photographs and some impressive typefaces. The content is less impressive with Sean and James largely ignored and some dodgy "facts" The author doesn`t know his subject as well as Price, "Everything" offers an appendix with theories etc. This book does have a good discography which lasts until just after the "Everything Must Go" era. Manics fans will find out a few different things in "Sweet Venom" but this book is too brief. If you`re pondering which MSP related title to buy, then look Simon Price`s way....
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although this book seems to contain the full pre-This Is My Truth.... history, I came away feeling that the author had been contracted to write a book about a band he knew nothing about. It seems that all the research done was collected from reading old interviews and other books, so it provides nothing new to people who have read the same material.
Also, the single most annoying thing about the book was the way the author stated what was good and what was bad, labelling everything before Gold Against The Soul as musically terrible, and stating which songs were the bset and worst as if it was obvious to everybody and there was no room for subjectivity. This gave a feeling of supieriority from the author, as if he was the deciding force who could decide whether a track is good or bad.
Despite this, there is more material and detail in this book than any other single Manics biography I have read, leaving a very full account of the band. There are also some very good pictures in the book, and it is very nice to have all this material ina handy package.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I origionally meant to buy " Everything- a book about the Manic Street Preachers" but...I settled for this one instead. Myself, being a hardcore fan, was disappointed in the broadest sense. The back promised " unseen photos" many of which I had seen before, It focused on Nicky and Richey and ignored James and Sean. The book itself was detailed, but lacked the kick which makes you want to read on. A good effort, but I urge other fans to buy "Everything".
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ok...ish
I knew what this book was going to be like as soon as I opened it. The first page there was the quote "If blackwood was a museum it would be full of rubble and shit" Yeh fair... Read more
Published on 27 July 2003 by "bexter3"
Great Read.
This book is a great read. OK so what if its not as good as Simon Price's Everything Must Go but it does come at a close second. Read more
Published on 28 April 2002
It's not fantastic
Well this was an average book.This author knows about as much about the Manics as I know about tropical fish-and I'm no tropical fish expert. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2000
a good effort.
If your a mediocre manics fan, it`s excellent. If your a major manics fan,it`s a good effort. But if the manics are your life, then you`re obviously dissapointed and are awaiting... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 1999
Lacking
It looked like someone had gone through back issues of music magazines, took quotes out and stuck it to the page. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 1999
Half of the story: the facts but not the feelings.
I thought this book was quite good. It had all the info a fan needs on the MSP's ,music and history wise,but band-wise it neglects to focus on the fact that they are actually... Read more
Published on 7 May 1999
A depictive view of the most exciting UK band in 20 years
The book offered an insight through the history of the band, but trivialised the dissapereance of Richey Edwards before the event even happened in the time line.
Published on 11 Mar 1999
Aptly titled, well worth reading but doesn't quite deliver.
Despite the fact that it's a bit of a cut and paste job, this book has a lot to offer any Manic Street Preachers fan. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 1999
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