Tracklist
Lifeblood-01-1985
Lifeblood-02-The Love of Richard Nixon
Lifeblood-03-Empty Souls
Lifeblood-04-A Song for Departure
Lifeblood-05-I Live to Fall Asleep
Lifeblood-06-To Repel Ghosts
Lifeblood-07-Emily
Lifeblood-08-Glasnost
Lifeblood-09-AlwaysNever
Lifeblood-10-Solitude Sometimes Is
Lifeblood-11-Fragments
Lifeblood-12-Cardiff Afterlife
Review
by Lucy O'Doherty
20 November 2002
When the Manics made their brash, sloganeering entrance onto the music scene at the beginning of the 90s, Richey Edwards declared in a DIY press release: "We are as far away from anything in the 80s as possible."
It would have been unthinkable then, that nearly 15 years later the band would be looking back on that decade with the wistful nostalgia of Lifeblood. This record is soaked in it: the lyrics, production, instrumentation and sheer gloss all take you back, with the band admitting references to The Cure, New Order and even early U2.
This isn't trendy 80s retro though, James Dean Bradfield's vocals cry out with heartfelt longing for the past. On the opening track "1985" James repeats the mantra "No going back" and despite the song breaking into bizarrely uplifting peals of sound, I'm left with a feeling of real loss.
This sense of loss is felt again on "Song for Departure" and "Live To Fall Asleep", two of the highlights of the album. The former sees the Manics branch into enchanting harmonies, reminiscent of the The Mamas and the Papas, while the latter is delicate and elegant.
Lyrically this album is much more restrained and subtle than on This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours and Know Your Enemy. They manage to fit in all the obligatory political and cultural comment, without sounding forced, although on "Emily" and the irritating first single "The Love of Richard Nixon" they are found guilty of falling into that trap.
Lifeblood may be imbued with a powerful melancholia, but it's not perfect. In recent years The Manic Street Preachers seem incapable of making an album that's not slightly disappointing. It's hard not to expect more from the band that made the magnificent Holy Bible.
The 1994 album is being re-released for its tenth anniversary this December, and a side by side comparison with Lifeblood won't do the new album any favours. The Manics have been trying to move on from their dark roots for some time now. They have finally found a convincing voice, even if it is a million miles from where they started.
Review from : http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/vqgb/
Manic Street Preachers:2004 - Lifeblood
Wednesday
Manic Street Preachers -Remixes
Monday
01-Manic Street Preachers-La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
02-Manic Street Preachers-If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (David Holmes Remix)
03-Manic Street Preachers-Tsunami (Cornelius Remix)
04-Manic Street Preachers-So Why So Sad (Avalanches Remix)
05-Manic Street Preachers-Faster (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
06-Manic Street Preachers-If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (Massive Attack Remix)
07-Manic Street Preachers-Kevin Carter (Jon Carter Remix)
08-Manic Street Preachers-You Stole The Sun From My Heart (David Holmes Remix)
09-Manic Street Preachers-Tsunami (Stereolab Remix)
10-Manic Street Preachers-Let Robeson Sing (Ian Brown Remix)
11-Manic Street Preachers-The Everlasting (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)
12-Manic Street Preachers-You Stole The Sun From My Heart (Mogwai Remix)
13-Manic Street Preachers-A Design For Life (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)
Manic Street Preachers -Live At Milton Keynes Bowl 18-11-93
01-Manic Street Preachers-Sleepflower
02-Manic Street Preachers-From Despair To Where
03-Manic Street Preachers-La Tristessa Durera (Scream To A Sigh)
04-Manic Street Preachers-Slash 'N' Burn
05-Manic Street Preachers-Motorcycle Emptiness
06-Manic Street Preachers-Repeat
07-Manic Street Preachers-Stay Beautiful
08-Manic Street Preachers-Life Becoming A Landslide
09-Manic Street Preachers-Roses In The Hospital
10-Manic Street Preachers-Motown Junk
11-Manic Street Preachers-You Love Us
Manic Street Preachers -Greatest Hits Forever Delayed
01-A Design for Life
02-Motorcycle Emptiness
03-If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
04-La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)
05-There by the Grace of God
06-You Love Us
07-Australia
08-You Stole the Sun from My Heart
09-Kevin Carter
10-Tsunami
11-The Masses Against the Classes
12-From Despair to Where
13-Door to the River
14-Everything Must Go
15-Faster
16-Little Baby Nothing
17-Suicide Is Painless {Theme from M-A-S-H}
18-So Why So Sad
19-The Everlasting
20-Motown Junk
Manic Street Preachers -Covers
14-Manic Street Preachers-Pennyroyal Tea
17-Manic Street Preachers-Suicide Is Painless (Theme From MASH)
3-Manic Street Preachers-Under My Wheels
3-Manic Street Preachers-What's My Name (Live 1992)
Manic Street Preachers -B- Sides
2-Manic Street Preachers-Bored Out Of My Mind
2-Manic Street Preachers-Motown Junk
2-Manic Street Preachers-Never Want Again
2-Manic Street Preachers-Patrick Bateman
2-Manic Street Preachers-R P McMurphy (Live 1992)
3-Manic Street Preachers-Dead Yankee Drawl
3-Manic Street Preachers-Tennessee (Live 1992)
4-Manic Street Preachers-Ain't Goin' Down
4-Manic Street Preachers-Crucifix Kiss (Live 1992)
4-Manic Street Preachers-Slash 'n' Burn (Live 1992)
4-Manic Street Preachers-Suicide Alley
4-Manic Street Preachers-You Love Us (Live 1992)
Manic Street Preachers:Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers 2007
01 Send Away The Tigers
02 Underdogs
03 Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
04 Indian Summer
05 The Second Great Depression
06 Rendition
07 Autumnsong
08 I Am Just A Patsy
09 Imperial Bodybags
10 Winterlovers
Manic Street Preachers:Lipstick Traces- A Secret History Of Disc 2
01-Manic Street Preachers-We are all bourgeois now
02-Manic Street Preachers-Rock and roll music
03-Manic Street Preachers-It's so easy (Live)
04-Manic Street Preachers-Take the skinheads bowling
05-Manic Street Preachers-Been a son
06-Manic Street Preachers-Out of time
07-Manic Street Preachers-Raindrops keep falling on my head
08-Manic Street Preachers-Bright eyes (Live)
09-Manic Street Preachers-Train in vain (Live)
10-Manic Street Preachers-Wrote for luck
11-Manic Street Preachers-What's my name (Live)
12-Manic Street Preachers-Velocity girl
13-Manic Street Preachers-Can't take my eyes off you
14-Manic Street Preachers-Didn't my lord deliver Daniel
15-Manic Street Preachers-Last Christmas (Live)
Manic Street Preachers:Lipstick Traces- A Secret History Of Disc 1
01-Manic Street Preachers-Prologue to history
02-Manic Street Preachers-4 Ever delayed
03-Manic Street Preachers-Sorrow 16
04-Manic Street Preachers-Judge yr'self
05-Manic Street Preachers-Socialist serenade
06-Manic Street Preachers-Donkeys
07-Manic Street Preachers-Comfort comes
08-Manic Street Preachers-Mr Carbohydrate
09-Manic Street Preachers-Dead trees and traffic islands
10-Manic Street Preachers-Horses under starlight
11-Manic Street Preachers-Sepia
12-Manic Street Preachers-Scuplture of man
13-Manic Street Preachers-Spectators of suicide
14-Manic Street Preachers-Democracy coma
15-Manic Street Preachers-Strip it down (Live)
16-Manic Street Preachers-Bored out of my mind
17-Manic Street Preachers-Just a kid
18-Manic Street Preachers-Close my eyes
19-Manic Street Preachers-Valley boy
20-Manic Street Preachers-We her majesty's prisoners
Manic Street Preachers:Manic Street Preachers - New Art Riot
01 New Art Riot
02 Strip It Down
03 Last Exit On Yesterday
04 Teenage 20-20
Manic Street Preachers:2001 - Know Your Enemy
Know Your Enemy-01-Found That Soul
Know Your Enemy-02-Ocean Spray
Know Your Enemy-03-Intravenous Agnostic
Know Your Enemy-04-So Why So Sad
Know Your Enemy-05-Let Robeson Sing
Know Your Enemy-06-The Year of Purification
Know Your Enemy-07-Wattsville Blues
Know Your Enemy-08-Miss Europa Disco Dancer
Know Your Enemy-09-Dead Martyrs
Know Your Enemy-10-His Last Painting
Know Your Enemy-11-My Guernica
Know Your Enemy-12-The Convalescent
Know Your Enemy-13-Royal Correspondent
Know Your Enemy-14-Epicentre
Know Your Enemy-16-Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children We Are All Bourgeois Now
Manic Street Preachers:1998 - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
01-Manic Street Preachers-The Everlasting
02-Manic Street Preachers-If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
03-Manic Street Preachers-You Stole The Sun From My Heart
04-Manic Street Preachers-Ready For Drowning
05-Manic Street Preachers-Tsunami
06-Manic Street Preachers-My Little Empire
07-Manic Street Preachers-I'm Not Working
08-Manic Street Preachers-You're Tender And You're Tired
09-Manic Street Preachers-Born A Girl
10-Manic Street Preachers-Be Natural
11-Manic Street Preachers-Black Dog On My Shoulder
12-Manic Street Preachers-Nobody Loved You
13-Manic Street Preachers-S.Y.M.M
Manic Street Preachers:1996 - Everything Must Go
01-Manic Street Preachers, The-Elvis Impersonator Blackpool Pier
02-Manic Street Preachers, The-A Design For Life
03-Manic Street Preachers, The-Kevin Carter
04-Manic Street Preachers, The-Enola Alone
05-Manic Street Preachers, The-Everything Must Go
06-Manic Street Preachers, The-Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky
07-Manic Street Preachers, The-The Girl Who Wanted To Be God
08-Manic Street Preachers, The-Removables
09-Manic Street Preachers, The-Australia
10-Manic Street Preachers, The-Interiors (Song For Willem De Kooning)
11-Manic Street Preachers, The-Further Away
12-Manic Street Preachers, The-No Surface All Feeling
Manic Street Preachers:1994 - The Holy Bible
01-Manic Street Preachers-Yes
02-Manic Street Preachers-IfWhiteAmericaToldTheTruthForOneDayIt'sWorldWouldFallApart
03-Manic Street Preachers-Of Walking Abortion
04-Manic Street Preachers-She Is Suffering
05-Manic Street Preachers-Archives Of Pain
06-Manic Street Preachers-Revol
07-Manic Street Preachers-4st 7lb
08-Manic Street Preachers-Mausoleum
09-Manic Street Preachers-Faster
10-Manic Street Preachers-This Is Yesterday
11-Manic Street Preachers-Die In The Summertime
12-Manic Street Preachers-The Intense Humming Of Evil
13-Manic Street Preachers-P.C.P
Manic Street Preachers:1993 - Gold Against The Soul
01-Manic Street Preachers-Sleepflower
02-Manic Street Preachers-From Despair to Where
03-Manic Street Preachers-La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)
04-Manic Street Preachers-Yourself
05-Manic Street Preachers-Life Becoming a Landslide
06-Manic Street Preachers-Drug Drug Druggy
07-Manic Street Preachers-Roses in the Hospital
08-Manic Street Preachers-Nostalgic Pushead
09-Manic Street Preachers-Symphony of Tourette
10-Manic Street Preachers-Gold Against the Soul
Manic Street Preachers:1992 - Generation Terrorists
Generation Terrorists-01-Slash 'n' Burn
Generation Terrorists-02-Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds
Generation Terrorists-03-Born to End
Generation Terrorists-04-Motorcycle Emptiness
Generation Terrorists-05-You Love Us
Generation Terrorists-06-Love's Sweet Exile
Generation Terrorists-07-Little Baby Nothing
Generation Terrorists-08-Repeat (Stars and Stripes)
Generation Terrorists-09-Tennessee
Generation Terrorists-10-Another Invented Disease
Generation Terrorists-11-Stay Beautiful
Generation Terrorists-12-So Dead
Generation Terrorists-13-Repeat (UK)
Generation Terrorists-14-Spectators of Suicide
Generation Terrorists-15-Damn Dog
Generation Terrorists-16-Crucifix Kiss
Generation Terrorists-17-Methadone Pretty
Generation Terrorists-18-Condemned to Rock 'n' Roll
James Dean Bradfield - The Great Western
Sunday
01 That's No Way To Tell A Lie
02 An English Gentleman
03 Bad Boys And Painkillers
04 On Saturday Morning We Will Rule The World
05 Run Romeo Run
06 Still A Long Way To Go
07 Emigre
08 To See A Friend In Tears
09 Say Hello To The Pope
10 The Wrong Beginning
11 Which Way To Kyffin
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