Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers Reviews

1. Peeled Apples. Opening with the eerie extract of 'You know so little about me: what if I turn into a werewolf or something?', the opening track of the record is an absolute cracker. A sneering, military beat straight out of the Holy Bible school of songwriting combines with a swaggering guitar riff, adding up to possibly the finest ...  Read the complete review

==Journal For Plagued Lovers== Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995. He was due to fly to the US; he had been withdrawing £200 a day for the past week or so, checked out the Embassy hotel at seven am, and then drove from London to Cardiff. On valentines day that year, his car got a parking ticket, and three days later was ...  Read the complete review

When the Manic Street Preachers announced their decision to use the lyrics left behind for them in a 'beautiful, old school Ryman's binder with Bugs Bunny on it' by missing band member Richey Edwards, I, like many other fans, looked forward to this album with some apprehension. Since Richey's disappearance in 1995, the Manics output has ...  Read the complete review

MANIC STREET PREACHERS --------- -------- ---------------- Journal for plague lovers. So The Manics for years were one of the top rock/pop groups to come from the UK, first three albums all offered something to show the rest of the world that we could still do rock music as well, with the beautifully tuneful ...  Read the complete review

The Manic Street Preachers' previous album 'Send Away The Tigers' saw them recapture their glory days with a series of anthemic stadium-rock classics. And while no one could begrudge them more chart success, there was always a feeling of unfinished business hanging over the band, in the shape of missing lyricist Richey Edwards. Richey ...  Read the complete review