Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists

NEW VINYL LP ON PLASTIC DRASTIC 2018

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

Debut albums rarely come as ambitious as the Manic Street Preachers' Generation Terrorists. Released in England as a double album (it was trimmed to the length of a single record in America), the album teemed with slogans, political rhetoric, and scarily inarticulate angst. Since the Manics deliver these charged lyrics as heavy guitar-rockers, the music doesn't always hit quite as forcefully as intended. The relatively polished production and big guitar sound occasionally sell the music short, especially the lesser songs, yet the Manics' passion is undeniable, even on the weaker cuts. While the album is loaded with a little bit too much unrealized material in retrospect, its best moments -- the fiery "Slash N' Burn," "Little Baby Nothing," the incendiary "Stay Beautiful," the sardonic "You Love Us," and the haunting "Motorcycle Emptiness" -- capture the Manics in all their raging glory.

Tracklist

A1     Slash N' Burn     
A2     Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds     
A3     Born To End     
A4     Motorcycle Emptiness     
A5     You Love Us     
B6     Love's Sweet Exile     
B7     Little Baby Nothing     
B8     Repeat (Stars and Stripes)     
B9     Tennessee     
C10     Another Invented Disease     
C11     Stay Beautiful     
C12     So Dead     
C13     Repeat (UK)     
C14     Spectators Of Suicide     
D15     Damn Dog     
D16     Crucifix Kiss     
D17     Methadone Pretty     
D18     Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll