Journal For Plague Lovers (2CD Deluxe Edition)

Peeled Apples is a vicious rock song that puts the Manics back into their Gold Against The Soul/The Holy Bible style.

Jackie Collins Existential Question Time is a classic as far as the Manics go. It's reminescient of Autumn Song at first but then kicks into a fast and heavy outro.

Me And Steven Hawking is perhaps the most easy listening song on the album, with the classic line "we missed the sex revolution when we failed the physical".

This Joke Sport Severed is initially a beautiful acoustic but then it kicks into a beautiful electric classic with gorgeous strings.

Journal For Plague Lovers is another easy listening track with some awesome drum work and vocals.

She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach is an upbeat rock song with an evil edge.

Facing Page: Top Left is probably my favourite track. A beautiful acoustic and really shows of JDB's vocal.

Marlon J.D is another classic. With a catchy chorus and awesome guitar solo theres something… more »

Peeled Apples is a vicious rock song that puts the Manics back into their Gold Against The Soul/The Holy Bible style.

Jackie Collins Existential Question Time is a classic as far as the Manics go. It's reminescient of Autumn Song at first but then kicks into a fast and heavy outro.

Me And Steven Hawking is perhaps the most easy listening song on the album, with the classic line "we missed the sex revolution when we failed the physical".

This Joke Sport Severed is initially a beautiful acoustic but then it kicks into a beautiful electric classic with gorgeous strings.

Journal For Plague Lovers is another easy listening track with some awesome drum work and vocals.

She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach is an upbeat rock song with an evil edge.

Facing Page: Top Left is probably my favourite track. A beautiful acoustic and really shows of JDB's vocal.

Marlon J.D is another classic. With a catchy chorus and awesome guitar solo theres something here for everyone

Doors Closing Slowly is probably the slowest song on the album but great lyrics with classic lines such as "crucifix is the easy life".

All Is Vanity is probably the one song that sounds least like a Manics record, musically it sounds more like the Artic Monkeys... Once again JDB's vocals shine in the chorus.

Pretension/Repulsion is a reasonally slow song but eventually kickes into a rocker.

Virginia State Epileptic Colony is a very catchy and the song could have came of Know Your Enemy

William's Last Words has Nicky Wire taking on the vocals, even though he's not the best vocalist in the world his crowky voice deffinitely adds something that James Dean Bradfield's voice couldn't. Musically it tends to have the effect of uplifting you but lyrically it's rather difficult, this song could be taken as Richey's suicide note.

Bag Lady is the bonus track and is a great rock track and a strange selection to put as bonus track.

Really this album is great but if you love pop then this may not be your cup of tea...

The best the Manics have come up with for years.