The Holy Bible

The sound of British 90’s angry youth. It stands up reasonably well, although not any of their major hits on this album. Most interesting as the last musical document of Richey before he fell off the earth somewhere.

I love it when I stumble upon an album that is a complete surprise. I greatly enjoyed this album. I think it's the best of what the 90s had to offer and I'll definitely listen to it again

This record captures a time when the Manics were truly manic, emerging from the smoke of Glastonbury wearing balaclavas, ready to rip into "Faster" and fuck you up. Listening to it today remains a visceral, almost terrifying experience. I’m consistently struck by its relentless dive into the darkest corners of humanity, confronting anorexia, political hypocrisy, and historical atrocities with unapologetic brutality. It stands as an unflinching mirror to Richey Edwards' fracturing psyche (in hindsight we should have been really worried about Richey...) feeling less like a traditional Alt-Indie/Britpop album and more like a searing, post-punk manifesto born from pure, unadulterated anger and despair.

Bible looked different in the 90s, I guess. I actually do know/like one Manic Street Preachers song ('Your love alone is not enough'), but alas, it is not on this album.

This one feels kinda similar to Green Day's album "Warning". Slur count = 1.

I have just one issue with 'Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart', and that is the apostrophe.

Lowlight: 'The Intense Humming of Evil' (more like the intense high-pitched squeaking of evil)

Better than Coldplay

3.25-ish. It's pretty nice and feels like early 2000-s.

Pretty cool listen.

Yes is een van mijn favoriete album openers ooit. Dit is super. Een album wat iets te zeggen heeft, over de UK in de jaren 90, over mentale gezondheid... Het heeft wel wat veel te zeggen, zelf had ik een nummer of 3/4 geschrapt.

I think this is my second MSP record from the list, and this one left a slightly larger impression than the last. Notably, I feel like I can hear the roots of other bands here. Vocally, Foo Fighters is one example that popped up in my head a few time. I'm still not sure I care, but maybe!

It got better towards the end, but still mostly bored.

Not bad, but certainly not memorable.

I’ve got friends who were obsessed with the Manics, but I’ve never quite got it. A couple of killer singles aside, I find them a bit clunky. This hasn’t really converted me.

Didn't finish it but I thought what I heard was decent enough

Es ist ein Album wie ein Schlag ins Licht: hart, kompromisslos, intellektuell scharfkantig. Die Manic Street Preachers verbinden hier post‑punkige Härte mit einer lyrischen Tiefe, die selten so schonungslos und politisch zugleich war. Die Songs wirken wie Dokumente eines inneren und äußeren Zerfalls, getragen von Richey Edwards’ radikaler Sprache und einer Band, die musikalisch bis an die Grenze der eigenen Belastbarkeit geht.

Der Sound ist trocken, kantig, fast klinisch – und genau dadurch so eindringlich. Zwischen Wut, Verzweiflung und klarem Denken entsteht ein Werk, das nicht leicht zugänglich ist, aber umso nachhaltiger wirkt. Ein Album, das fordert, aber belohnt.

i find this band lightly annoying

For some reason, every time I've seen the name Manic Street Preachers, I've pictured a ska band. No idea why, it just seems like such a great name for a ska band. Anyways, this clearly isn't ska. This is a really solid alternative / post-punk album with a lot of songs that feel all too relevant today. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this one and am definitely going to dive a bit deeper into their discography.

I can't believe that this album came out the same day as Definitely Maybe; I am so disappointed in the generation that let Oasis gain more popularity than this band.

This surprised me a lot. I never knew the Manics had such a heavy sound or were so lyrically deep.
Both of these things make this album very listenable.
Plus I never knew their back story.
I want to give this album a 5 for surprising me so much. But it's not quite there for me yet (after only 2 listens). I will listen again in a week or so and may come back and rescore...

2 A cacophonous mess of sound. Not a bad thing, but never really gelled for me

Noise.

The Good: Nothing
The Bad: This album…
The Ugly: Fucking ego’s of shit bands in ‘90s

My fond memories from the ‘90s do not include bands such as MSP, mainly because they were totally unknown in the US… and rightfully so.

I find this shit. Don’t like it. And will not rate it any higher than a 1*