Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible
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Artist: Manic Street PreachersEdition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2004-12-14
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Yes [Digitally Remastered]
- Ifwhiteamericacouldtellthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart ...
- Of Walking Abortion [Digitally Remastered]
- She Is Suffering [Digitally Remastered]
- Archives of Pain [Digitally Remastered]
- Revol [Digitally Remastered]
- 4st 7lb [Digitally Remastered]
- Mausoleum [Digitally Remastered]
- Faster [Digitally Remastered]
- This Is Yesterday [Digitally Remastered]
- Die in the Summertime [Digitally Remastered]
- The Intense Humming of Evil [Digitally Remastered]
- P.C.P. [Digitally Remastered]
- The Intense Humming of Evil [Digitally Remastered][Live]
- 4st 7lb [Digitally Remastered][Live]
- Yes [Digitally Remastered][Live]
- Of Walking Abortion [Digitally Remastered][Live]
- Yes [US Mix]
- Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart [US Mix]
- Of Walking Abortion [US Mix]
- She Is Suffering [US Mix]
- Archives of Pain [US Mix]
- Revol [US Mix]
- 4st 7lb [US Mix]
- Mausoleum [US Mix]
- Faster [US Mix]
- This Is Yesterday [US Mix]
- Die in the Summertime [US Mix]
- The Intense Humming of Evil [US Mix]
- P.C.P. [US Mix]
- Die in the Summertime [Demo][Demo Version]
- Mausoleum [Demo][Demo Version]
- Of Walking Abortion [Radio 1 Evening Session][Live]
- She Is Suffering [Radio 1 Evening Session][Live]
- Yes [Radio 1 Evening Session][Live]
Free Music Notes for Holy Bible
Free Music Review: 'Cuz It's the Only Way to get it in the USA
Hit: 5 Stars
I heard that this is one of the most depressing albums in the world. I heard that the main songwriter disappeared without a trace (yes, disappeared as in Jimmy Hoffa) but presumed to have committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. Before his "disappearing act", Richey James wrote a bunch of songs about tough subjects such as anorexia, prostitution, abortion, and The Holocaust. Then, his band, Manic Street Preachers, released these songs on the"The Holy Bible" album (70% of the songs were written by Richey, the rest were written by Nicky Wire). I finally listened to it and it is depressing, eccentric, bombastic, and weird:
Yes- A song about being used by others as a benefit, with prostitution as an example. Even the downside of it is mentioned, such as illegitimate children ("He's a boy and you wanted a girl...")
Ifwhiteamerica...- Maybe the second largest song title in the world (behind "I'm a Cranky Old Yank..." by Hoagy Carmichael). It complains about how the right-winged whites of America view the rest of the world. I liked the "just another drive-by thing" stanza and "There Ain't No Black In the Union Jack/There Ain't Enough White In the Stars And Stripes".
Of Walking Abortion- About how everyone wastes life away although life is a gift.
She Is Suffering- About the perils of striving to be the most beautiful.
Archives of Pain- About how murderers and their victims are exploited in a sensationalist way by the media. Also features evil dictators.
Revol- A weird song with German text and of the various love relationships of world rulers. "Revol" is "Lover" backwards. It just doesn't fit with the rest.
4st.7lb.- The best song in the album. It not only rocks, but it has honest lyrics about wanting to lose weight, only to deal with anorexia. It is kind of related to "She is Suffering" (the main characters in both are females who want to be beautiful,, only to suffer as a result). It is finally at its best when the song slows down with darker lyrics (the final line, "I've finally come to understand life through staring blankly at my navel" is the best way to sum up this song and of anorexia itself)
Mausoleum- It's of basically The Holocaust, but it is done in a general manner compared to "Intense Humming of Evil" (does not openly mention time period or people involved).
Faster- Second best song in "Bible". It's about how you have self esteem and how you think you are the best when everybody else doubts you ("I AM AN ARCHITECT, THEY CALL ME A BUTCHER, I AM A PIONEER, THEY CALL ME PRIMITIVE, I AM PURITY, THEY CALL ME PERVERTED"), ending with the repeated chant of "It's so damn easy to cave in, man kills everything".
This Is Yesterday- A bleak, eerie "day-in-the-life" song.
Die In the Summertime- A simple, stupid song about suicide (what Richey might've done). The lyrics are clearly obvious and there is no inner meaning the way there is an inner meaning in a few other "Bible" songs. At least the music rocks.
Intense Humming of Evil- Related to "Mausoleum", but openly about The Holocaust ("Six Million Screaming Souls, Maybe Misery, Maybe Nothing At All").
PCP- The Grand Finale. What better to end an album of bleak views and opinions with a statement about political correctness?
There's also the previously-unreleased US version (plans to release "The Bible" in the USA fell through after Richey's disappearing act). It's the same songs, but with clearer lyrics and louder guitar, adding more bite to the songs compared to the murky production of the UK version.
Also, there is the Holy Bible DVD, with live versions of the songs, "unplugged" versions of a couple songs from "MTV's Most Wanted", a new video for "Yes" (which is basically murky video of the band performing thrown together with pictures of the band members and imagery in the booklets), and a long band interview about the reissue. There is a music video of another song, not on "Bible", called "Judge Yr'self" which shows the group hanging out together, signing autographs while touring, and funny footage of a woman with "4 Real" written on her arm with marker (a reference to Richey, who mutilated "4 Real" on his arm). There's also MSP's "infamous" (as described in cover) appearance on a show called Top of the Pops, where James Dean Bradfield sings "Faster" while wearing a ski mask with "JAMES" written on it (I find a guy who sings a song wearing a ski mask with "JAMES" on it absolutely hilarious instead of infamous).
I liked this album, but I don't like James Dean's voice that much. Also, I don't like the fact that you can't get just the thirteen tracks without importing it and that you have to pay the $30 for two versions of the same album with a DVD with poorly done music videos (the live footage was good and the TOTP appearance, along with "Judge Yr'self was funny). I don't care about the package as long as there is good music in it and that's why I give it five stars.
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MANIC STREET PREACHERS The Holy Bible (2004 UK Special 10th Anniversary Edition 3-disc set comprising of 17-track digitally remastered album plus US Mix Version CD featuring 2 previously unreleased demo versions and 4 live recordings plus a Bonus DVD featuring 80 minutes of footage including the famous balaclava wearing TOTPs performance of Faster videos live performances from Glastonbury Reading & MTV Most Wanted short documentary especially made for this release and a previously unseen 30 minute band interview. Presented in a sealed die-cut sleeve)Alternative Rock Music CDs
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