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Manics Release Details Of New Album

added 25 March 2009 at 12.24

Manic Street Preachers have released information about their ninth studio album, ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’. The album is set for release on May 18 and will feature an original painting by Jenny Saville, who’s artwork famously graced the cover of the band’s third album ‘The Holy Bible’.

Some of the lyrics for the thirteen songs were written by missing guitarist Richey James Edwarrds. The band said

“The brilliance and intelligence of the lyrics dictated that we had to finally use them.

"The use of language is stunning and topics include The Grande Odalisque by Ingres, Marlon Brando, Giant Haystacks, celebrity, consumerism and dysmorphia, all reiterating the genius and intellect of Richard James Edwards."

The album was recorded in legendary Welsh studios Rockfield and produced by Steve Albini. The full track-listing is as follows.

Peeled Apples
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
Me and Stephen Hawking
This Joke Sport Severed
Journal For Plague Lovers
She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach
Facing Page: Top Left
Marlon J.D.
Doors Closing Slowly
All Is Vanity
Pretension/Repulsion
Virginia State Epileptic Colony
William's Last Words

 

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