Album of the day (#1043): Everything Must Go
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- #1
- Posted: 09/26/2013 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#1043): Everything Must Go
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Today's album of the day
Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 1996.
Country: 
Overall rank: 370
Average rating: 77/100 (from 188 votes).
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Tracks:
1. Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
2. A Design For Life
3. Kevin Carter
4. Enola/Alone
5. Everything Must Go
6. Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky
7. The Girl Who Wanted To Be God
8. Removables
9. Australia
10. Interiors (Song For Willem De Kooning)
11. Further Away
12. No Surface All Feeling
About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- Posted: 09/26/2013 20:02
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I got this one! 😮
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Perring
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Age: 31
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- Posted: 09/26/2013 20:22
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Great album
Not quite as complex as the Holy Bible but much more accessible.
I can only wonder what Richey would have thought of it..
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drakonium
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- Posted: 09/26/2013 20:48
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| an_outlaw wrote: | | I got this one! :o |
Oh can I post what you've written about this for me by PM? It's awesome 😮
I love the record anyway.
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- Posted: 09/26/2013 20:58
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| drakonium wrote: | Oh can I post what you've written about this for me by PM? It's awesome 😮
I love the record anyway. |
I can't remember what I wrote myself. 🤔 Go ahead I guess.
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- Posted: 09/26/2013 21:22
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| Perring wrote: | | I can only wonder what Richey would have thought of it.. |
He'd have hated it, probably.
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RockyRaccoon
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- Posted: 09/26/2013 22:52
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Oh man I love this album. I actually discovered this album because of you good folks here at BEA. I had heard so much about it (and I had already heard that Manic Street Preachers were good) so I checked out this and "The Holy Bible". I love both, but I love this one the most. Fantastic. "A Design For Life" is my jam.
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- Posted: 09/26/2013 23:25
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I only heard this once a few months ago, and I quite remember liking it. In fact, it was in my top 100 for quite a while.
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drakonium
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- Posted: 09/27/2013 04:59
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| an_outlaw wrote: | To me [Everything Must Go]'s a great album where every song is a winner. Manic Street Preachers mean so much to me because of who they were and what they stand for. They were everything to begin with, it was Rock N Roll against the world. 'Everything Must Go' stands as their greatest statement. They lost Richey James Edwards the year before it was released. What is important to remember is he wasn't some dude they found in a rehearsal, he was a friend before everything. All 4 members had known each other since their teenage years. Sean and James are cousins. Sean and Richey became best friends in school. Nicky and James were friends in the year below. Nicky and Richey became best friends in university. When Richey went through terrible times in 1994 (his writing at this time resulting in 'The Holy Bible') they were all greatly effected. The music on 'The Holy Bible' is often described as very dark on this forum. Everything came to a head in 1995 when Richey went missing. Hearing Nicky in interviews afterwards describe how he felt when they found the car by the bridge is completely heartbreaking. At the time the Manic Street Preachers we're done for. People expected them to be done. Hearing bands like 'Chumbawamba' (silly one hit wonder band) gloat how they hate Manic Street Preachers because they didn't quit makes me feel angry. The first show Manic Street Preachers played after the disappearance was supporting The Stone Roses Wembley. Nicky Wire coming on the stage "What's up? It's only us." which, in his biting humorous way, was a signal the Manic Street Preachers would march on. And that was what 'Everything Must Go' was. Listen to the track 'Enola/Alone'. Can you feel the sun coming up? It's literally I'm not giving up in song form. The title track was described by them as a "simultaneous apology and f**k you" to the people who said they shouldn't carry on. Richey's words are still there on tracks like 'Kevin Carter' and 'Small Black Flowers...' showing the great lyricist he was blooming into (both lyrics and all the ones on Journal For Plague Lovers were wrote in 1995) while the big hit 'A Design For Life' is literally... a big hit. To think afterall they have gone through they could write something which hits number 2 in the UK chart is an amazing undertaking. 'Everything Must Go' the album is the sunrising after the night which was 'The Holy Bible'. There is agony there but it's presented in such a euphoric way I can't help getting strength from it. Take 'Australia', very upbeat song with crashing guitars and pounding drums. Nicky Wire, lyric writer, wrote the song about escaping the press following the media circus and the pain from his former friend. He wrote it about getting as far away from it as possible. It's not a holiday in 'Australia' but "I literally can't take this anymore, I want to get as far away from UK/Wales as I can".
To me, Everything Must Go is the definitive statement by the Manic Street Preachers. The debut comes close to it because of the audacity about it. In truth, my chart is very similar to the ones which have 9 Beatles records. I believe in Rock N Roll and it's power to change the world. I have brought myself completely into the mythos of the Manic Street Preachers. I can relate to the feelings in 'Everything Must Go' at times while others I just sit back and enjoy it. The Beatles... they had a well known story. However, the Manic Street Preachers one is the one which changed my life. |
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Bach
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- Posted: 09/27/2013 11:09
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Their 2nd best after "The Holy Bible".
90/100
Best tracks: "A Design for Life", "Everything Must Go", "No Surface All Feeling", "Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky".
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