Everything Must Go
by Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers bestography
Everything Must Go is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Manic Street Preachers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Manic Street Preachers is The Holy Bible which is ranked number 514 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,363.
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Everything Must Go track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Everything Must Go rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 95/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Simon_bramhall | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 60/100 | 40 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 85 Music Albums of 1996 | 76/85 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 84/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1996 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | ornot27 | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1990s | 24/89 | 15 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 33 Music Albums of 1996 | 25/33 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 429 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,687 | |||
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Everything Must Go ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 07:34 | barethman | 207 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 02:14 | Kettwig | 1,360 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:37 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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Everything Must Go forum mentions
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Freddie55 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2010 08:05 | #8071 | TOP COMMENT
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I like everything about this album. Clear vocals, great guitars, friendly hooks and melody, orchestral infusion, upbeat sound. And yet it still manages to stay away from being mainstream.
Although was doomed to never gain the cult classic status of The Holy Bible, Everything Must Go is a consistently good album with some extraordinary moments on it. Best tracks - A Design for Life, Everything Must Go & Small Black Flowers that Grow in the Sky
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/01/2017 21:24 | #195335 | TOP COMMENT
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not the coolest of records and it wasn't even at the time. Just look at the cover. Another triptych, is maybe to be seen juxtaposed with the holy bible cover, the follow up representing the opposite of its predecessor: clean, fresh, new etc. which is how it sounds with its shiny pop rock stadium thingys. And Britpop, I mean how dare they. A pal at the time who loved the previous record said they have now gone bryan Adams. Well the previous record was cool, and was full of dark lyrical alt rock masterpieces. It's geat yeah. They lost their troubled lyric genius. Maybe they should have tried to make a pantera meets NIN like richey wanted. No. They regrouped and came back with the greatest comeback records ever. That sounded nothing like the previous. But it's filled with heart and soul and a desire and spirit to continue forward. It's pop it's stadium it has one of the great final tracks and if you are too cool to submit to it then go play holy bible again, cry sell out and hope that you can forgive them.
RaineyWins 01/04/2010 09:46 | #8073 | TOP COMMENT
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A breath of fresh air, a design for life is a masterpiece
The big hits make the weaker tracks bearable on this album with the majority of the record being pretty average. There is so much repetitiveness on here that I almost feel like I'm losing my mind with the amount of times they repeat choruses. This leads to the songs being stuck in my head but not in a good way like a catchy track but more like an irritating feeling that I can't shake off. The main songs are great however and really carry this record with them being the only tracks I would choose to listen to again. Overall, a pretty average record which is given an edge by a few glimpses of greatness that save this album from mediocrity. (Edited)
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