Generation Terrorists
by Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers bestography
Generation Terrorists is ranked 4th 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 517 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,345.
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Generation Terrorists track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Generation Terrorists rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 11 Music Albums of 1992 | 9/11 | 1 |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 87/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | jl45 | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 12/20 | 43 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1992 | 31/62 | 3 |
| 2026 | markl73 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Altsoul | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 47/100 | 52 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 46 Music Albums of 1992 | 10/46 | 4 |
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 22 Music Albums of 1992 | 13/22 | 2 |
| 2026 | ShenBapiro | Top 50 Greatest Music Albums | 6/50 | 85 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 183 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 882 | |||
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Generation Terrorists ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago | Kettwig | 1,359 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/03/2026 16:19 | nitomano | 2,286 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2026 05:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,967 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 71.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/03/2013 15:13 | #59910 | TOP COMMENT
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Working my way backwards through the manic catalog, i'm surprised to find a manic album with the soundtrack provided by a mid-80s hair metal band. The vocals are the only thing keeping me from thinking this is a motley crue cover band. Very odd. And as other reviews state, they attempt to make a grand statement, and hair metal guitar theatrics certainly support that desire, but the manic's grand sound would round more into form later. There's enough here to like for now, but don't kick yourself if you keep waiting for the "girls, girls, girls" encore. (Edited)
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/01/2012 15:50 | #53942 | TOP COMMENT
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Ambitious to a fault, the band always wanted to release a double album as a debut. The last half suffers in comparison with the preceding one, however this is the album the band wanted to make and you've gotta admire them for their guts.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/26/2019 20:01 | #236755 | TOP COMMENT
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Taking musical cues from the Clash, PE, GnR, McCarthy, New York Dolls amongst others, and lyrical inspiration from the world of politics, carving 4 real and telling people it would be the best rock album ever. Massive ambition and drive, with plenty of hype but over shooting the runway somewhat. As has been said, musically it's closest to the Motley Crue debut than GnR or the Clash and it's at least 20m too long. Cull the poorer tracks and it's a good record. It's still decent but I'd rather hear the Crue debut. It wouldn't be until album 3 that they matched their starry ambition musically and lyrically, to show that really they could make one of the great rock album statements after all, they just weren't ready in '92. (Edited)
Didn't appreciate this album at the time but I'm glad now they didn't stick to their promise to sell x million copies and quit. One of the best bands of the 90's and beyond (Edited)
Ballsy album. As said, first half stronger than the second. (Edited)
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