The Holy Bible
by Manic Street Preachers
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The Holy Bible is ranked as the best album by Manic Street Preachers.
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The Holy Bible track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Holy Bible rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 22/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 32 Music Albums of 1994 | 18/32 | 2 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 79 Music Albums of the 1990s | 56/79 | 6 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | BoxFL | Top 74 Music Albums of the 1990s | 21/74 | 15 |
| 2026 | Bach | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 38/100 | 61 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 26 Music Albums of 1994 | 4/26 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 52 Music Albums of 1994 | 5/52 | 5 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Upcoming Album Club Picks 2 | 96/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 466 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 3,342 | |||
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The Holy Bible ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/13/2026 23:01 | willowen9 | 1,056 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/09/2026 23:30 | BurndenAce | 1,334 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/07/2026 07:33 | barethman | 207 | 80/100 |
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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 77.5/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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The Holy Bible forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026 BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5453): By Bach BestEverAlbums 09/16/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5437): By UntitledThe Holy Bible comments
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A superb release where the imperfections only make it more interesting. Maybe the sound was a little too hushed, and the lyrics a little too cryptic, but that only increased it's mystery. And the songs themselves were something truly out-there, covering many unusual topics and some very dark subject manner.
I am not a big Manics fan but this is right up there. Dark, dirty and deep with great melodies, cut throat guitar and the sort of lyrics that lead you to understand why Richie couldn't go on. Full of raw power, emotion and soul this is seminal and 100 shades darker than most self professed angry hardcore offerings that are comparatively wet. This is "for real" and time will never dull its greatness. Thanks boys. (Edited)
Not exactly the most easy listening album with songs called The intense humming of evil, which is about the holocaust, but it is a complete masterpiece and i think the best album the manics have done. Incredibly deep and beautifully written. (Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/31/2012 18:06 | #47546 | TOP COMMENT
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Great guitar driven rock with catchy melodies and biting lyrics. The Manics always reach high with their albums, and never quite reach their goal. On this album, they reached the furthest, and came the closest.
Mattdup279 10/17/2016 22:33 | #177040 | TOP COMMENT
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I wanted to throw up the first time I listened to this album. 10/10 (Edited)
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