Critical Thinking (studio album) by Manic Street Preachers

Critical Thinking by Manic Street Preachers
Year: 2025
Release date: 2025-02-14
Overall rank: 26,024th
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71/100 (from 31 votes)
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Award Top albums of the 2020s (2,118th)
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Manic Street Preachers bestography

Critical Thinking is ranked 17th best out of 18 albums by Manic Street Preachers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Manic Street Preachers is The Holy Bible which is ranked number 483 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,612.

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71/100 (from 31 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.1/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 9.4.

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From 02/21/2025 13:35
Album Rating: 72.42
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Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Critical Thinking

14.02.2025

It takes until track 3 ('Brush Strokes Of Reunion') to even begin to hit its stride but the middle part of the album has some decent late period Manics. The lead single 'People Ruin Paintings' has grown on me and the Morrissey baiting 'Dear Stephen' is cheekier than a NY waiter chasing you down the street for tipping 20%, not 25%, when the service was poor and the ramen had a pubic hair in it.

1.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Critical Thinking 70
2.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Decline & Fall 70
3.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Brush Strokes Of Reunion 73
4.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Hiding In Plain Sight 75
5.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - People Ruin Paintings 78
6.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Dear Stephen 77
7.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Being Baptised 73
8.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - My Brave Friend 73
9.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Out Of Time Revival 71
10.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Deleted Scenes 69
11.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Late Day Peaks 76
12.Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - One Man Militia 64

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* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - People Ruin Paintings 78
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Dear Stephen 77
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Late Day Peaks 76
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Hiding In Plain Sight 75
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Brush Strokes Of Reunion 73
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Being Baptised 73
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - My Brave Friend 73
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Out Of Time Revival 71
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Decline & Fall 70
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Critical Thinking 70
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - Deleted Scenes 69
* Manic Street Preachers (CT - UK - Feb 25) - One Man Militia 64
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