Journal For Plague Lovers (studio album)
by Manic Street Preachers

Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-05-18
Overall rank: 2,640th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 191 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (34th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (441st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,640th)

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Manic Street Preachers bestography

Journal For Plague Lovers is ranked 6th 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 477 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,625.

Manic Street Preachers album bestography « Higher ranked (2,292nd)
Gold Against The Soul
This album (2,640th)
Journal For Plague Lovers
Lower ranked (3,775th) »
Send Away The Tigers

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75/100 (from 191 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.2/100, a mean average of 74.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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95/100
From 09/16/2022 05:35
It's been 13 years and I still regularly listen to this record. It's got that lyrical, emotional depth and interesting subject matter but it's also sometimes funny and has some of James' best riffs. And then there's the string arrangement on This Joke Sport Severed! I just never seem to tire of this album
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From 06/29/2017 17:03
Esse álbum é póstumo, então todo mundo que sabia disso em 2009 escutou ele com esperanças que iam ser músicas coma sonoridade inicial da banda. E, na minha opinião, é o melhor álbum desde Everything Must Go. Discaralhaço.
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From 01/10/2016 22:26
A good album digging up old lyrics from Richey, more raw and similar to The Holy Bible in it's style
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From 10/05/2014 13:45
Returning to lyrics of Richey Edwards, the Manic Street Preachers make this record their strongest in a long time, only The Holy Bible and Gold Against The Soul beat it.
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From 08/21/2012 03:23
Best Manic's album since at least a decade!
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From 08/11/2012 16:10
Their best since Everything Must Go.
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75/100
From 07/31/2012 18:10
Whaaaa? Where did this come from? I had given the Manics up for dead. Comparable to This is My Truth.
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From 01/05/2010 00:44
I like how accessible this album is too! The songs are small and easy to listen too. Definitely worth the days I counted down for the release date!
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80/100
From 01/04/2010 09:57
A very talented group. Journal is Better than Holy Bible mainly because the vocals are understandable and the music is more accessible. I much prefer Everything Must Go to this however. Now I feel compelled to listen to This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours :)
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