Lifeblood
by Manic Street Preachers
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Manic Street Preachers bestography
Lifeblood is ranked 11th 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 3,344.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Lifeblood track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lifeblood rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 52 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | jl45 | Top 20 Greatest Music Albums | 6/20 | 72 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rockmusica Best Albums 2004 | 25/30 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 98 Music Albums of 2004 | 75/98 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 70 Music Albums of 2004 | 33/70 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 48 Music Albums of 2004 | 42/48 | 1 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Manic Street Preachers: So Far.. | 7/7 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 58 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 230 | |||
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Lifeblood ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/19/2026 23:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,052 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 18:24 | ShenBapiro | 365 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/15/2026 03:47 | dhbarrett | 8,820 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.9/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
Lifeblood forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 05/12/2019 20:00 in Album of the day (#3071): Lifeblood
Romanelli 07/19/2015 18:21 in What album are you listening to right now?Lifeblood comments
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Perring 07/31/2014 21:40 | #118225 | TOP COMMENT
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Very underrated this one. Probably because it's a different style for the Manics, less guitar and a smooth production. Ignore the mixed reviews and give it a listen, especially if you enjoyed This is My Truth. (Edited)
This album reminds me a lot of Killing Joke's "Outside The Gate", because both albums took a large change in pace, and ended up alienating the fanbase, leading to it being called "their worst album". In my opinion, this is not the Manic Street Preachers' worst album, but it's definitely not their best.
One of the most overlooked and under appreciated albums of all time. In many ways its a very un-Manic album, with no long guitar solos, complex lyrics or political slogans, but instead is an emotion filled work of synth beauty. Best tracks :- 1985, Solitude Sometimes Is & Glasnost (Edited)
A low key effort and more artistic than usual for them, just a lovely listen
'Solitude sometimes is' is one of the best songs they recorded last decade.
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