Album
Journal For Plague Lovers
2009 · Rock
10 collectors on Gatefold own this
Journal For Plague Lovers is an Alt/Indie album by Manic Street Preachers, originally released in 2009. On Gatefold: 22 pressings tracked, owned by 10 collectors.
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Journal for Plague Lovers is the ninth studio album by Manic Street Preachers, released on May 18, 2009, by record label Columbia. Recorded between October 2008 and February 2009 and produced by Steve Albini and Dave Eringa, it features exclusively posthumously published lyrics by Richey Edwards, who disappeared on 1 February 1995 and was presumed deceased in 2008. It is the only Manic Street Preachers album in which the lyrics for every song were written solely by Edwards.
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Tracklist
- 1Peeled Apples3:33
- 2Jackie Collins Existential Question Time2:24
- 3Me and Stephen Hawking2:47
- 4This Joke Sport Severed3:03
- 5Journal for Plague Lovers3:44
- 6She Bathed Herself In a Bath of Bleach2:17
- 7Facing Page - Top Left2:39
- 8Marlon J.D.2:50
- 9Doors Closing Slowly2:52
- 10All Is Vanity3:34
- 11Pretension/Repulsion2:04
- 12Virginia State Epileptic Colony3:22
- 13William's Last Words4:19
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- gritty
- aggressive
- urban
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
All Lyrics Richard Edwards. All Music Bradfield / Jones / Moore
Recorded and mixed at Rockfield Studios. Extra recording, Loz Williams at Faster Recording Studio, Cardiff.
Front cover painting: Stare, 2004-2005 by Jenny Saville.
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw
Track 13.2 is a hidden track.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andrew WaltersARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , STRINGS STRINGS
- Bernard KaneSTRINGS
- James Dean BradfieldELECTRIC GUITAR , ACOUSTIC GUITAR , VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS
- Joanna ParkhurstSTRINGS
- Katherine ThomasHARP
- Nathan StoneSTRINGS
- Nicky WireBASS GUITAR, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS, ARTWORK BY , COMPOSED BY
- Sean MooreDRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, COMPOSED BY DRUMS, PERCUSSION, MUSIC BY
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