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Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band that was formed in 1986 in Blackwood, South Wales and consists of James Dean Bradfield (lead vocals and lead guitar), Nicky Wire (bass guitar and lyrics) and Sean Moore (drums and percussion). The band is part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s. They are colloquially known as "The Manics", or simply, "Manics". Originally a quartet, the band became a trio when primary lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards disappeared on 1 February 1995.
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Resistance Is Futile [2018]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| People Give In | 3:55 |
| International Blue | 3:52 |
| Distant Colours | 3:29 |
| Vivian | 4:15 |
| Dylan & Caitlin | 3:53 |
| Liverpool Revisited | 2:31 |
| Sequels of Forgotten Wars | 4:21 |
| Hold Me Like a Heaven | 4:18 |
| In Eternity | 4:16 |
| Broken Algorithms | 3:52 |
| A Song for the Sadness | 4:20 |
| tHE Left Behind | 3:10 |
Futurology [Deluxe Edition] [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Walk Me to the Bridge | 3:14 |
| Walk Me to the Bridge [Demo Version] | 3:16 |
Rewind the Film [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| This Sullen Welsh Heart | 4:13 |
| Show Me the Wonder | 3:18 |
| Rewind the Film | 6:36 |
| Builder of Routines | 2:28 |
| 4 Lonely Roads | 2:54 |
| (I Miss The) Tokyo Skyline | 3:46 |
| Anthem for a Lost Cause | 3:51 |
| 3 Ways to See Despair | 3:16 |
| Running Out of Fantasy | 4:09 |
Rewind the Film [Deluxe Edition] [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Show Me the Wonder | 3:18 |
| Builder of Routines | 2:28 |
| (I Miss The) Tokyo Skyline | 3:46 |
| Anthem for a Lost Cause | 3:51 |
| 3 Ways to See Despair | 3:16 |
| Running Out of Fantasy | 4:09 |
Great British Albums [2012]
Everything Must Go/This is My Truth, Tell Me Yours [2011]
National Treasures: The Complete Singles [2011]
National Treasures: The Complete Singles [Deluxe Edition] [2011]
Postcards from a Young Man [2010]
Journal for Plague Lovers [2009]
Journal for Plague Lovers [Bonus CD] [2009]
Journal for Plague Lovers [Deluxe Edition] [2009]
Essential 90s: 1990-1994 [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Theme from M*a*s*h (Suicide Is Painless) [Album Version] | 3:29 |
Generation Terrorists/Gold Against The Soul [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds | 4:32 |
| Born To End | 3:55 |
| Motorcycle Emptiness | 6:08 |
| You Love Us | 4:18 |
| Love's Sweet Exile | 3:28 |
| Little Baby Nothing | 4:59 |
| Tennessee | 3:06 |
| Another Invented Disease | 3:24 |
| Stay Beautiful | 3:10 |
| So Dead | 4:28 |
| Spectators Of Suicide | 4:40 |
| Damn Dog | 1:52 |
| Crucifix Kiss | 3:39 |
| Methadone Pretty | 3:57 |
| Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll | 6:06 |
| Sleepflower | 4:51 |
| From Despair To Where | 3:34 |
| La Tristesse Durera | 4:13 |
| Yourself | 4:11 |
| Life Becoming A Landslide | 4:15 |
| Drug Drug Druggy | 3:26 |
| Roses In The Hospital | 5:02 |
| Nostalgic Pushead | 4:14 |
| Symphony Of Tourette | 3:32 |
| Gold Against The Soul | 5:34 |
Send Away the Tigers [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Send Away the Tigers | 3:37 |
| Underdogs | 2:49 |
| Your Love Alone Is Not Enough | 3:55 |
| Indian Summer | 3:54 |
| The Second Great Depression | 4:09 |
| Rendition | 2:59 |
| Autumnsong | 3:40 |
| I'm Just a Patsy | 3:11 |
| Imperial Bodybags | 3:30 |
| Winterlovers/Working Class Hero [*] | 9:15 |
Send Away the Tigers [Japan Bonus Tracks] [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Send Away the Tigers | 3:38 |
| Your Love Alone Is Not Enough | 3:56 |
| Indian Summer | 3:55 |
| Second Great Depression | 4:07 |
| Rendition | 3:00 |
| I'm Just a Patsy | 3:12 |
| Imperial Bodybags | 3:30 |
| Working Class Hero (Hidden Track) [*] | 2:47 |
The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit-Pop Gems of the Last Millennium [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Stay Beautiful | 3:10 |
Howzat Australia vs England: The Greatest Hits [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next |
Love of Richard Nixon, Pt. 2 [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Love of Richard Nixon [Album Version] | 3:38 |
| Everything Will Be | 5:06 |
| Askew Road | 2:56 |
Later... with Jools Holland Cool Britannia, Vol. 2 [DVD] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next [DVD] |
Lifeblood [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 4:08 |
| The Love of Richard Nixon | 3:38 |
| Empty Souls | 4:05 |
| A Song for Departure | 4:20 |
| I Live to Fall Asleep | 3:57 |
| To Repel Ghosts | 3:58 |
| Emily | 3:34 |
| Glasnost | 3:14 |
| Always/Never | 3:42 |
| Solitude Sometimes Is | 3:21 |
| Fragments | 4:02 |
| Cardiff Afterlife | 3:27 |
Lifeblood [Bonus Disc] [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| 1985 | 4:08 |
| The Love of Richard Nixon | 3:38 |
| Empty Souls | 4:05 |
| A Song for Departure | 4:20 |
| I Live to Fall Asleep | 3:57 |
| To Repel Ghosts | 3:58 |
| Emily | 3:34 |
| Glasnost | 3:14 |
| Always/Never | 3:42 |
| Solitude Sometimes Is | 3:21 |
| Fragments | 4:02 |
| Cardiff Afterlife | 3:26 |
| Automatik Teknicolour | 3:39 |
| It's All Gone | 4:06 |
| Unstoppable Salvation | 2:53 |
| Happy Ending | 3:27 |
| Everything Will Be | 5:08 |
| Askew Road | 2:58 |
| Voodoo Polaroids | 3:55 |
Love Of Richard Nixon Pt.1 (2 Tracks) [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Love of Richard Nixon [Album Version] | 3:38 |
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of [Japan Bonus Tracks] [2003]
Lipstick Traces: Secret History of Manic [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Prologue to History | 4:47 |
| 4 Ever Delayed | 3:38 |
| Sorrow 16 | 3:46 |
| Socialist Serenade | 4:15 |
| Donkeys | 3:13 |
| Comfort Comes | 3:29 |
| Mr Carbohydrate | 4:16 |
| Dead Trees and Traffic Islands | 3:45 |
| Horses Under Starlight | 3:10 |
| Sepia | 3:56 |
| Sculpture of Man | 1:55 |
| Spectators of Suicide | 5:06 |
| Democracy Coma | 3:45 |
| Strip It Down [Live] | 2:42 |
| Bored Out of My Mind | 2:57 |
| Just a Kid | 3:36 |
| Close My Eyes | 4:29 |
| Valley Boy | 5:10 |
| We Her Majesty's Prisoners | 5:22 |
| We Are All Bourgeois Now | 4:35 |
| Rock & Roll Music | 2:55 |
| Been a Son | 2:28 |
| Out of Time | 3:34 |
| Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head | 2:58 |
| Wrote for Luck | 2:43 |
| Can't Take My Eyes Off You | 3:13 |
There by the Grace of God [Canada EP] [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| There by the Grace of God | 3:51 |
| Unstoppable Salvation | 2:54 |
| Happy Ending | 3:29 |
| It's All Gone | 4:05 |
Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits [2002]
There by the Grace of God [UK CD #1] [2002]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| There by the Grace of God | |
| Automatik Teknicolour | |
| It's All Gone |
Know Your Enemy [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Found That Soul | 3:05 |
| Ocean Spray | 4:11 |
| Intravenous Agnostic | 4:02 |
| So Why So Sad | 4:02 |
| Let Robeson Sing | 3:46 |
| The Year of Purification | 3:39 |
| Wattsville Blues | 4:29 |
| Miss Europa Disco Dancer | 3:52 |
| Dead Martyrs | 3:23 |
| His Last Painting | 3:16 |
| My Guernica | 4:56 |
| The Convalescent | 5:54 |
| Royal Correspondent | 3:31 |
| Epicentre | 6:26 |
| Baby Elian | 3:37 |
| Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children | 2:59 |
| The Masses Against the Classes | 3:21 |
Know Your Enemy [Bonus Disc] [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Found That Soul | 3:05 |
| Ocean Spray | 4:11 |
| Intravenous Agnostic | 4:02 |
| So Why So Sad | 4:02 |
| Let Robeson Sing | 3:46 |
| Wattsville Blues | 4:29 |
| Miss Europa Disco Dancer | 3:52 |
| Dead Martyrs | 3:23 |
| His Last Painting | 3:16 |
| My Guernica | 4:56 |
| The Convalescent | 5:54 |
| Royal Correspondent | 3:31 |
| Epicentre | 6:26 |
| Baby Elian | 3:37 |
| Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children | 3:01 |
| Just a Kid | 3:31 |
| The Masses Against the Classes | 3:22 |
Know Your Enemy [Germany] [2001]
Know Your Enemy [Japan] [2001]
Know Your Enemy [UK] [2001]
Louder Than War [2001]
Masses Against the Classes [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Masses Against the Classes | |
| Close My Eyes | |
| Rock & Roll Music |
Music of the Millennium, Vol. 2 [Universal] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | 4:50 |
CMJ New Music, Vol. 70 [Sampler] [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next | 4:48 |
The Everlasting, Pt. 2 [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Everlasting | 2:00 |
| Black Holes for the Young | 4:11 |
| Valley Boy | 5:10 |
You Stole the Sun from My Heart [CD Single] [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| You Stole the Sun from My Heart | 4:20 |
| Socialist Serenade | 4:13 |
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | |
| Prologue to History |
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours [1998]
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours [Bonus Disc] [1998]
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours [Bonus Tracks] [1998]
You'll Never Walk Alone: The Hillsbough Justice Concert [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head | 2:45 |
| You Love Us | 3:12 |
| You'll Never Walk Alone | 5:41 |
Everything Must Go [1996]
Everything Must Go [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Bonus CD/DVD] [1996]
Everything Must Go [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] [1996]
Help: A Charity Project for the Children of Bosnia [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head |
Holy Bible [10TH Anniversary Edition] [Bonus DVD] [1994]
Holy Bible [LP] [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Yes | 5:00 |
| Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart | 3:39 |
| Of Walking Abortion | 4:01 |
| She Is Suffering | 4:42 |
| Archives of Pain | 5:28 |
| Revol | 3:04 |
| 4st 7lb | 5:05 |
| Mausoleum | 4:13 |
| Faster | 3:55 |
| This Is Yesterday | 3:58 |
| Die in the Summertime | 3:06 |
| The Intense Humming of Evil | 6:12 |
| P.C.P. | 3:57 |
The Holy Bible [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Yes | 5:19 |
| Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart | 3:43 |
| Of Walking Abortion | 4:07 |
| She Is Suffering | 4:57 |
| Archives of Pain | 5:30 |
| Revol | 3:05 |
| 4st 7lb | 5:10 |
| Mausoleum | 4:13 |
| Faster | 3:55 |
| This is Yesterday | 3:58 |
| Die In the Summertime | 3:07 |
| The Intense Humming of Evil | 6:13 |
| P.C.P. | 3:57 |
| New Art Riot (In E Minor) | 3:02 |
| Revol [#] | 3:13 |
The Holy Bible [Japan Bonus Tracks] [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Yes | 4:59 |
| Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart | 3:39 |
| Of Walking Abortion | 4:00 |
| She Is Suffering | 4:44 |
| Archives Of Pain | 5:29 |
| 4st 7lb | 5:05 |
| Revol | 3:04 |
| Mausoleum | 4:12 |
| Faster | 3:55 |
| This Is Yesterday | 3:58 |
| Die In The Summertime | 3:05 |
| The Intense Humming Of Evil | 6:12 |
| P.C.P | 3:59 |
Gold Against the Soul [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sleepflower | 4:51 |
| From Despair to Where | 3:34 |
| Scream to a Sigh (La Tristesse Durera) | 4:13 |
| Yourself | 4:11 |
| Life Becoming a Landslide | 4:14 |
| Drug Drug Druggy | 3:26 |
| Roses in the Hospital | 5:02 |
| Symphony of Tourette | 3:31 |
| Gold Against the Soul | 5:34 |
Gold Against the Soul [Japan Bonus Track] [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Sleepflower | 4:51 |
| From Despair to Where | 3:34 |
| La Tristesse Durera | 4:13 |
| Yourself | 4:11 |
| Life Becoming a Landslide | 4:15 |
| Drug Drug Druggy | 3:26 |
| Roses in the Hospital | 5:02 |
| Symphony of Tourette | 3:32 |
| Roses in the Hospital [*][Mix] | 5:45 |
London Kilburn International [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Repeat | 3:28 |
| Stay Beautiful | 2:30 |
| Patrick Bateman | 5:58 |
| Motorcycle Emptiness | 4:50 |
| Born to End | 3:00 |
| Love's Sweet Exile | 3:35 |
| Strip It Down | 2:25 |
| Tennessee | 2:35 |
| Little Baby Nothing | 3:50 |
| You Love Us | 3:10 |
| Motown Junk | 3:20 |
Generation Terrorists [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Slash N' Burn | 3:59 |
| Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds | 4:32 |
| Born to End | 3:55 |
| Motorcycle Emptiness | 6:08 |
| You Love Us | 4:18 |
| Love's Sweet Exile | 3:29 |
| Little Baby Nothing | 4:59 |
| Repeat (Stars and Stripes) | 4:09 |
| Tennessee | 3:06 |
| Another Invented Disease | 3:24 |
| Stay Beautiful | 3:10 |
| So Dead | 4:28 |
| Repeat (UK) | 3:09 |
| Spectators of Suicide | 4:40 |
| Damn Dog | 1:52 |
| Crucifix Kiss | 3:39 |
| Methadone Pretty | 3:57 |
| Condemned to Rock 'N' Roll | 6:06 |
Generation Terrorists [20th Anniversary Edition] [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Slash N' Burn | 3:59 |
| Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds | 4:32 |
| Born to End | 3:55 |
| Motorcycle Emptiness | 6:08 |
| You Love Us | 4:18 |
| Love's Sweet Exile | 3:28 |
| Little Baby Nothing | 5:00 |
| Repeat (Stars and Stripes) | 4:09 |
| Tennessee | 3:06 |
| Another Invented Disease | 3:24 |
| Stay Beautiful | 3:10 |
| So Dead | 4:29 |
| Spectators of Suicide | 4:40 |
| Damn Dog | 1:53 |
| Crucifix Kiss | 3:39 |
| Methadone Pretty | 3:57 |
| Condemned to Rock N' Roll | 6:16 |
| Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) | 3:44 |
Generation Terrorists [20th Anniversary Legacy Edition] [1992]
Generation Terrorists [Japan Bonus Track] [1992]
Generation Terrorists [US] [1992]
Stanley, Son of Theodore: Yet Another Alternative Music Sampler [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love's Sweet Exile | 3:05 |
Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) | 3:43 |
| Never Want Again | 3:38 |
| Dead Yankee Drawl | 3:46 |
| Ain't Goin' Down | 3:07 |
Tolerated
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Everlasting | |
| Everything Must Go | |
| Scream to a Sigh (La Tristesse Durera) | |
| Kevin Carter | |
| No Surface All Feeling | |
| Motown Junk | |
| Symm | |
| You Love Us | |
| A Design for Life |
