 |  | One of the best from the Manics |  |
While this album may not be everyone's tastes this is probably one of my favorites from the Manics. For some their departure from their rawer earlier sound where they were closer to their indie/punk origins is a let down while for others this is just too pop, too synthetic for them to get into I think this really does require a second listen.
The Manics always have been an enigma musically but their lyrics still display something of their left wing credentials. If you tolerate this is a haunting anthem sung to the Spanish civil war while songs such as Tsunami show that the manics while not having the most powerful vocals in the world can still carry a message with anger.
Well worth buying and well worth listening to.
March 16, 2008| | | Scratching My Head a Bit... | |
All these glowing reviews and not one mention, 'cept from the Editorial Staff, of their majestic masterpiece, 'The Holy Bible'? Blasphemy, I tell you! Blasphemy!!! =B=
March 29, 2007 | | A Fantastic Recording from a great band, Manic Street Preachers | |
Every song is compelling. The tracks are chock full of good melodies, harmonic richness and intrigue, some good hooks, a bit of politics and a bit of lyrical weirdness, punk attitude, melancholy, love, anger, and overall musical lushness. This is one of the best largely unheralded bands (they come from Wales and came to prominence in the 1990's with some alternative radio airplay); they would appeal to a much wider audience if given the chance. This particular recording is their best one overall, in my opinion, and certainly their most accessible. The earlier albums are even more political, edgy, raw, punky, and gritty but still just
as oddly compelling and melodically and harmonically rich.
March 6, 2006 | | Sadly good songs, however not a good album | |
I love the Manic Street Preachers. Always have. I even loved it when they changed direction and went off doing If you Tolerate this. I still like them when they further went on and released their next album know your enemy (Rage Against the Machine Fans maybe???). But both albums lack the direction of Holy Bible or Everything must go. Although singular tracks such as "nobody loves you", "if you tolerate this then your children will be next", "Black Dog", "Ready for Drowning" and "You stole the sun from my heart"; the album slowly plods along playing tracks that sound too similar and too unlike the manics to be memorable. Although it complete's my record colletion its not one that is played often... or at all
May 25, 2005| | | Not as good as Everything Must Go, but still good | |
This 1998 follow-up to Everything Must Go isn't as good as it's predecessor, but it still has some great songs. My favorites are The Everlasting, If You Tolerate This (Your Children Will Be Next), Tsunami, and My Little Empire. However, this album gets really ponderous and sluggish towards the end, and songs like Black Dog on My Shoulder and Born a Girl are bordering on rubbish.
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