Manic Street PreachersBest Manic Street Preachers Albums Ranked

The Holy Bible

pitchfork

8.4

“This 10-year anniversary edition of these Brits' career peak adds the long-lost U.S. mix of the album, as well as live tracks, demos, a DVD, and more.”

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours

pastemagazine

8.1

“The timing couldn’t be more perfect for the re-issue of the Manic Street Preachers This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours. It’s hard to look at neo-Nazis marching in the streets and not think “If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next.” It’s hard to hear lyrics like “The world is full of refugees/They’re just like you and just like me/But as people we have a choice/To end the void with all its”

The Ultra Vivid Lament

nme

8.0

“In the time between Manic Street Preachers’ last record, 2018’s ‘Resistance Is Futile’, and the onset of the pandemic last year, chief songwriter Nicky Wire lost both his mother and father to cancer. Their losses casted a huge shadow over his writing for ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’. In lockdown, Wire went deep into his insecurities – his grief, a sense of alienation from the modern world, and existe”

Journal for Plague Lovers

pitchfork

7.8

“Built around lyrics from presumed-dead founding member Richey Edwards and recorded by Steve Albini, the Manics' latest finds them revitalized.”

The Ultra Vivid Lament

thelineofbestfit

7.0

“Manic Street Preachers go on a mildly experimental journey on The Ultra Vivid Lament”

Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)

pitchfork

6.3

“In all of rock's varied and storied history, I can't think of another band that yearned harder and more desperately to be Important than the Manic Street Preachers. You can tell from every album they ever released, every photo they ever posed for, every line of lyrics they ever penned, that these guys wanted to change the lives and minds of millions and enter into rock's history books as nothing s”