[2018-04-13] Manic Street Preachers "Resistance Is Futile" (Columbia UK)

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Description
‘Resistance Is Futile', the band's 13th studio album, heralds a return to a classic Manics sound described by the band as "widescreen melancholia". The songs on the album are the first recorded in the band’s new Door to the River studio (near Newport). Of their first new recordings in four years, the band said: "The main themes of ‘Resistance is Futile’ are memory and loss; forgotten history; confused reality and art as a hiding place and inspiration. It’s obsessively melodic - in many ways referencing both the naive energy of ‘Generation Terrorists’ and the orchestral sweep of ‘Everything Must Go’. After delay and difficulties getting started, the record has come together really quickly over the last few months through a surge of creativity and some old school hard work."

Deluxe Edition: Presented in a hardback digibook, complete with a 24-page booklet, this limited edition 2-CD album set features the album lyrics, images of the band and a bonus CD containing the original demos for the entire album, plus two bonus tracks.

Tracklist
1. People Give In
2. International Blue
3. Distant Colours
4. Vivian
5. Dylan & Caitlin
6. Liverpool Revisited
7. Sequels Of Forgotten Wars
8. Hold Me Like A Heaven
9. In Eternity
10. Broken Algorithms
11. A Song For The Sadness
12. The Left Behind

[Deluxe Edition Bonus CD2]
1. People Give In (Demo)
2. International Blue (Demo)
3. Distant Colours (Demo)
4. Vivian (Demo)
5. Dylan & Caitlin (Demo)
6. Liverpool Revisited (Demo)
7. Sequels Of Forgotten Wars (Demo)
8. Hold Me Like A Heaven (Demo)
9. In Eternity (Demo)
10. Broken Algorithms (Demo)
11. A Song For The Sadness (Demo)
12. The Left Behind (Demo)
13. Concrete Fields
14. A Soundtrack To Complete Withdrawal

Standard Edition
US - Available for pre-order soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07894WXRL/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07894WXRL/?tag=imwan-21

Deluxe Edition
US - Available for pre-order soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078FHJKJC/?tag=imwan-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078FHJKJC/?tag=imwan-21

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

Very excited about this even though it's about 6 months off but as time flies it will be here before we know it.. Excellent band and have pretty much on these Welsh rockers. And they do rock!

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2018 3:53 pm

[2018-04-13] Manic Street Preachers "Resistance Is Futile" (Columbia UK)

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