BDB

Manic Street Preachers release their highly anticipated new album 'Live Blood' on November 1st.


The LifeBlood tracklisting is as follows…
1. 1985
2. The Love Of Richard Nixon
3. Empty Souls
4. A Song For Departure
5. I Live To Fall Asleep
6. To Rebel Ghosts
7. Emily
8. Glasnost
9. Always/Never
10. Solitude Sometimes Is
11. Fragments
12. Cardiff Afterlife



So far I have heard, Solitude Sometimes Is and Empty Souls, ( A Live Version) and I just watched the video for the love of richard nixon on the official site.

www.manics.co.uk

I so wish I could access the uk Itunes site, I need to work on that, you need a UK credit card.

From what I have heard so far, its quite like This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, I can't find any US release date info yet.

Giles

the US release will be a year late...

wow, talk about being clueless, I had no idea this was coming out, thanks Badlydrawnboy

BDB

shoot me an e-mail Giles.

rhalton at gmail dot com

Starlover

From what I've heard, it sounds pretty good. The Holy Bible is my favorite album of all time, so I've been a little underwhelmed by everything since then. It definitely is a step up from from Know Your Enemy. Some of the lyrics are a little sketchy, but it has some very beautiful moments as well.

wendersfan

I loved This is My Truth..., so I'm greatly looking forward to it.

I'm guessing a NA tour is just completely out of the question, isn't it?

BDB

Wow this is great. I love it.

Glasnost is a wonderful song.

I am on my 1st run through

Giles

grrr... still waiting for my disc to come from HVM.co.uk. Haven't had the time to listen or watch the CD-singles/DVD-single which I received last week.

slop101

When's the US release? - or should I just import it from the UK?

BDB

Giles had you ordered from HMV, your chances might be higher.

I wish that I could access the UK ITunes... I need a uk credit card/bank account

BDB

no release date for the us yet


In other news

According to HMV Japan the forthcoming re-release of the Holy Bible will include the following:

Disc 1
Digitally remastered version of the original album + live bonus tracks
The Intense Humming Of Evil
4st 7lb
Yes
Of Walking Abortion

Disc 2
US mix of the album + demo tracks
Die In The Summertime
Mausoleum (Radio 1 Evening Session)
Of Walking Abortion
She Is Suffering
Yes

Disc 3 (DVD)
TV Performances
Faster (Top Of The Pops)
Faster (Butt Naked)
P.C.P. (Butt Naked)
She Is Suffering (Butt Naked)
4st 7lb (MTV Ray Cokes) (*aka MTV’s Most Wanted)
Live
Faster (Glastonbury Festival 1994)
P.C.P. (Glastonbury Festival 1994)
Yes (Glastonbury Festival 1994)
Revol (Reading Festival 1994)
Promos
Faster
Judge Yr’self
Yes
Documentary
James, Nicky, Sean

Chaza

According to All Music Guide it will come out in the US on 12/21/04. Not a bad wait, I'll be preordering the Holy Bible remaster/2cd1dvd set from the UK, but I'll wait for the domestic release of this, last couple of imports I bought, I got hosed on extra discs/dvds and stuff.

Giles

question: if the domestic release of Lifeblood is at the end of the December, has there been any word if The Holy Bible (Deluxe Edition) might also get released domestically? DVD and all.

The NTSC DVD on the Japanese version is an incentive to buy that version, whereas the DVD on the UK is PAL (I can playback both on my region free DVD player, however having it in NTSC is the preferred format). Also the Japanese is obviousily much more expensive than the UK edition (a second reason to go with the UK edition)

oh and BTW, I just received my copy of Lifeblood in the mail last week and have given it a listen, and I really like the album.

since MSP cancelled their last tour of the states (a few years back) at the last minute, I really really really hope they will tour after the domestic release of this new album, they are amazing live.

fallfan

Unfortunately, it looks like the allmusic link sends you to barnesandnoble.com for the Canadian version at $27.99. The weird thing about this is that on sirendisc.com they are currently selling the Canadian import for $19.99 which isn't too bad of a price really. I'm with you on waiting for the domestic in case of extra songs, discs. I remember waiting forever for "The Altogether" by Orbital to come out here and being rewarded with a fantastic bonus disc filled with a ton rarities from UK CD singles.

Giles

yet sadly, American Orbital fans were crap out of luck when "The Altogether" DVD (complete with a great 5.1 DTS track) never got released...

fallfan

Didn't that have an 18 minute version of Meltdown on it? I think the album version is amazing and I always wondered what that sounded like.
So as not to derail this thread too much, this links to a US tour petition on the Manics forum: http://uk.sonymusic.co.uk/forums/man...ic.php?t=20465

Chaza

I really doubt that the THB deluxe edition will come out in the US, but I'm holding off preordering it until I know for sure. The Manics aren't that big in the states, especially compared to their status in Europe, but I'm hoping for a US tour also.

Giles

24 minute version to be exact, and oh, thanks for the Manics link, just signed up.