Generally regarded as the
Manic Street Preachers strongest work,
The Holy Bible was recorded over six weeks in 1994. At this time
Richey Edwards was at the height of his
psychosis, often existing on less than a bar of
chocolate a day. He didn’t play on any of the
songs on the album (Richey’s complete lack of
ability to do anything constructive with a
guitar is well documented) but there’s no doubting that it’s his
album. Almost all of the
lyrics are his, with the exception of
This Is Yesterday and some of
Faster, and the album
sleeve was designed entirely by him. The bands
military look at this time was also his creation.
Track listing:
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Yes
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If White America Told The Truth For One Day Its World Would Fall Apart
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Of Walking Abortion
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She Is Suffering
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Archives Of Pain
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Revol
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4st 7lbs
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Mausoleum
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Faster
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This Is Yesterday
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Die In The Summertime
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The Intense Humming Of Evil
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PCP
The painting on the front cover is called "Strategy - West Face, North Face, East Face" by contemporary British artist Jenny Saville.