Send Away The Tigers - Manic Street Preachers

Having branched off to do a couple of solo projects, Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield have returned to the safe confines of The Manic Street Preachers. The result of this reconciliation is the bands 8th studio album and the first one I’ve been excited about for a long time. The last few albums haven’t been too bad but when compared to the earlier efforts such as Everything Must Go and Holy Bible I’d not really felt the same excitement. The release ...
...that reason as soon as I could I got my hands on a copy. With the title of the album being inspired by an old Tony Hancock saying, the band have reunited with long time friend and producer Dave Eringa to try and recreate the form from the earlier albums. This album seems to have succeeded in doing just that and seems to be a return to that old Manics from my youth and even the band themselves have said how much more like the earlier material it ...

Andy.mack 09.05.2007 · Read full review
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The release of "Lifeblood" in 2004 seemed to signal the lowest ebb of the Manics' long and distinguished career. I personally thought the album was good, being a diehard MSP fan, yet felt that something was sadly lacking, yet I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It wasn't the hunger or the desire, which has always burnt so brightly amidst their work, and the political messages and agendas were signified just as strongly. I feel deep down that somewhere ...
...their careers, and this album was the metaphoric dying embers. Fast forward two years, and James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire both released albums which were eagerly bought by MSP fans (even though the quality was average, there was a hunger for new material), and announced that once their solo projects were complete, they would be getting together to record their eight studio album. A further twelve months have now passed. The wait was well worth ...

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...muted or aged. Send Away The Tigers is the first album since James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire each released their own respective solo efforts, and it's not difficult to see how there individual efforts have inspired a new bouyancy with this latest Manics release. It's as loud and obnoxious as their lyrical attacks on the likes of Tony Blair and the US for their role in the Geneva Convention recently. Track Overview: 'Your Love Alone Is Not Enough' ...
...of track ten. Send Away The Tigers works even without a synopsis of each individual track. Most people go with what they know, but even if you're a newcomer to the Manics, Your Love Alone is a good directive to the stance and calibre of Send Away the Tigers. The Manics have re-assessed their perspective, taken a leaf out of their punk fuelled pasts and come up with a rocking, rollocking album that fits completely, and earnestly into the charts of ...

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At last after a long wait the boys from Wales are back. This latest offering from The Manics shows the boys at their best. After a string of hits albums throughout their career this album reflects the quality of previous offerings including 'Generation Terrorists' and 'Everything Must Go'. This album is edgy with a Spector-ish wall of sound. As you would expect from the boys it's packed with strong lyrics and is political without ever being preachy. ...

pilchard1964 05.07.2007 · Read full review
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