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 ... Read review
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arrival of the band's eighth studio album. Will Send Away The Tigers be evidence of another new musical twist? Might they revert to their old fiery ways? In fact, Send Away The Tigers does both. An intriguing blend of backwards-looking nostalgia and forward motion, fans might be pleased to learn, first of all, that the album features its fair share of anthems. "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough," (which features Cardigans singer Nina Persson), "Indian Summer," "Autumnsong" and "The Second Great Depression" all boast catchy choruses and are underpinned by the stadium-rock aesthetic of the good old days. The Manic's political fire also remains intact, shifting emphasis to the Iraq war with mediocre songs like "Imperial Bodybags", while the title track and "Rendition" indicate a slightly more innovative direction. It's no Holy Bible, nor a Generation Terrorists - but Send Away The Tigers does show the boys can still make a glorious racket when they try. --Danny McKenna
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arrival of the band's eighth studio album. WillSend Away The Tigersbe evidence of another new musical twist? Might they revert to their old fiery ways? In fact,Send Away The Tigersdoes both. An intriguing blend of backwards-looking nostalgia and forward motion, fans might be pleased to learn, first of all, that the album features its fair share of anthems. "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough," (which features Cardigans singer Nina Persson), "Indian Summer," "Autumnsong" and "The Second Great Depression" all boast catchy choruses and are underpinned by the stadium-rock aesthetic of the good old days. The Manic's political fire also remains intact, shifting emphasis to the Iraq war with mediocre songs like "Imperial Bodybags", while the title track and "Rendition" indicate a slightly more innovative direction. It's noHoly Bible, nor aGeneration Terrorists- butSend Away The Tigersdoes show the boys can still make a glorious racket when they try.--Danny McKenna
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Release Date: 2007-07-24, Audio CD, Red Int / Red Ink
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Advantages: An excellent return to the MAnics I used to love Disadvantages: This should have been the follow up to Everything Must Go
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 ... more
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 of this album has seen that excitement return and for 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 is. In fact it seems to be a bit of a mixture of styles and really encapsulates two albums in particular. These being firstly my own personal favourite Everything Must Go and the much earlier Generation Terrorist.
This makes the album to be a good introduction to the bands earlier work for new and younger fans alike. It seems that the combination of the two styles, the harder rock approach of Generation Terrorists and the mellower appeal of Everything Must Go, really do compliment each other incredibly well. In fact listening to this album it pains me to realise that this is the album they should have been following up Everything Must Go with. This blend of styles seems to really forge together and create an album that will appeal to a much wider audience.
It is from a musical perspective that I really feel this album works best. The fresh and loud sound of Bradfield on the lead guitars seems to give the tracks some sort of purpose and vision. That is then complimented superbly by Nicky Wire on the bass who gives a deeper feeling to each track and the cohesion between the two are only enhanced further by the drums. In fact it’s really Sean Moore who is the unsung hero of the band. While the other two were off doing their own thing he has sat tight and waited it out. That seems to come across in a fresh and relaxed sound from his drumming.
For me there has always been a constant when it comes to the Manics albums though. One of the strongest points has always been James vocals. He seems to really adapt so well to every type of track. In particular his duet with Nina Persson of the Cardigans on “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” sounds fantastic. Throughout his vocals are amazing, in the same way the lyrical content of the album really seems to work for me to. There are the normal politically influenced tracks that you would expect, blended in nicely with some very beautiful love songs.
While this is a new album I’ve been listening to the first single, “Your Love Alone Is Not Enough” since mid March. For that reason I largely knew what to expect from the album as between that track and its B-sides it gave a good idea of what was to come. Unlike the last few albums there really aren’t any tracks that stand out as being particularly weak. Obviously the single has quite a guitar driven rift and with the combination of guitars and bass it works really well. Likewise Nina and James seem to really compliment each others vocals on this duet.
Beyond that though there are a number of really very good and solid tracks. One of my personal favourites on the album has to be “Autumnsong”. It has a real Everything Must Go feel to it. The vocals are beautiful, the guitars really seem to blend together well and throughout the track it has a very solid structure and touching testament. That seems to be a good way to sum up this entire album though, it seems to be a very solid musical piece with a real touching, moving feel to it.
Overall this is a brilliant return to form from one of the top bands in the Country. It may have taken them a while to find the true successor to Everything Must Go but I really feel they have finally found it. The mixture of the heavier influenced earlier albums with 96’s big hit really seems to have but the Manic’s back to the top of the pile doing what they do best. This album is guaranteed to win the band a whole host of new fans and also bring back some old ones and quite rightly so. If you like your rock music with a bit of feeling or you’re a fan of the Manic’s earlier stuff then this is definitely an album for you.
Advantages: A return to form by a fantastic band. Disadvantages: They took so long to do it!
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 ...
kevduts 16.05.2007
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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.
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'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 ...
lisacallow 14.05.2007
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Advantages: The whole album Disadvantages: Don't leave it so long next time!
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
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Product details
Title
Send Away The Tigers
Performer
Manic Street Preachers
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Alternative
Release Date
07/05/2007
Original Release Year
2007
Label / Distributor
Columbia / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
886970756327
Catalogue Number
88697075632
Additional notes
Album Notes
On 2007's SEND AWAY THE TIGERS, the long-running Britpop act Manic Street Preachers reconvened after the debut solo albums by vocalist/guitarist James Dean Bradfield and bassist Nicky Wire (THE GREAT WESTERN and I KILLED THE ZEITGEIST, respectively). Clearly reinvigorated by the time off, the Manics offer up some of their edgiest songs in years (see the raucous "I'm Just a Patsy"), while also presenting some engaging pop-oriented moments, most notably "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough," a soaring duet that pairs Bradfield's plaintive voice with the breathy coo of the Cardigans' Nina Persson. Arguably the finest Manics outing since 1996's EVERYTHING MUST GO, TIGERS proves that the Welsh band can still rock with fury while keeping its hooky, accessible veneer intact.
Album Reviews
Spin (p.134) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith audacious, rosy-cheeked paeans to tomorrow....Their cover of John Lennon's 'Working Class Hero' totally schools Green Day's."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Send Away The Tigers
2.
Underdogs
3.
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
4.
Indian Summer
5.
Second Great Depression
6.
Rendition
7.
Autumnsong
8.
I'm Just A Patsy
9.
Imperial Bodybags
10.
Winterlovers
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