Product Description

The cathartic album title perfectly reflected not only its contents but the band itself: following the traumatic breakdown and disappearance of Richey Edwards, the other Manics were left to pick up the pieces--it was an extraordinary and unexpected recovery. Perhaps most striking was their new sober image--the make-up, military garb and much of the bravado were gone--and their characteristic disaffection seemed morepertinent and controlled. Despite losing a member, the bandhad discovered a new voice, delivering a collection of powerful and socially aware songs. Poignantly, Edwards' lyrics graced songs including "Kevin Carter" and "Small Black Flowers . . . ", all delivered in James Dean Bradfield's emotionaltones.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
2. A Design For Life
3. Kevin Carter
4. Enola/Alone
5. Everything Must Go
6. Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky
7. The Girl Who Wanted To Be God
8. Removables
9. Australia
10. Interiors (song for Willem De Kooning)
11. Further Away
12. No Surface All Feeling
13. Enola/Alone (live)
14. Kevin Carter (live)
15. Interiors (Song For Willem De Kooning) (live)
16. Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier (live)
17. Everything Must Go (live)
18. A Design For Life (live)
19. A Design For Life (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)

Disc 2:

1. Dixie
2. No Surface All Feeling (demo)
3. Further Away (demo)
4. Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky (demo)
5. No One Knows What It's Like To Be Me (demo)
6. Australia (acoustic demo)
7. No Surface All Feeling (acoustic demo)
8. Interiors (acoustic demo)
9. The Girl Who Wanted To Be God (acoustic demo)
10. A Design For Life (first rehearsal)
11. Kevin Carter (first rehearsal)
12. Mr Carbohydrate
13. Dead Trees And Traffic Islands
14. Dead Passive
15. Black Garden
16. Hanging On
17. No One Knows What It's Like To Be Me
18. Horses Under Starlight
19. Sepia
20. First Republic
21. Australia (Stephen Hague production)
22. The Girl Who Wanted To Be God

Disc 3:

1. Bonus DVD:
2. The Making of 'Everything Must Go'
3. TV performances:
4. Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky (Later...With Jools Holland)
5. Australia (Later...With Jools Holland)
6. A Design For Life (TFI Friday)
7. No Surface All Feeling (Reading 1997)
8. Everything Must Go (Saturday Live)
9. A Design For Life (BRIT Awards + speech)
10. Live:
11. 'Elona/Alone'/'Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky'/'The Girl Who Wanted To Be God' (Manchester Nynex, 1997)
12. Films by Patrick Jones:
13. Further Away - new video
14. Home Movie
15. Videos:
16. A Design For Life
17. Everything Must Go
18. Kevin Carter
19. Australia

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31944 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-06
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Special Edition
• Dimensions: .55 pounds

Customer Reviews

The day the Manics went mega
This album was the point when the Manics started to sell by the bucketload and finally reach the status they had envisaged for years before. It is therefore even more tragic that Richey, the one who most craved the fame and glamour wasn't there to live the dream.

Its great to see this album getting a grand re-release, with loads of live cuts, b-sides and demos. And a whole DVD of extras as well.

The Brits performance of A Design For Life is worth the entrance fee alone - when James, Nicky and Sean played their hearts out for their lost friend. A truly magical moment.

Lets just hope that next year we get a 15th anniversary Generation Terrorists set of equally high standard.

The Best Manics album
This was first released back in 1996 and was the first Manics album without Richey Edwards. The shouty brash punk of previous releases, Generation Terrorist and The Holy Bible are replaced by anthemic terrace songs and lilting acoustics. "Australia" "Enola/Alone" and the classic "Design For Life" are the stanouts from the original album but this has so much more, two discs more!

The Brits performance of "Design For Life" the scratchy demos of "Australia" and "The Girl Who Wanted to Be God" not to mention various b-sides, live festival and TV appearences. What a great album.

Absolutely amazing!
You simply must buy this album!
For me,it's the Manics best album and full of cracking songs.
Everything Must Go,Kevin Carter,A Design For Life - it's just packed full of songs that sound great.
There is so much energy and enthusiasm in their songs and when you take the time to really listen to the lyrics you begin to see the political undertones and great intelligence of the band.

The last album to feature contributions from Richey James before he disappeared in 1995,it has gone double platinum and is a masterpiece of the Britpop scene.