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MORE ON NEW ALBUM

The Manics have finished recording the first half of their new studio album.  No title has been given but working titles have suggested such as Blueprint For Exile’ and ‘The Unwritten Diaries’.  They recorded for three weeks in New York and got five tracks down. The Manics themselves said of the album. “Just to make every track a killer! That's the theory anyway. I think we're just trying to push ourselves, to reinvent ourselves sonically. Every band goes through it if you've been around as long as we have, and we've been around almost 15 years.  Hopefully they will continue recording in February 2004 and the finish the album off.  Nicky also said, "You have to treat every new album like it's your last. You have to constantly re-invent yourself, sonically.”  More news as it comes in.

     

NEW MANICS ALBUM

Tony Visconti is in mind to produce the next Manics album,  and it can be confirmed that he met with James in New York to talk about the idea.

LIPSTICK TRACES RELEASED

The Manic Street Preachers new album, 'LIPSTICK TRACES, A SECERT HISTORY', is now out. It contains 20 B-sides and 15 cover songs which include rarties and unreleased material such as 'Judge Yourself' and 'Forever Delayed. It spans across their career and shows another side into this continuing story. Nicky Wire said ,' the greatest hits was the corpate whore, making lots of money while this is sort of the home tape kind of thing'. 

     LIPSTICK TRACES.

MOVE SETLIST

The Manics played Move last night with a storming set. The set list is below.

  1. You Love Us
  2. Die In The Summertime
  3. Motorcycle Emptiness
  4. The Masses Against The Classes
  5. Ocean Spray
  6. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
  7. Judge Yourself
  8. Little Baby Nothing
  9. La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)
  10. Take The Skinheads Bowling
  11. Tsunami
  12. Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky
  13. It's So Easy
  14. Prologue To History
  15. Everything Must Go
  16. This Is Yesterday
  17. You Stole The Sun From My Heart
  18. A Design For Life

JUDGE YOURSELF VIDEO

The Manics have completed work on a promo video for the song 'Judge Y'r self'. The video is compiled  from unseen, exclusive footage from Nicky Wire's personal archives and includes:

NEW B-SIDES ALBUM

 A official report on the Manics website states that the band are to release a two-cd collection of b-sides, fourteen cover versions and unreleased rarities on 14th July.

The compilation, entitled ‘Lipstick Traces (A Secret History Of The Manic Street Preachers)’ shows a glimpse into the Manics' history of b-sides including two previously unreleased tracks. 'Judge Y’rself' was recorded for the movie soundtrack Judge Dread but never saw a release and is the last song the Manics wrote as a four-piece. The band has recently remixed this with producer Dave Eringa. The other track is ‘4 Ever Delayed’, which we thought was going to be a single earlier in the year but it never happened. The other C.d  contains 14 cover songs that the Manics have played over the years, but tracks 5 and 6 seem to be missing so we will have to wait to see what they will be.

‘Lipstick Traces ’ will be available on two formats: a double CD, in which initial quantities will be packed with a six page digipack format, and a very limited triple vinyl with a furry sleeve. This will be available online only 3 weeks after the CD. More details will follow shortly. Below is the track listing.

Lipstick Traces (A Secret History To The Manic Street Preachers)
CD1
1. Prologue To History
2. 4 Ever Delayed
3. Sorrow 16
4. Judge Y’rself
5. Socialist Seranade
6. Donkeys
7. Mr Carbohydrate
8. Dead Trees And Traffic Islands
9. Horses Under Starlight
10. Sepia
11. Comfort Comes
12. Sculpture Of A Man
13. Spectators Of Suicide
14. Democracy Coma
15. Strip It Down
16. Bored Out Of My Mind
17. Just A Kid
18. Close My Eyes
19. Valley Boy
20. We Her Majesty's Prisoners

CD2
1. We Are All Bourgeois Now - ( McCarthy)
2. Rock N' Roll Music - (Chuck Berry)
3. It's So Easy - (Guns ‘n' Roses)
4. Take The Skinheads Bowling - (Camper Van Beethoven)
5.  ???????                                                                                                                                                                            

7. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - (Burt Bacharach)
8. Bright Eyes - (Art Garfunkel)
9. Train In Vain - (The Clash)
10. Wrote For Luck - (Happy Mondays)
11. What's My Name - (The Clash)
12. Velocity Girl - (Primal Scream)
13. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - (Andy Williams)
14. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - (Paul Robeson)

BACK IN THE STUDIO

According to a new report issued on the official site, the Manics are planning on going into the studio to record a new album. They plan a trip to America to the record the material later in the year. 

MORE MANIC GIGS

The Manics are confirmed to play two festival dates. Firstly it is the MOVE festival in Manchester on 11th July and then they play the Witness festival on Sunday 13th July. The band they are 'Really looking forward to the gigs and cant wait to play MOVE'. More news as it follows.

MOTORCYCLE EMPTINESS FOR GERMANY

Motorcycle Emptiness is to be released in Germany. There is no news of what version it is, but most probably the new remix. Its due for a late January release and the track listing is as follows:

1. Motorcycle Emptiness 

 2. Forever Delayed

3. Little Baby Nothing. (acoustic)   

A New Single: Forever Delayed

A new song titled 'FOREVER DELAYED' is to be released as a single. There is no news as to when this will happen but I suspect it to be soon. keep checking the site for latest updates.

New B-Side Lyrics 

I HAVE ADDED NEW LYRICS TO THE B-SIDE SECTION. THESE ARE THE B SIDES TO 'THERE BY THE GRACE OF GOD'. THE SONGS ARE, 'HAPPY ENDING', 'UNSTOPPABLE SALVATION', 'IT'S ALL GONE' AND 'AUTOMATIK TEKNICOLOUR'.

MUSICALLY THESE SONGS SHOW ANOTHER DIRECTION TO THE MANIC'S SOUND AND POSSIBLY GIVE A HINT TO WHAT THEIR NEXT ALBUM WILL SOUND LIKE. TO SEE THESE LYRICS YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS LINK.

   There By The Grace Of God Tracklistings    

Manic Street Preachers will release a new single 'There By The Grace Of God' on 14th October 2002. The single will be available on three format: two CD's and a DVD single all featuring new songs and remixes.

CD1

CD2

DVD

James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire have talked about 'There By The Grace Of God':

James: With the title, and our name, I had to be careful not to write something too impassioned, too austere, and too po-faced. I wanted to try and make the song quite cold, almost detached, and not pseudo-religious. Nick said it reminded it him of 'Enjoy The Silence', which worked for me.

Nick: The key line is 'With grace we will suffer, with grace we will recover', so there's quite an optimistic sentiment to it: suffering can be overcome, which is quite an un-Manics sentiment i suppose. Also, are the remnants of religion any more laughable than the gods - drugs, popstars, footballers, even science - we believe in today?

James Solo In Scotland

James will be playing a special one off solo gig for 250 fans at the Old Bay Hotel in Gourock (near Glasgow) on October 9th. 

There By The Grace Of God' Formats

'There By The Grace Of God' will be released on two CDs and a DVD. This is according to the official site.

There By The Grace Of God CD1 There By The Grace Of God CD2 There By The Grace Of God DVD

    
                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                   

 

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