Commercial and critical suicide after the mega-highs of EMG and TIMTTMY but I love this album. I love its flaws and its daring. When it fails, it fails beautifully and they were at least trying to do something unexpected. They could have done a third EMG/TIMTTMY and it would have sold millions but I genuinely really like the big lumbering mess they created instead.
And yes, the cover is utterly wonderful. A new Manics for a new millennium.
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What a mess
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