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I think as with any of the Manics catalogue, when the band don't try too hard to be something they want or what they think people want, they produce their best work.
Rock fans are quite fickle, and it's not surprising that given critical acclaim, mass popularity and constant media coverage that many fans cite this as their Manics moment of moving on.
This is a really really great album though, it sounds really pure, James' voice is incredible and probably for the last time, Nicky lyrics were really up to scratch. I love how it sounds big, yet the band could literally be in the room with you on the slower tracks, and musically there is still a freshness about it, new instruments, new sounds and a new mood.
If it was overrated at the time, it is now underrated in my opinion.
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