Random Manics thoughts...

[Takk]

Surely they just played the uk singles and threw in a couple of extras.

[sculptureofabloke]

But UK singles aren't always singles in Japan...

[Lord Revan]

Anyone know which font is used for the EMG cover?

Edit: I asked on another forum and the answer I got was Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold.

[Automatik]

Always wondered why Nobody Loved You was released as a single in Japan.

Anyone know?

[Takk]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

But UK singles aren't always singles in Japan...

No but they were touring national treasures.

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by Automatik

Always wondered why Nobody Loved You was released as a single in Japan.

Anyone know?

Wasn't it released in Japan instead of "The Everlasting"? Still no idea why they did it like that.

[hummingbird]

maybe Japanese radio chose to play it a lot?

[Automatik]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

Wasn't it released in Japan instead of "The Everlasting"? Still no idea why they did it like that.

Originally Posted by hummingbird

maybe Japanese radio chose to play it a lot?

Alongside Tolerate it's the most rock-out track on an otherwise rather delicate-sounding album. Presumably it was considered to be more marketable, particularly given that EMG - which TIMTTMY was being measured against - had the more anthemic, rousing songs.

Why only in Japan, though? Maybe it was just a Japanese radio favourite, as hummingbird suggests.

[Valley_Girl]

Originally Posted by Automatik

Alongside Tolerate it's the most rock-out track on an otherwise rather delicate-sounding album. Presumably it was considered to be more marketable, particularly given that EMG - which TIMTTMY was being measured against - had the more anthemic, rousing songs.

Why only in Japan, though? Maybe it was just a Japanese radio favourite, as hummingbird suggests.

Because of "cherry blossom tree"?

I also found this: Billboard: NLY was in a Japanese commercial for a Sony Minidisc Walkman

[sculptureofabloke]

Originally Posted by Takk

No but they were touring national treasures.

Eh, still balls. The Japanese release is susceptible to the trade descriptions act seeing as half of it wasn't singles. And the UK one wasn't complete as it said on the cover either...

That's a point though, got me thinking about New Art Riot now too. Heavenly have been very cooperative, all 7 tracks Manics did with them has turned up on Sony stuff too. Suppose that'll be why there's been half a dozen pressings of New Art Riot, that Damaged Goods kept hold of it, didn't allow any of the tracks on Sony stuff until the box set. I wonder if Sony actually approached Damaged Goods before or couldn't be arsed, not like they struggled for b-sides in 92 and 93 but 94 was a bit thin on the ground.

I wonder too, if Yes were to be released Feb 95, if they had b-sides lined up or we'd have been looking at Judge Yr'self and a Faster remix or summat.

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

Wasn't it released in Japan instead of "The Everlasting"? Still no idea why they did it like that.

Same artwork, too.

[Nobody]

I always thought it was just a decision by the Sony Japan. Maybe NLY was chosen as it was the heaviest track and would appeal to fans of the early albums. Though in general Japanese music fans always loved having exclusives such as Bonus Tracks. So maybe it was exclusive single.
Aside from this and Further Away, Japan has had quite a few other exclusive releases such as Know Your B-sides, Forever Delayed EP, Everything Live on DVD and the series of 2 disc re-issues. A lot of this occurs for other non-Japanese bands there as well I'm sure.

Nobody Loved You being in a commercial (first time I've heard about this) would probably be a good reason to release it as a single. A few years ago Everything Must Go was used in a beer commercial in Japan. After that it popped up on several compilation albums and was also a bonus track on the Japanese edition of Lipstick Traces.

I think the only other country that has had an exclusive single would Sleepflower in the US, though that was I think only a promo.

[Son of Stopped]

FD's Twitter has sadnessinhiseyes and a picture of the cover to one of the singles of TLORN.
What's that about?

[Blue]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

FD's Twitter has sadnessinhiseyes and a picture of the cover to one of the singles of TLORN.
What's that about?

It's a piss take of Kay Burley's twitter response to the Paris attacks I suspect.

[Automatik]

Originally Posted by Valley_Girl

NLY was in a Japanese commercial for a Sony Minidisc Walkman[/URL]

Originally Posted by Nobody

Nobody Loved You being in a commercial (first time I've heard about this) would probably be a good reason to release it as a single.

First I heard of it too and it explains its release as a single there for me.

Like Nobody I always presumed NLY was selected as a single in Japan because it was heavier. I think it having been in an advert is a more logical explanation though.

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I take it nobody told Paul McCartney about Motown Junk what James interviewed him the last month.