[Nicolas De Staël]

Orgiastic masterpieces:

1. The Holy Bible
2. Everything must Go
3. This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours

Very good records:

4. JBD's Even In Exile
5. Generation Terrorists
6. The Ultra Vivid Lament

Good records:

7. Futurology
8. Send Away The Tigers
9. JDB's The Great Western
10. Resistance Is Futile
11. Journal For Plague Lovers
12. Gold Against The Soul

Decent records:

13. Know Your Enemy
14. Lifeblood
15. NK's I Killed The Zeitgeist
16. Rewind The Film

Mediocre records:

17. Postcards From A Young Man


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In the end I've to highlight, that the Manics have never released a really bad record to date. And there are not many bands or solo artists, who can claim an oeuvre on standards, that have been always above average. The only other artists that come to my mind right now are: Talk Talk, Leonard Cohen, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, Joy Division and Kate Bush.

Other outstanding artists had great phases in their careers, but have released nevertheless some pretty awful albums, such as David Bowie, Scott Walker, Depeche Mode and Roxy Music, Neil Young, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and so on...