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Originally Posted by savemejebus
only wish someone would tell the Manics that so that they'd quit with this 'mass communication' guff. Don't know who they're trying to communicate with anymore but it's not working based on their declining album sales...also wonder what they're trying to communicate.
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Yeah, completely get this. And if not 'mass communication' specifically, then at least this idea of chasing chart positions or aiming for songs that they believe are what fans want/a 'classic Manics sound'.
I've not written off the next album or the band but standards are increasingly lower as the years go on. Some albums had a clear direction and some artistic intent behind it, and some albums have felt like a collection of songs they've tossed off. I've been a fan since EMG and with every passing album I've seen fans drop off while generally I was still finding
something to enjoy if not love with new releases, still coming to each era as 'a Manics fan' rather than 'someone listening to the new album by Manic Street Preachers'. Even the albums I found faults with, I still found something that hit the right notes, or left gigs on the tour on an absolute high, reminded of what I loved so much about them in the first place.
However, with the exception of JFPL, everything from SATT onwards has gradually led me to this level of expectation (or resignation, depending on your point of view!
):
Liking the majority of an album = a pleasant surprise.
Liking some individual songs = a standard.
Liking almost none of an album = a possibility.