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Journal for Plague Lovers 71 79.78%
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Old 06-11-2009, 20:26
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JPFL VS KYE
Don't know if another thread like this exists but I think it would be nice to see how people compare and contrasts different albums (i look forward to Lifeblood vs Generation Terrorists ).
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Old 06-11-2009, 20:32
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Ugh! KYE? Any album they've made, other than GATS, is better then KYE, IMO. Some songs have grown on me, but overall, it's still profoundly awful.

JFPL wins by a landslide!
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Old 06-11-2009, 20:40
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i stopped to think about this for 1 (one) second. the conclusion i reached was that if a track on JFPL featured the line "brain dead mother f*&%$@s" there would have been no reason for that 1 (one) second of thinking.

i am looking forward to your Lifeblood v Generation Terrorists one, the arguments on that are going to be excellent.
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Old 06-11-2009, 20:53
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KYE was the album that made me a fan so I have a sentimental attachment to it but thankfully leericketts mentioned a lyric that has always wound me up on the album - in fact the whole song apart from the musical arrangement - what a petty childish lyric Miss Europa Disco Dancer has. Oh and Royal Correspondent too.

I'm slightly worried that anything the Manic do now will fail to live up to the lyrcial brilliance of JFPL :-(
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Yes! I'm the only person who voted for KYE!
The fun is more sporadic in JFPL.
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Old 06-11-2009, 21:17
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I must admit, KYE is a constant grower with me, it does get better with every listen, if only it & the b-sides were split into a double album, it would of made a lot more sense. Style wise there's not much continuity to it, great songs but the album itself doesn't have an identity, JPFL & everything post THB does.
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JFPL all the way for me!! Sorry KYE - I still love you too!!
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I love you KYE! But I had to vote for Journal. Sorry!
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This is a cruel poll, I actually count myself among the few who really love KYE (Intravenous Agnostic is maybe their best song) but JFPL is always going to be a better album.
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Now a KYE vs GT poll would see a landslide victory for KYE?
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Now a KYE vs GT poll would see a landslide victory for KYE?
well, KYE would get my vote. outside of Motorcycle Emptiness and You Love us, GT hasn't help up all that well over the years - i skip through the tracks a lot more than i do KYE. i suspect that will be something of a minority view, though....
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well, KYE would get my vote. outside of Motorcycle Emptiness and You Love us, GT hasn't help up all that well over the years - i skip through the tracks a lot more than i do KYE. i suspect that will be something of a minority view, though....
I'll be with you in your minority then. GT fails hard.
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I don't know Aaron! That one would be a toughie!
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I love both albums. Voted for KYE because I definitely feel it is underrated, even though I can't get enough of JFPL.
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Journal For Plague Lovers is one of the best albums of 2009 and the best Manics album by far since This Is My Truth.... And Know Your Enemy is my least favourite Manics album because it's such a jumbled bloody mess in both musical ideas, lyrics and production (oh gawd, that production).

I voted JFPL.
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