How do you rank the studio albums?

[Nycuk]

Hello everybody - this is my first post on the forum, looking forward to contributing regularly. A good place to start is here, I guess..

1. The Holy Bible
2. Lifeblood
3. Everything Must Go
4. Journal For Plague Lovers
5. Futurology*
6. Generation Terrorists**
7. Gold Against The Soul
8. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours***
9. Send Away The Tigers
10. Postcards From A Young Man
11. Rewind The Film****
12. Know Your Enemy

* may well rise higher in my list as time goes by
** too long, too flabby; a more concise track listing would've resulted in a better album
*** ditto
**** Only the outstanding title track (one of my favorite MSP songs) kept this off the bottom of the list

[Marat Sar]

Lifeblood, Futurology and The Holy Bible are masterpieces.
Generation Terrorists, Send Away The Tigers and Postcards From A Young man are not.
Everything in between is very fascinating - and I am immensely greatful to have it - except for Journal For Plague Lovers, which I just don't understand. One day I'm gonna have to ask you guys to explain it to me.

[lauren--c]

THB is probably the one I'd consider their masterpiece but it's not necessarily my fave. At the moment:

1. Everything Must Go
2. The Holy Bible
3. Generation Terrorists
4. Journal for Plague Lovers
5. Futurology
6. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
7. Rewind the Film
8. Lifeblood
9. Know Your Enemy
10. Gold Against the Soul
11. Send Away the Tigers
12. Postcards from a Young Man

Until and including Lifeblood on my list I fucking love all of them and past that I'm not so bothered but still like them/some songs at least.

[cdrw1992]

Like other's have said my order changes very often. Very difficult to choose between some of them and sometimes an objectively 'better' album comes nearer the bottom in my subjective 'favourite' list. There's not a Manics' album I really dislike but here goes...

1 The Holy Bible
2 Everything Must Go
3 Journal For Plague Lovers
4 Futurology
5 Generation Terrorists
6 Lifeblood
7 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
8 Postcards From A Young Man
9 Rewind The Film
10 Send Away The Tigers
11 Gold Against The Soul
12 Know Your Enemy

Notable how Send Away The Tigers is so far down in many lists - I remember looking at the review thread and seeing mostly votes for 8-9/10. Interesting how much opinions change over time while other albums almost always retain their 'value'

[Scarecrow]

Originally Posted by cdrw1992

Notable how Send Away The Tigers is so far down in many lists - I remember looking at the review thread and seeing mostly votes for 8-9/10. Interesting how much opinions change over time while other albums almost always retain their 'value'

SATT was a great era and an exciting tour, but I don't think many hold the album as a classic. It was a 'recharged batteries' moment.

[MoMoney MoJunk]

1. The Holy Bible
2. Everything Must Go
3. Journal For Plague Lovers
4. Know Your Enemy
5. Generation Terrorists
6. Futurology
7. Rewind the Film
8. Lifeblood
9. Send Away The Tigers
10. Gold Against The Soul
11. This is My Truth Tell Me Yours
12. Postcards From a Young Man

It doesn't get any easier.

[The Gutless Wonder]

1 - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
2 - The Holy Bible
3 - Journal For Plague Lovers
4 - Lifeblood
5 - Futurology
6 - Rewind The Film
7 - Everything Must Go
8 - Postcards From A Young Man
9 - Send Away The Tigers
10 - Know Your Enemy
11 - Gold Against The Soul
12 - Generation Terrorists

Think that's about right!

[HunkyDory]

1. The Holy Bible
2. Journal For Plague Lovers
3. Everything Must Go
4. Futurology
5. This is My Truth Tell Me Yours
6. Gold Against The Soul
7. Know Your Enemy
8. Send Away The Tigers
9. Generation Terrorists
10. Rewind the Film
11. Lifeblood
12. Postcards From a Young Man

Futurology may even win the battle for number 3 when some time has passed.

[Bathtub]

THB
JFPL
GT
EMG
LB
F
KYE
SATT
RTF
TIMTTMY
GATS
PFAYM

[Jayseph]

I have given this a thunk. Mostly based on how much I enjoy each album's songs:

1 Everything Must Go
2 The Holy Bible
3 Journal For Plague Lovers
4 This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
5 Gold Against The Soul
6 Know Your Enemy
7 Futurology
8 Postcards From a Young Man
9 Send Away The Tigers
10 Rewind The Film
11 Generation Terrorists
12 Lifeblood

[cdrw1992]

Originally Posted by NasalScarecrow

SATT was a great era and an exciting tour, but I don't think many hold the album as a classic. It was a 'recharged batteries' moment.

Good point. A return to form, more cathartic album that helped them no end to usher in their most critically acclaimed period as a band. Gave them the opportunity and confidence to do certain things eg JFPL they might otherwise have decided against. As you say not a classic, but extremely important.

[amaitheanhorn]

I think Futurology needs some time to rest before I know where abouts I'd put it.

I've seperated my list into 4 groups. The order of albums in a group changes, but the albums never fall below the bottom of their group.

JFPL
GATS
GT
THB

KYE
F
EMG

SATT
L
TIMTTMY


PFAYM
RTF

[Geranium Terrorists]

Originally Posted by Geranium Terrorists

1) THB
2) GT
3) EMG
4) GATS
5) KYE
6) RTF
7) F
8) TIMT
9) JFPL
10) LB
11) SATT
12) PFAYM

warning: above list may be subject to change

And indeed it has, as Lifeblood has shot up my chart (after repeated listening)
1) THB
2) GT
3) KYE
4) EMG
5) GATS
6) F
7) LB
8) RTF
9) TIMTTMY
10) JFPL (I don't know what it is about JFPL. I love most of the tracks on the album, but it just hangs around the bottom of the list, clinging on to the top ten. My major qualms about it are the 'second verse the same as the first' thing and the hard-to-listen-to generic really brickwalled alt rock production)
11) SATT
12) PFAYM

[PCCCP]

OK, let's do this again:


1 - The Holy Bible
2 - Generation Terrorists
3 - Everything Must Go
4 - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
5 - Journal For Plague Lovers
6 - Futurology
7 - Rewind The Film
8 - Postcards From A Young Man
9 - Gold Against The Soul
10 - Lifeblood
11 - Know Your Enemy
12 - Send Away The Tigers

[The Crow]

In A Nutshell

1 - The Holy Bible
2 - Everything Must Go
3 - Lifeblood
4 - Futurology
5 - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
6 - Journal For Plague Lovers
7 - Postcards From A Young Man
8 - Generation Terrorists
9 - Gold Against The Soul
10 – Rewind The Film
11 - Send Away The Tigers
12 - Know Your Enemy

Obvious Futurology is best thing they've done since Lifeblood