How do you rank the studio albums?

[tzb]

Originally Posted by tzb

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

As we slide into winter and Lifeblood returns to its natural habitat:

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

[usagainstyou]

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

[junkymotown]

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

[gallafield]

1: journal for plague lovers
2: the holy bible
3: futurology
4: everything must go
5: Send away the tigers
6: generation terrorists
7: know your enemy
8: postcards from a young man
9: gold against the soul
10: rewind the film
11: lifeblood
12: This is my truth tell me yours

This may change.

[Littlesue]

Lifeblood
The Holy Bible
GATS
Everything Must Go
JFPL
This is My Truth
GT
SATT
KYE
F
PCFAYM
RTF

[sculptureofabloke]

Trying not to think too much about this...

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

[allisvanity]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

Trying not to think too much about this...

Doing the same:

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

Lifeblood has never been so high, definitely warming more to it.

[BeautyBeyondLust]

Over-thought it way too much, erased it and started again with the focus on favourite (leaving only the tiniest gap between GT and THB) rather than "best", and settled on this:

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

[Symmanine]

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

[Colinzeal]

1. Everything must go
2. This is my truth you tell me yours.
3. Know your enemy
4. Journal for plague lovers
5. The Holy Bible
6. Gold against the soul
7. Lifeblood
8. Futurology
9. Rewind the film
10. Postcards for a young man
11. Generation terrorists
12. Send away the tigers

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

1. KYE
2. JFPL
3. EMG
4. L
5. THB
6. GATS
7. RTF
8. SATT
9. TIMTTMY
10. GT
11. PFAYM

I am hoping "Futurology" takes the top spot

Now without thinking. When really not looking at what I'd previously posted as, huh?!!

1. RTF
2. F.
3. JFPL
4. THB
5. L
6. EMG
7. GATS
8. SATT
9. KYE
10. TIMTTMY
11. GT
12. PFAYM

[Geranium Terrorists]

This is still difficult... The rating I've given them relates to how good they are, as opposed to their ranking (which is how much I like them)

1. The Holy Bible (10/10, every song excellent)

2. Everything Must Go (9/10, beautiful album, not as good as THB)

3. Generation Terrorists (7/10, a mess, brilliant songs mixed with absolutely shit ones (Heavenly SOS is a million times better than GT))

4. Know Your Enemy (8/10, another mess, but only in terms of eclecticism)

5. Rewind the Film (8/10, gentle and pretty, almost every song a winner)

6. This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours (7/10, most songs good, couple of low points)

7. Journal For Plague Lovers (8/10, musically good, lyrics very variable)

8. Gold Against the Soul (7/10, completely destroyed by the two closing tracks, which are possibly the worst Manics songs ever)

9. Lifeblood (8/10, lovely songs, beautiful atmosphere)

10. Futurology (7/10, ruined by Gartside, otherwise solid)

11. Send Away the Tigers (6/10, bland in many places, a few passable tunes)

12. Postcards From A Young Man (4/10, plastic Manics-by-numbers, watered down EMG)

[Borderliner]

My list changed a bit again lol

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

[sofarsideways]

This is always difficult, and I am really struggling to place the two new albums... buuuut:

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

...that looks weird. I am not sure it is right. ANGST

[Takk]

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