Greatest Hits Tour + New Book - End of this year

[starstruck]

Nemmy, nice list, but there's space for 1985 on there, as well as the margin to release it as a single now as an apology for not doing so in the first place.

also, doubt all 3 singles from PFAYM would make it on, the logic being only 1 single off KYE made it on FD?

[y2kyle16]

Originally Posted by starstruck

Nemmy, nice list, but there's space for 1985 on there, as well as the margin to release it as a single now as an apology for not doing so in the first place.

also, doubt all 3 singles from PFAYM would make it on, the logic being only 1 single off KYE made it on FD?

Spot on mate, 1985 needs to be a single, and Kid Rock released a single from an old album - so the Manics could too.

[Marwood]

I'd be surprised if they didn't put Umbrella on there. If it was only the post-FD albums (which I think is unlikely) they might even stick Secret Society or Firefight on it too.

And Underdogs.

Regards,
Marwood.

[Flint]

I don't think it will continue where the last one left off. If it's an entirely commercial move to release the compilation, I don't think the label would want to leave off their big hits that casual listeners would want to buy the comp for.

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by Benny Hiroshima

A career spanning GH though would be really lazy to say the least.

I did like your list but the way I see it, people aren't buying singles from bands anymore. (Or bands don't seem to be making good singles) So if all the singles included on FD were put together as well as the ones left off, it'd be some "historic record" of when they made singles more people went out and bought.
I'm aware some people are going to be bitching about it. But I think it'd be bitchin'! (Sorry) Even though I am setting myself up for disappointment.
"Wah! They left off (Insert song titles here)!"

[Dancing Kirby]

Originally Posted by Marwood

And Underdogs.

Regards,
Marwood.

This is meant to be a best of not public suicide. Still, I suppose if they re-edited it to make them look less like the laziest band ever, it would be worth it. And what with them being the laziest band ever, it doesn't seem all that likely.

Getting the track listing perfect for a career-spanning Manics comp is very close to impossible. For a start if you span the entire career, you can't avoid including some shit. The only constant for me when making homemade comps over the years has been starting with You Love Us, Faster and Motorcycle Emptiness. After that it's all a bit pick 'n mix.

[y2kyle16]

3 Discs -

1st Disc- up until EMG.

1. Stay Beautiful
2. She Is Suffering
3. Faster
4. A Design For Life
5. You Love Us
6. Suicide Is Painless
7. Revol
8. Roses In The Hospital
9. Suicide Alley
10. Motorcycle Emptiness
11. From Despair To Where
12. Everything Must Go
13. Australia
14. La Tristesse
15. Motown Junk
16. Little Baby Nothing
17. Slash N Burn
18. Loves Sweet Exile
19. UK Channel Boredom
20. Kevin Carter

Disc 2 - Up Until PFAYM
1.Its Not War
2.If You Tolerate This
3.Found That Soul
4.Nixon
5.Masses
6.Empty Souls
7.The Everlasting
8.Ocean Spray
9.Jackie Collins
10.Umbrella
11.Your Love Alone
12.Some Kind Of Nothingness
13.Autumn Song
14.You Stole The Sun
15.Let Robeson Sing
16.There By The Grace Of God
17.Tsunami
18.Indian Summer
19.Postcards Frpm A Young Man

Disc 3 - BSides + Non Singles
1.Yes
2.1985
3.4 Ever Delayed
4.Anorexic Rodin
5.The Girl From Tiger Bay
6.Prologue To History
7.Askew Road
8.Black Holes For The Young.
9.Cant Take My Eyes Off You
10.Everything Will Be
11.Of Walking Abortion
12.Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
13.Patrick Bateman
14.Solitude Sometimes Is
15.Pretention/Repultion
16.Little Girl Lost
17.Sleeping With The NME
18.Sorrow 16

[Matt_o_Mac]

Re-release Natwest Barclays Midlands Lloyds

[Karen]

Originally Posted by Matt_o_Mac

Re-release Natwest Barclays Midlands Lloyds

Seeing as the last two banks are now HSBC and Lloyds TSB, this song would be very out of date.

[tomd2103]

Maybe a three disc set would be the best way. Disc one - material up to, but not including, Everything Must Go. Disc two - Everything Must Go up to and including Lifeblood. Disc three - Send Away the Tigers onwards, plus a couple of obligatory new songs. In an ideal world each disc would contain some of the singles from each album, a few album tracks and a couple of B-sides.

[allisvanity]

Originally Posted by Matt_o_Mac

Re-release Natwest Barclays Midlands Lloyds

Originally Posted by Karen

Seeing as the last two banks are now HSBC and Lloyds TSB, this song would be very out of date.

Re-Write and re-release Natwest Barclays Midlands Lloyds...

[almostfamous]

Here's betting the tinkers at Sony keep "Grace of God" off the newie just to make FD still sellable - it's a classic trick with multiple greatest hits.

[Corkie308]

I'd prefer a Lipstick Traces part 2, with radio sessions, demo's, etc.

Also, surely if the greatest hits II featured Umbrella, then Ghosts Of Christmas would also. (even though it was neither great or a hit!)

[Question Everything]

The first Manics gig I saw was Wembley on the FD tour. The difference between that gig and the (5) other times I've seen them is that on the FD tour they only (if memory serves, there might be one or two exceptions) played singles. Of course, they usually play singles heavy sets (the fans only b-sides gig and the JFPL tour being the exceptions) because they think, rightly, that's what people largely want. The ridiculous thing was they had this big vote on the official website for the FD tour about which songs to play, in which lots of album tracks (especially of THB, of course) came out really high but then they just ignored it.

As for the album itself, I really don't see that it would make any sense to release a single disc of post-FD material. They've only released 8 proper singles in that time, so it would have to include stuff like Underdogs, Secret Society, Umbrella, The Ghost of Christmas and a couple of JFPL songs. I really can't see that seelling at all outside the fanbase, especially since they haven't had any big hits in the bperiod that weren't on SATT. So, I would imagine they will either release a complete singles collection (which would probably have to go onto 3 discs), or a 2-disc best of. Personally, I hope it's the latter, if only because then we could have fun arguing about the tracklisting.

[Takk]

Originally Posted by almostfamous

Here's betting the tinkers at Sony keep "Grace of God" off the newie just to make FD still sellable - it's a classic trick with multiple greatest hits.

why would they put it on? It's hardly a greatest hit.