Summing up the albums

[Afmob]

The new album just arrived and I thought about how I would sum up each album in one phrase or one sentence. I'm interested in what you can come up with.

Rules: Use one sentence per album at most, the shorter the better. It can be a review, the content of the album or what the manics are thinking about it.

GT - We like Guns N' Roses
GATS - We don't know what we were thinking / Most fun album
THB - Humanity sucks / Masterpiece
EMG - Everything must go (not the most creative phrase but it fits)
TIMTTMY - Their best shot at mass communication
KYE - We're sorry about the last album
L - Power chords are so '90s / Hidden gem
SATT - If you thought our songs are too complex
JFPL - Holy bible with less guitar solos and less words (aka repeating verses)
PFAYM - One lost shot at mass communication
RTF - Growing old sucks
F - Europe, fuck yeah

[andy]

GT - Uni students on a large budget
GATS - What would happen if bon jovi had better lyrics and stopped pretending to be cowboys on "steel horses"
THB - empires and dance
EMG - We can now afford to chop at M&S and not just army surplus shops
TIMTTMY - White, sparse, wide open space sonically and aesthetically
KYE - WE ARE TEH PUNX!!!
L - Growing old and maturing gracefully
SATT - We need more dosh for eyeliner, pies and cars
JFPL - We need to do something artistic after that last atrocity
PFAYM - We need more dosh for eyeliner, a gym membership and cars
RTF - Growing old and maturing in a radio 2 friendly subtle angst way, and bmw drivers will love some of these tunes.
F - we've done everything else so lets throw some electro dance into our rock mix

[Porco]

Albums as animals, no value judgements, just what seemed most apt at time of writing.

GT - Hyenas
GATS - Geckos
THB - Tapeworms
EMG - Stallions
TIMTTMY - Shetland Ponies
KYE - Duck-billed Platypuses
L - Dolphins
SATT - … no, can't think of anything. Oh, Tigers!
JFPL - Elephants
PFAYM - Peacocks
RTF - Turtles
F - Chameleons?

[andy]

Originally Posted by Porco

Albums as animals, no value judgements, just what seemed most apt at time of writing.

GT - Hyenas
GATS - Geckos
THB - Tapeworms
EMG - Stallions
TIMTTMY - Shetland Ponies
KYE - Duck-billed Platypuses
L - Dolphins
SATT - … no, can't think of anything. Oh, Tigers!
JFPL - Elephants
PFAYM - Peacocks
RTF - Turtles
F - Chameleons?

[AK47]

GT - We are intelligent fuck beasts of the realm of anxiety and boredom and we need money.
GATS - Yeah, maaaan! London!!!!
THB - Christ, Richey is on one. Let's let him play and see what happens.
EMG - Wow, the band didn't expect that of Richey. I guess they should have watched him closer.
TIMTTMY - We miss wales.
KYE - Let's go to Cuba!
L - Manic Street Preachers write a bunch of half assed songs with little soul.
SATT - People don't like us so let's record a big commercial rock fuckbeast.
JFPL - Oooh look, James, I found Richeys diary!!!
PFAYM - Took a dump to some power chords.
RTF - We all moved back to Wales, got old, got angry.
F - I need a holiday in Berlin

[Scarecrow]

Generation Terrorists - Blouses fucking rock
Gold Against the Soul - Soft metal motherfuckers
The Holy Bible - By jove, the world is shit
Everything Must Go - I hated 1994 anyway
This Is My Truth - Imma depressed
Know Your Enemy - Let's be a raw rock band, sometimes
Lifeblood - Imma confuzzled
Send Away the Tigers - Fuck emotion, let's rock!
Journal for Plague Lovers - Just remembered, Richey had some good ideas
Postcards from a Young Man - Carpet Right closing down sale and some nostalgic stuff
Rewind the Film - Oh fuck, I'm old
Futurology - Lifeblood masquerading as Krautrock

[Mr Inconspicuous]

Originally Posted by NasalScarecrow

Futurology - Lifeblood masquerading as Krautrock

Haven't listened properly yet but this is what I fear...

[Suicide Aldi]

GT - Will more reverb make us sound like GnR?
GATS - oh crap, we've accidently made a bon jobi record
THB - The wold pretty much sucks so lets get angry and drunk.
EMG - We want the succsess of oasis
TIMTTMY - We're playing arenas now
KYE - Success freaked us out so now we'll freak you out
L - We're a bit lost and melencholic
SAT - We want people to like us again
JFPL - We need some lyrics for these riffs - hey look, theres Richeys notebook!
PFAYM - We really like all that 70s pop rock stuff
RTF - We feel old and sensitive
F - Not heard it yet

[Scarecrow]

Originally Posted by Mr Inconspicuous

Haven't listened properly yet but this is what I fear...

I actually like both so consider it a compliment.

[Porco]

Acronym-derived descriptions!

GT - Greatly Trashy
GATS - Good Album, Too Short
THB - Terrific Horrific Beauty
EMG - Eminently Magnificent Gorgeousness
TIMTTMY - Totally Immersive Manics' Triumphant Tunes Massive Yardstick
KYE - Kaleidoscopic Yelling Excellently
L - Lovely
SATT - Shiny, Aggressive Thumping Theme
JFPL - Jagged Full Pithy Lagan
PFAYM - Production Formed Anachronistic Yearning Music
RTF - Relaxed Tremendous Flourishes
F - Fabulous?

(? for F cos I still haven't listened to it all yet).

[grimlock]

GT: Let's annoy everyone.
GATS: Imagine if they split up after this album how depressing that'd be.
THB: Makes In Utero sound like Pizza Kids.
EMG:
TIMTTMY: 1998
KYE: What.
L: We tried something else.
SATT: We're still alive, guys!
JFPL: The Holy Bible p. 2
PFAYM: Zzzzz....
RTF: Reflections.
F: HONK HONK HONK HONK

[Porco]

What the album cover art is really saying

GT - Tattoos are cool kids - go get one now and annoy your parents.
GATS - We can make sticking a big flower on your face look vaguelycreepy, how impressive are we?
THB - I like this album the most. NO, I like this album the most. Um, actually, I think you'll find I like this album this most.
EMG - (full bodies not available for album cover - may appear in later photoshoot - see inlay card for details)
TIMTTMY - See this massive beach? This is the amount of space we will need for all the sales and awards this album will get.
KYE - Yeah, we
don't even r
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eal with it
L - It looks like blood but it's actually raspberry jam, made from the raspberries will shall blow at ourselves when we decide we don't like our own album, bafflingly.
SATT - Nicky tried the outfits on first but they wouldn't fit. (oh, remember to upgrade Adobe software licence for 7 years ok)
JFPL - This is so anti-guns and shiny buttocks, no-one will freak out at all.
PFAYM - It's actor Tim Roth with a polaroid camera! Polaroid cameras are cool! Tim Roth is cool! So just imagine how cool this album is!
RTF - swooooosh!
F - Nicky tried on the outfit while holding … whatever it is… but the outfit wouldn't fit. (oh, remember to upgrade Adobe software licence again)

[tzb]

GT - Pay attention to us!!
GATS - Take us seriously! Oh, wait...
THB - NOW take us seriously. Grr.
EMG - La la la :l
TIMTTMY - La la la :(
KYE - Oh help, we're popular. Lets pretend we didn't want to be.
L - Post-Greatest-Hits Malaise Strikes
SATT - Look! We're still young! A bit
JFPL - Let's just give them what they fucking want for once
PFAYM - Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha just kidding
RTF - I'm sleepy
F - I'm asleep

[MarilynRoxie]

Originally Posted by NasalScarecrow

Futurology - Lifeblood masquerading as Krautrock

Yyyeeeeeep, in ways both good and bad.

[darkanddivine]

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