Manic Street Preachers – National Treasures

[ManicKangaroo]

Full details of this comprehensive Greatest Hits set have finally been released.

MANIC STREET PREACHERS will release a brand new track to coincide with the release of their complete singles collection album. The single 'This is the day' is available from 18th September and is a cover of the 1983 The The track taken from the synth-noir classic album ‘Soul Mining’. The band have been fans of the group and their version echoes the original whilst bringing a new dynamic production and their own distinctive sound to the song. ‘NATIONAL TREASURES’ features the band’s 37 previous single releases from the last 21 years and 10 studio albums. It’s also the first time since 1992’s ‘Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H) the Manics have released a cover version as a single despite recording and playing live many versions of their favourite tracks over the years.

'NATIONAL TREASURES - The Complete Singles' is released on 31st October 2011 via iTunes and iTunes LP, as a double CD, a 2 x CD DVD set featuring all 38 videos and some bonus video content and an amazing box set with 38 x vinyl finish CD Singles, a poster, a DVD of all the videos, 7” vinyl of New Art Riot, Suicide Alley, Jackie Collins Existential Question Time, Manics lipstick and vanity mirror and a limited number will also contain a 7” of Motown Junk. All the singles have been re-mastered.



Disc 1

01. Motown Junk
02. Stay Beautiful
03. Love’s Sweet Exile
04. You Love Us
05. Slash ‘N’ Burn
06. Motorcycle Emptiness
07. Suicide is Painless (Theme from “M*A*S*H”
08. Little Baby Nothing
09. From Despair to Where
10. La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)
11. Roses in the Hospital
12. Life Becoming a Landslide
13. Faster
14. Revol
15. She is Suffering
16. A Design for Life
17. Everything Must Go
18. Kevin Carter
19. Australia

Disc 2

01. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
02. The Everlasting
03. You Stole the Sun from My Heart
04. Tsunami
05. The Masses Against the Classes
06. So Why So Sad
07. Found That Soul
08 .Ocean Spray
09. Let Robeson Sing
10. There by the Grace of God
11. The Love of Richard Nixon
12. Empty Souls
13. Your Love Alone is Not Enough
14. Autumnsong
15. Indian Summer
16. (It’s Not War) Just the End of Love
17. Some Kind of Nothingness
18. Postcards from a Young Man
19. This is the Day

Deluxe Edition features DVD with music videos of above tracks

[suedehead]

They will be playing all the singles at the O2 Arena in December.

[Jordan]

I'll definitely be picking up a copy of this.

Then again, I said the same about the latest Stereophonics, Oasis and Robbie Williams GH albums.

[wonderwall]

got the first greatest hits so dont know if i will get this

[vya]

Some great songs there.

I definitely approve of the tracks being ordered by date of release - for a band like the Manics that have gone through so many distinct (if subtle) style changes, it's good to get a sense of their development in the way this arrangement allows.

But! Their first single (well, EP, really) isn't on there! "New Art Riot". In truth, it wasn't that good - but deserves to be included as part of the historical record...

[thehitparade]

Doesn't 'Suicide Alley' (which isn't on there either) predate 'New Art Riot'? In a way that's an even worse omission since Sony own the rights to it already. I notice they've also left out the secondary A-sides 'Repeat' and 'PCP' (neither of them an insufferable loss) and they've also written that version of 'Umbrella' out of history, for which they can only be applauded.

It's a pretty impressive set of singles in the right order, but I have got most of the ones I actually like already so I might be giving this one a miss.

[borneoman]

I also have the previous GH, so might pass, although this is definitively good...

[wonderwall]

think i will probably end up getting this the track listing is amazing what a band

[Mart!n]

I've only got 2 of their studio albums, this will be a welcome addition, as I prefer their earlier stuff.

[wonderwall]

got this today i already have most of there stuff but its a fantastic compilation of songs my least favorite period is the this is my truth era not a big fan of that album never could get into that album