The Holy Bible

Rock · 1994 · 12 tracks

The Holy Bible

Manic Street Preachers

A claustrophobic, intellectual post-punk masterpiece. Brittle guitars and harrowing lyrics document a mind and a world in states of absolute collapse.

It's the most articulate, terrifying, and brilliant record about the end of the world and the end of a self ever made.

A relentless, intellectualized descent into personal and global darkness that feels both clinical and desperate.

The Holy Bible · vs · Manic Street Preachers

Dry Intimate+3.8σ

The production is built around dry intimate than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks

01

Yes

4:59

02

IfWhiteAmericaToldTheTruthForOneDayIt’sWorldWouldFallApart

3:39

03

Of Walking Abortion

4:01

04

She Is Suffering

4:43

05

Archives of Pain

5:29

06

Revol

3:04

07

4st 7lb

5:05

08

Mausoleum

4:12

10

This Is Yesterday

3:59

11

Die in the Summertime

3:05

12

The Intense Humming of Evil

6:13

13

P.C.P.

3:56

Moments Worth Waiting For

The harrowing transition in 4st 7lb where the music thins out as the lyrics describe the desire to disappear into the snow.

The jarring use of a newsreel sample about the Holocaust introducing the industrial grind of The Intense Humming of Evil.

The frantic, breathless delivery of the chorus in Faster that feels like a man running out of time.

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