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Goodness!

Discreet. I haven’t seen them on MTV since "Photograph", unless they are broadcast on satellite channels.

Well, putting aside my "biased" statements, a bit of my curiosity would have been there anyway, considering that the collaboration between Albini and the Manics is quite unusual. Frankly, I can't even imagine a noise, pseudo-grunge twist from them, nor have there ever been any points of convergence with the "post-grunge" of Bush. But who knows, as an old Hittite saying goes: "Stamm sott'o cielo"!

@RockAntologia, I would say no. @Donjunio, Bush : Manics = Lana : Silk :)

A curiosity for AlessioIride: if I told you that Steve Albini was involved in producing the next Manics album, would you be more inclined to reevaluate the band or would you renounce Steve Albini? :)

Great review for an album that excited me upon release, but which I've "downscaled" over time. This doesn’t take away from the fact that there are really well-made tracks like 1985, Empty Souls, A Song For Departure, To Repel Ghosts, and I’d add Cardiff Afterlife as well. I confess I don’t remember a single one of your reviews, but I'm intrigued to see in your "curriculum" the Manic Street Preachers (and I would have expected more The Holy Bible than Lifeblood), Burzum, or Dimmu Borgir (whose albums make me smile just imagining their covers), and in some ways, I appreciate that. Returning to the album, the figure of Nixon, far from being a praise (which seems unthinkable for someone who professes leftist views), is used by the Manics as a paradigm of those remembered only for negative events, which is somewhat the same fate that will befall them (they marked the end of Britpop by placing their album at number 1 in the UK, filled the stadiums in Manchester and Cardiff on two occasions, won a bunch of awards in '96, but risk being remembered only for the tragic disappearance of Richey Edwards). God knows how many compromises and shadows keep a government standing, but just to cite something historically proven, think of the electoral fraud in Chicago in favor of Kennedy. This alone would be enough for a thorough demonization, and yet the sad fate he faced almost makes him a martyr.

I may be old-fashioned or not understand a thing about music, but my idea of experimentation, particularly in association with Paul McCartney, is very simple: if one of the Beatles (let's be honest, we all know who they are) composes tracks like "Lovers In A Dream" or "Lifelong Passion" in an alternative project, that for me is "experimentation," in the sense that the artist tests themselves, plays around, and challenges themselves with sounds and genres different from those with which they made history or gained the most popularity. This applies to McCartney as it does to anyone else. Then there’s the whole thing about "experimental music," as if it were a genre of its own, which I have never fully understood, perhaps because I haven’t read enough about it. However, I have come to think that this extreme experimental vein is often associated with the term "unlistenable," which would make this kind of music less appealing to my ears. PS: I am not a fan of McCartney or the Beatles in general.

I even dreamed of her "Truly, Madly, Deeply" (this happens in dreams, too), so I'll definitely listen to this. Great review!

Oh, look who it is... :D What brings you back here on DeBaser?