Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)
Occupation
- Vocal / Guitar: James Dean Bradfield
- Bass: Nicky Wire
- Drums: Sean Moore
Studios
- Chateau de la Rouge Motte, France, Big Noise Recorders, Wales, Real World Studios, Wiltshire
Everything Must Go is the fourth album by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in 1996 and is the first, which was recorded and released after the mysterious disappearance of lyricist and guitarist Richey James Edwards. It is still one of the best selling albums of the band and was well received by both critics and by the fans. 1996 won the Manics the Brit Award for both Best Album as well as for Best Band. The album made it to number 2 in the British charts. Everything Must Go is surely the LP of the band which the least polarized, as both the younger and the older fans of the Preachers be addressed. Readers of Q magazine chose the album at number 92 of the best albums of all time, 23 places behind The Holy Bible.
Content
After Edwards ' sudden disappearance they considered the three remaining band members to end their career until Nicky Wire 1995 poem A Design for Life wrote. James Dean Bradfield liked the strong political content so much that he began to write the music for the later top 10 hit. 1995/1996 the Manics finally wrote another 17 other songs, 12 of which (including A Design for Life ) on the final album, called Everything Must Go came. The album is very different from the previous LPs the band, especially the fact that the rugged guitar rock of the album The Holy Bible by a catchier, simpler Britpop was replaced. Also the lyrics were far less personal than its predecessors, and were largely inspired by politics and history. For five of the songs Edwards has written the text.
Title list
( Lyrics written by Nicky Wire, music by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore, except where noted otherwise)