Manic street preachers var det längesen jag lyssnade på men de gjorde nog en gång att jag började tycka om musik mycket mer än jag gjort tidigare. -
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aiski5 (out of 5) - "...their wide-screen symphonic sweep has that uplifting classic pop feel which is gonna sound great on oldies radio someday....what the Manics lost in angst and emotion, they'be replaced with sharp hooks and humor... Alternative Press (10/96, p.93)
...they focus on more personal concerns and come up with a document of bracing, guitar-swept compositions that yields many a trenchant insight as well as a few anthems." - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (8/23-8/30/96, p.124)
Ranked #1 on Melody Maker's list of 1996's `Albums Of The Year. Melody Maker (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67)
Bloody Essential - "...there has always been something of the walking wounded about the Manics, that's why we like them. So it is weirdly appropriate that they should now limp along without their most famous member....We're glad they're still here... Melody Maker (5/18/96, p.48)
...EVERYTHING MUST GO is a string-drenched Phil Spector/Kashmir collision, 'A Design For Life' is rugged and perfect, and 'The Girl Who Wanted To Be God' is splendid soaring pop....a bold and frequently remarkable album. Mojo (6/96, p.113)
Ranked #2 in NME's 1996 critics' poll. NME (12/21-28/96, pp.66-67)
8 (out of 10) - "...tragedy has not dimmed the Manics' creative glow....the sound of a band in bloom....No other group makes music that sounds so much like one final, valedictory salute to everything... NME (5/18/96, p.50)
Ranked #16 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime Q (10/01, p.85)
ncluded in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s. Q (12/99, p.90)
Ranked #39 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "The moment the Manic Street Preachers came to terms with their roots....What hadn't killed them really did make them stronger. Q (6/00, p.72)
4 (out of 5) - "...What's great about EVERYTHING MUST GO is how the tunes are uplifting yet realistic, anthemic while not being self-righteous, wounding without descending into nihilism... RIP (9/96, p.73)
...the most underrated album of the year....ABBEY ROAD with tenement-block attitude; GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE as produced by Phil Spector....a record of painstaking melodic craft and thundering execution... Rolling Stone (12/26/96, p.199) -
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