Critical Thinking

by Manic Street Preachers

Critical Thinking cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 February 2025
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:40
  • Community rating: 3.24/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Wayne Murray, Loz Williams, Nicky Wire, James Dean Bradfield, Gavin Fitzjohn, Lana McDonagh, Nick Nasmyth, Sean Moore, Bernard Kane, Dave Eringa

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Welsh alternative rock legends the Manic Street Preachers deliver deeply introspective reflections on legacy and memory with 'Critical Thinking'. The record leans into their familiar arena-sized pop rock sensibilities, anchoring nostalgic, passionate lyricism with sweeping guitar melodies.

Genres

Descriptors: nostalgia, arena rock, literate, punchy, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. Critical Thinking (3:01)
  2. Decline & Fall (3:42)
  3. Brushstrokes of Reunion (3:35)
  4. Hiding in Plain Sight (3:34)
  5. People Ruin Paintings (4:22)
  6. Dear Stephen (3:31)
  7. Being Baptised (4:02)
  8. My Brave Friend (3:23)
  9. Out Of Time Revival (2:55)
  10. Deleted Scenes (3:23)
  11. Late Day Peaks (3:14)
  12. OneManMilitia (2:53)

Credits

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