The Holy Bible

by Manic Street Preachers

The Holy Bible cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 August 1994
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 56:25
  • Community rating: 4.22/5 from 12 ratings

Artists on this release: James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore, Nicky Wire

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Holy Bible' is a profoundly misanthropic and dark masterpiece of post-punk and alternative rock. The album is fueled by Richey Edwards's intensely pessimistic, political, and self-lacerating lyricism, resulting in an anxious and deeply depressive document of late-20th-century despair.

Genres

Descriptors: political, sampling, confrontational, bleak, confessional, abrasive, guitars, literary

Tracklist

  1. Yes (5:00)
  2. Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart (3:39)
  3. Of Walking Abortion (4:01)
  4. She Is Suffering (4:42)
  5. Archives of Pain (5:28)
  6. Revol (3:04)
  7. 4st 7lb (5:05)
  8. Mausoleum (4:13)
  9. Faster (3:55)
  10. This Is Yesterday (3:58)
  11. Die in the Summertime (3:06)
  12. The Intense Humming of Evil (6:12)
  13. P.C.P. (3:57)

Credits

  • Manic Street Preachers - primary artist
  • Barry Kamen - artwork [back sleeve photo painted on by]
  • Nicky Wire - bass guitar, lyrics by [lyrics written by]
  • Jenny Saville - cover [front cover 'strategy (south face / front face / north face)'], illustration
  • Richey James - design, guitar, lyrics by [lyrics written by]
  • Sean Moore - drums, written-by [music written by]
  • Alex Silva - engineer
  • Martin Hall - management
  • Mark Freegard - mixed by
  • Neil Cooper - photography by [band]
  • Octave Mirbeau - text by [back sleeve text]
  • James Dean Bradfield - vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, written-by [music written by]
  • Steve Brown - producer

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