Manic Street Preachers | Lifeblood 20 | 3CD

Manic Street Preachers are a rock group formed in Blackwood, Wales, in the late 1980s. The line-up has included James Dean Bradfield on lead guitar and vocals, Nicky Wire on bass, Sean Moore on drums and Richey Edwards on rhythm guitar. Richey Edwards has been missing, presumed dead, since 1995, and the remaining members have continued as a trio. Though they have a heavy guitar sound, their work has also been the subject of many remixes by electronic artists.

Lifeblood is a three CD set issued by Columbia in 2024 to mark the 20th anniversary of the seventh studio album by Manic Street Preachers, released on April 12, 2024. Disc one contains the original 12 album tracks, remastered and overseen by James Dean Bradfield. The other two discs collect B-sides, demos and outtakes, along with two new remixes of '1985' by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree and Gwenno.

Track List

Disc 1

1. 1985
2. The Love of Richard Nixon
3. Empty Souls
4. A Song for Departure
5. I Live to Fall Asleep
6. To Repel Ghosts
7. Emily
8. Glasnost
9. Always/Never
10. Solitude Sometimes Is
11. Fragments
12. Cardiff Afterlife

Disc 2

1. Askew Road
2. Everything Will Be
3. Everyone Knows/Nobody Cares
4. Voodoo Polaroids
5. Quarantine (In My Place Of)
6. All Alone Here
7. Dying Breeds
8. Litany
9. Failure Bound
10. No Jubilees
11. Antarctic
12. The Soulmates
13. 1985 (Steven Wilson's Extended Eighties Mix)
14. 1985 (Gwenno Mix)

Disc 3

1. 1985
2. 1985
3. The Love of Richard Nixon (Drum Machine Demo)
4. The Love of Richard Nixon (Live Rehearsal Demo)
5. A Song for Departure
6. I Live to Fall Asleep (Cassette)
7. To Repel Ghosts
8. Emily
9. Solitude Sometimes Is
10. Fragments
11. Cardiff Afterlife (Cassette)
12. Cardiff Afterlife
13. Solitude Sometimes Is (Tony Visconti Mix)
14. Emily (Tony Visconti Mix)
15. Cardiff Afterlife (Tony Visconti Mix)
16. Empty Souls (Live at BBC Maida Vale)
17. The Love of Richard Nixon (Live at BBC Maida Vale)
18. I Live to Fall Asleep (Live at BBC Maida Vale)
19. A Song for Departure (Live at BBC Maida Vale)
20. Fragments (Live at BBC Maida Vale)