THE HOLY BIBLE
Album • Manic Street Preachers
Album • 1994
The Holy Bible 20 (Deluxe)
Manic Street Preachers68 songs • 4 hours, 40 minutes
The Holy Bible is the third studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 29 August 1994 by Epic Records. While the album was being written and recorded, lyricist and rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards was struggling with severe depression, alcohol abuse, self-harm and anorexia nervosa, and its contents are considered by many sources to reflect his mental state. The songs focus on themes relating to politics and human suffering. The Holy Bible was the band's last album released before Edwards' disappearance on 1 February 1995, consequently becoming their last studio album as a four-piece band. Although it reached number 6 in the UK Albums Chart, initially, global sales were disappointing compared to previous albums and the record did not chart in mainland Europe or North America. It was promoted with tours and festival appearances in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, the Netherlands and Thailand – in part without Edwards. The Holy Bible received widespread acclaim from critics and has sold over half a million copies worldwide as of 2014. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hol...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Songs
- 48La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (Live at the Astoria, December 1994)3:56
Other versions
The Holy Bible 20
Album • Manic Street Preachers