Album A&E - Manic Street Preachers, 'Gold Against The Soul'

Manic Street Preachers fans often tell me that aside from burning pictures of Richey Edwards, the surest way to prove you're not a fan of the band is to like 'Gold Against The Soul'. Talk about a bad rap. Despite the Welsh band's obvious fault lines – hair metal beginnings, accusations of sixth-form poetry, continuing without Richey, the Mondeo man years - the 1993 second album sticks out for lovers and haters alike as a point of contention. The band even cite the 1993 album as a low ebb in...

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