Know Your Enemy (Deluxe Edition Remastered) Manic Street Preachers

• 1The Year of Purification (Remastered)03:38
• 2Ocean Spray (Remastered)04:13
• 3So Why So Sad (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix - Remastered)04:59
• 4Door to the River (Remastered)04:38
• 5Rosebud (Remastered)04:03
• 6Just a Kid (Remastered)03:31
• 7His Last Painting (Remastered)03:18
• 8Let Robeson Sing (Remastered)03:47
• 9Groundhog Days (Remastered)04:58
• 10Epicentre (Remastered)05:13
• 11His Last Painting (TLA Mix - Remastered)03:17
• 12Epicentre (TLA Mix - Remastered)05:15
• 13So Why So Sad (KYE Version - Remastered)04:04
• 14Royal Correspondent (Remastered)03:33
• 15Intravenous Agnostic (Remastered)04:01
• 16Found That Soul (TLA Mix - Remastered)03:06
• 17We Are All Bourgeois Now (Remastered)04:31
• 18Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children (Remastered)02:53
• 19The Convalescent (Remastered)05:28
• 20Baby Elian (Remastered)03:38
• 21Masses Against the Classes (Remastered)03:22
• 22My Guernica (Remastered)04:55
• 23Studies in Paralysis (Remastered)03:20
• 24Dead Martyrs (Remastered)03:26
• 25Wattsville Blues (Remastered)04:09
• 26Miss Europa Disco Dancer (Remastered)03:56
• 27Fear of Motion (Remastered)02:38
• 28Pedestal (Remastered)04:51
• 29Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (Remastered)02:07
• 30Locust Valley (Remastered)04:06
• 31Masking Tape (Remastered)04:11
• 32Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel (Remastered)02:38
• 33Little Trolls (Remastered)03:45
• 34Ocean Spray (Studio Demo - Remastered)02:55
• 35So Why So Sad (Cassette Demo - Remastered)03:36
• 36Door to the River (Cassette Demo - Remastered)04:53
• 37His Last Painting (Air Version Home Cassette Demo - Remastered)04:05
• 38Let Robeson Sing (Home Cassette Demo - Remastered)02:37
• 39Groundhog Days (Home Cassette Demo - Remastered)03:01
• 40Epicentre (Cassette Demo - Remastered)04:01
• 41Intravenous Agnostic (Home Cassette Demo - Remastered)02:26
• 42Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children (Studio Demo - Remastered)02:57
• 43The Convalescent (Studio Rehearsal Demo - Remastered)05:29
• 44His Last Elian (Studio Demo - Remastered)03:23
• 45Masses Against the Classes (Studio Demo - Remastered)02:25
• 46My Guernica No 1 (Home Acoustic Demo - Remastered)04:25
• 47My Guernica (Studio Demo - Remastered)04:10
• 48Dead Martyrs (Home Cassette Demo - Remastered)03:28
• 49Wattsville Blues (Home Cassette Demo - Remastered)02:44
• Total Runtime03:06:03

Info for Know Your Enemy (Deluxe Edition Remastered)

Manic Street Preachers release a radically reimagined version of their 6th album Know Your Enemy. The new version of the album has been entirely remixed and reconstructed to form two separate albums as originally planned.

This deluxe release includes two previously unheard ‘forgotten’ tracks: ‘Studies in Paralysis’ and ‘Rosebud’. Beginning all wiry and cracked, ‘Rosebud’ soon opens out into a stuttering Hammond organ riff, a pensive rhythm track and a lyric that regrets “most things I never finished”. A Kieran Evans directed video for ‘Rosebud’ is online now.

Following the success of 1998’s This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, Manic Street Preachers planned an ambitious follow-up to be released as two distinct albums: an aggressive, rapid fire return to their roots called ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’, a more conciliatory, reflective collection. During the recording sessions, the trio got cold feet and settled on a single album that forced often conflicting ideas to sit side by side on the same record. Know Your Enemy was launched in February 2001 with a show at Teatro Karl Marx in Havana in front of the Cuban leader and charted at No.2 in the UK the following week, going on to see over half a million copies worldwide. The singles taken from the album: ‘So Why So Sad’, ‘Found That Soul’, ‘Ocean Spray’ and ‘Let Robeson Sing’ all reached the Top 20.

Whilst going through the band’s archive to put together an anniversary version of Know Your Enemy, Nicky Wire found the original tapes of ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’ that he’d made up in the studio during recording. When he put forward the idea of recreating those records, James Dean Bradfield agreed on the condition that he could remix the entire record with the band’s longtime studio partner Dave Eringa. The new mixes would bring a clarity to each record, losing extraneous studio effects and digital noise from the ‘Solidarity’ songs and stripping away unnecessary orchestration and embellishment from the tracks that made up ‘Door To The River’.

Author and long-term band collaborator Robin Turner explains in his expansive sleeve notes that this release is “the Director’s Cut of ‘Know Your Enemy’. The picture has been painstakingly restored, cleaned up, brightened. Although it doesn’t aim to replace the original, it most certainly enhances it.”

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Band members meet in 1986 in Balckwood, South Wales. James Dean Bradfield (vocals, guitar, piano and keyboard) starts writing lyrics – later to be replaced with Nicky Wire (bass guitar, piano, and vocals). Sean Moore (drums, percussions, trumpet and vocals) joins the band and writes the music. They start off as a punk band. But when their style starts changing in 1988, bass guitarist Miles Woodward decides to leave the band. It is also the year they release their first single “Suicide Alley”. Following this release, Richey Edwards (guitar, vocals) joins the band. After signing a contract with Damaged Goods Records in 1990, they also release their first EP called “New Art Riot”. The contract only being for one release, they later sign a contract with the indie label Heavenly Records. They consequently release the single “Motown Junk” and begin working on an album.

Their debut album “Generation Terrorists” (1993) is a great success. It will be closely followed by their second album “Gold Against the Soul” – more grunge, but also more commercial, reaching the top of the UK charts. This opus is described as more personal and less political than their previous work.

In 1994, Edward’s personal issues lead him to a mental hospital. The band keeps performing live to pay for his recovery treatments. It is also the year they release “The Holy Bible”, their third studio album. The promotion for this album is quite controversial. They often appear live dressed up as terrorists/army men. Adding to the controversy, Edwards goes missing and is presumed dead after his car is found empty three days later. For six months, the band stops all activities but eventually decide to keep working.

Their next album “Everything Must Go” (1996) includes five tracks written by Edwards – as a tribute after his passing – and is critically acclaimed. The opus wins two Brit Awards. Two years later, they release “This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours” (1998) which is an international success which get them two more Brit Awards in 1999. In 2000, their limited edition single “The Masses Against the Classes” reaches the top of the UK charts with almost no promotion.

In 2001, Manic Street Preachers make another political statement playing live in Cuba for President Fidel Castro. This trip will make a documentary film called “Louder Than War”. The next year, they release their first best-of album, “Forever Delayed” with two exclusive tracks.

Their next really successful album will be “Lifeblood” in 2004. They promote in arenas around the UK following their great popular and critical success. That year, they also release an anniversary version of their album “The Holy Bible” including rare mixes, exclusive tracks, interviews and live performances.

Their next album “God Save the Manics” is also a limited edition which they give out to fans at their shows. It will later be uploaded on their website. In 2008, they receive the God-Like Geniuses Award at the NME Awards ceremony.

In 2009, their ninth album “Journal for Plague Lovers” includes bits of lyrics from Edwards which had not been used before. The opus is released as a new kind of tribute to their late friend.

Their next album “Postcards from a Young Man” (2010) is way more pop than usual. According to the members themselves, they wanted to write hit singles for this one, and match the “mass communication” trend.

In 2012, Manic Street Preachers embark on a massive European greatest hits tour. In 2013, they continue touring in Australia and New Zealand. In September, the first single for their next album comes out, “Show Me the Wonder”. The album “Rewind the Film” is released later that month and is a great success.

This album contains no booklet.