Generation Terrorists

Generation Terrorists é o álbum de estrea da banda galesa de rock alternativo Manic Street Preachers, editado o 10 de febreiro de 1992 a través do selo Columbia Records.

Generation Terrorists
Álbum de Manic Street Preachers
Publicado10 de febreiro de 1992
Gravaciónagosto - decembro de 1991
Estudio(s)Blackbarn Studios
Duración73:11
Xénero(s)rock alternativo
Selo(s)Columbia Records
Producido porSteve Brown
Cronoloxía
New Art Riot E.P.
(1990)
Generation Terrorists Gold Against the Soul
(1993)

Tras unha importante atención dos medios e un "perfil de prensa desproporcionadamente alto" xerado polo sinxelo da banda "Motown Junk" de 1991,[1] Generation Terrorists foi moi esperado pola crítica[2] grazas á proclamación dos membros de que o seu debut sería o "mellor álbum de rock de todos os tempos"[3] e vendería 16 millóns de copias, "dende Bangkok a Senegal".[4]

Gravado entre xullo e decembro de 1991 e publicado en febreiro de 1992, o álbum non chegou a esas cifras pero, con todo, finalmente foi certificado Ouro no Reino Unido[5] e tamén entrou no Top 100 de Xapón.

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Todas as letras escritas por Richey Edwards e Nicky Wire, toda a música composta por James Dean Bradfield e Sean Moore, agás "Damn Dog", por Jacob Brackman e Billy Mernit.

N.º Título Duración
1. "Slash 'n' Burn"   4:00
2. "Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds"   4:32
3. "Born to End"   3:55
4. "Motorcycle Emptiness"   6:08
5. "You Love Us"   4:18
6. "Love's Sweet Exile"   3:29
7. "Little Baby Nothing" (5:22 on early pressings) 5:00
8. "Repeat (Stars and Stripes)"   4:09
9. "Tennessee"   3:06
10. "Another Invented Disease"   3:24
11. "Stay Beautiful"   3:10
12. "So Dead"   4:28
13. "Repeat (UK)"   3:08
14. "Spectators of Suicide"   4:40
15. "Damn Dog"   1:52
16. "Crucifix Kiss"   3:39
17. "Methadone Pretty"   3:56
18. "Condemned to Rock 'n' Roll"   6:06
Canción extra no Xapón
N.º Título Duración
19. "A Vision of Dead Desire"   3:14
Canción extra da reedición de 1998 no Xapón
N.º Título Duración
19. "Motown Junk"   3:58
Lista estadounidense
N.º Título Duración
1. "Slash 'n' Burn"   4:00
2. "Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds"   4:32
3. "Love's Sweet Exile"   3:29
4. "Little Baby Nothing"   5:00
5. "Another Invented Disease"   3:24
6. "Stay Beautiful"   3:10
7. "Repeat (UK)"   3:09
8. "You Love Us"   4:18
9. "Democracy Coma"   3:44
10. "Crucifix Kiss"   3:39
11. "Motorcycle Emptiness"   6:08
12. "Tennessee"   3:06
13. "Repeat (Stars and Stripes)"   4:08
14. "Condemned to Rock 'n' Roll"   6:06
Canción extra da 20th Anniversary Legacy Edition
N.º Título Duración
19. "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)"   3:44
Disco extra da 20th Anniversary Legacy Edition
N.º Título Duración
1. "Slash 'n' Burn" (House in the Woods demo)  
2. "Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds" (Marcus demo)  
3. "Born to End" (Marcus demo)  
4. "Motorcycle Emptiness" (House in the Woods demo)  
5. "You Love Us" (Heavenly version)  
6. "Love's Sweet Exile" (House in the Woods demo)  
7. "Little Baby Nothing" (House in the Woods demo)  
8. "Repeat" (Marcus demo)  
9. "Tennessee" (House in the Woods demo)  
10. "Another Invented Disease" (House in the Woods demo)  
11. "Stay Beautiful" (Marcus demo)  
12. "So Dead" (House in the Woods demo)  
13. "Repeat" (House in the Woods demo)  
14. "Spectators of Suicide" (House in the Woods demo)  
15. "Damn Dog" (live)  
16. "Crucifix Kiss" (Marcus demo)  
17. "Methadone Pretty" (House in the Woods demo)  
18. "Suicide Alley" (South Wales demo)  
19. "New Art Riot" (South Wales demo)  
20. "Motown Junk" (London studio demo)  
21. "Motown Junk"    
DVD da 20th Anniversary Legacy Edition
N.º Título Duración
1. "Culture, Alienation, Boredom and Despair" (a film about Generation Terrorists)  
2. "Unseen super eight montage"    
3. "Home road movie"    
4. "Motown Junk" (video)  
5. "You Love Us" (Heavenly version) (video)  
6. "Stay Beautiful" (video)  
7. "Loves [sic] Sweet Exile" (video)  
8. "You Love Us" (Columbia version) (video)  
9. "Slash 'n' Burn" (video)  
10. "Motorcycle Emptiness" (video)  
11. "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" (video)  
12. "Little Baby Nothing" (video)  
13. "Repeat" (video)  
14. "Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds" (video)  
15. "Snub" (Generation Terrorists at the BBC)  
16. "Rapido" (Generation Terrorists at the BBC)  
17. "Band Explosion" (Generation Terrorists at the BBC)  
18. "Rapido" (Generation Terrorists at the BBC)  
19. "You Love Us" (Top of the Pops)  
20. "Motorcycle Emptiness" (Top of the Pops)  
21. "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" (Top of the Pops)  
20th Anniversary Collector's Edition CD3 - Remastered B-Sides & Rarities
N.º Título Duración
1. "Motorcycle Emptiness" (South Wales demo)  
2. "Generation Terrorists" (South Wales demo)  
3. "Poleaxed" (South Wales demo)  
4. "Faceless Sense of Void" (London demo)  
5. "UK Channel Boredom" (flexi disc)  
6. "Colt 45" (South Wales demo)  
7. "Crucifix Kiss" (House in the Woods demo)  
8. "Natwest-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds" (House in the Woods demo)  
9. "Spent All Summer" (South Wales demo remastered)  
10. "Behave Yourself Baby" (home demo remastered)  
11. "Sorrow 16" (B-side to "Motown Junk")  
12. "We Her Majesty's Prisoners" (B-side to "Motown Junk")  
13. "Spectators of Suicide" (B-side to "You Love Us" (Heavenly version))  
14. "Starlover" (B-side to "You Love Us" (Heavenly version))  
15. "R.P. Murphy" (B-side to "Stay Beautiful")  
16. "Soul Contamination" (B-side to "Stay Beautiful")  
17. "A Vision of Dead Desire" (B-side to "You Love Us" (re-recorded version))  
18. "Ain't Going Down" (B-side to "Slash 'n' Burn")  
19. "Bored Out of My Mind" (B-side to "Motorcycle Emptiness")  
20. "Never Want Again" (B-side to "Little Baby Nothing")  
21. "Dead Yankee Drawl" (B-side to "Little Baby Nothing")  
22. "Democracy Coma" (B-side to "Love's Sweet Exile")  
20th Anniversary Collector's Edition 10" - BBC Radio 1 Rock Show Live Session
N.º Título Duración
1. "You Love Us" (live)  
2. "Under My Wheels" (live)  
3. "Slash 'n' Burn" (live)  
4. "Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds" (live)  

Notas editar

  1. Price 1999, p. 61
  2. Price 1999, p. 74
  3. "Manic Street Preachers: Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers". Pitchfork (en inglés). Consultado o 2024-03-22. 
  4. Price 1999, p. 36
  5. Price 1999, p. 79

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