Secret History [Import]

Secret History [Import]

Secret History [Import]

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Product Description
Subtitled - Classic 80's Electronic Dance. 2003 compilation featuring 11 tracks from the likes of My Mine, Alexander Robotnick, Visage, Liasons Dangereuses, Material, Ryuichi Sakamoto, & more. EMI.

Secret History,Various Artists,EMI/Regal UK,Dance,Dance Collections
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Too Bad You Can't Just Buy Disc One.
  • well...here it is.
 Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of
Manic Street Preachers
Manufacturer: Sbme Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009ZY0C
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

  1. Prologue to History
  2. 4 Ever Delayed
  3. Sorrow 16
  4. Judge Yr'self
  5. Socialist Serenade
  6. Donkeys
  7. Comfort Comes
  8. Mr Carbohydrate
  9. Dead Trees and Traffic Islands
  10. Horses Under Starlight
  11. Sepia
  12. Sculpture of Man
  13. Spectators of Suicide
  14. Democracy Coma
  15. Strip It Down [Live]
  16. Bored Out of My Mind
  17. Just a Kid
  18. Close My Eyes
  19. Valley Boy
  20. We Her Majesty's Prisoners

Tracks:

  1. We Are All Bourgeois Now
  2. Rock & Roll Music
  3. It's So Easy [Live]
  4. Take the Skinheads Bowling
  5. Been a Son
  6. Out of Time
  7. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
  8. Bright Eyes [Live]
  9. Train in Vain [Live]
  10. Wrote for Luck
  11. What's My Name [Live]
  12. Velocity Girl
  13. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
  14. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
  15. Last Christmas [Live]

Album Description

Subtitled - A Secret History Of. The Manics follow 2002's greatest hits album 'Forever Delayed' with a B-sides collection. Features 20 B-sides & 15 cover versions, the previously unreleased track '4 Ever Delayed' and live tracks. Epic. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Too Bad You Can't Just Buy Disc One........2003-07-23

Here's my take on it after a few listens:

Disc 1: 3.5/5
None of the songs are super great (except for Prologue to History maybe), but all in all, they make a very solid album together.
Great Tracks: 1, 4-6, 10, 16-19
Could Have Left Off: 12, 13, 20

Disc 2: 1.5/5
There are only 4-5 good songs on the covers CD. Most of the songs just aren't very good. But I'm sure the Manics play them better than the original bands did.
Good Tracks: 1, 2, 7, 13
Could Have Left Off: All the others. 6 isn't bad.

Total: 5/10
If you're like me, you'll find yourself listening to Disc 1 much more often than Disc 2. But for a B-Sides album, its really quite good.

4 out of 5 stars well...here it is........2003-07-19

We've been clamoring for a b-sides collection lo these many years, and...here we have it. And at thirty-five tracks, a pretty impressive one at that. I was set to give it a lower rating, because it is missing a truly breathtaking assortment of good tracks in favor of, in my opinion lesser material. Honestly, how could they POSSIBLY leave off the likes of 'Black Garden,' 'Too Cold Here,' 'Dead Passive,' 'Black Holes For The Young,' 'Buildings for Dead People,' and of course that all-time classic ode to teenage self-absorption, 'No One Knows What It's Like To Be Me.' Fair enough if ALL the tracks here were also great, but, no--there's also okay but not world-class material like 'Sorrow 16,' 'Democracy Coma,' 'We Her Majesty's Prisoners,' and an entire disc of covers, which, though perhaps conceptually pleasing, is unnecessary--at most a half dozen of these are worth having: 'We Are All Bourgeois Now' (even if it IS a hidden track on Know Your Enemy), Rock and Roll Music (a truly scorching cover), 'Take the Skinheads Bowling,' 'Been a Son,' 'Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel'...and that's all really. Also Alice Cooper's 'Under My Wheels,' which is inexplicably absent. Do we REALLY need the Manics' stylings on 'Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,' 'Last Chrismas,' and 'Can't Take My Eyes Off You?' No, we do not. Gah.

However, I would like to make an effort to emphasize the positive here: they DID, somewhat to my surprise, include 'Horses Under Starlight,' a totally uncharacteristic but quite lovely wordless little number. Huzzah! Also, 'Mr. Carbohydrate' remains hilarious, 'Dead Trees and Traffic Islands' is one of their best, and, out of all the Know Your Enemy b-sides, they had the presence of mind to choose 'Just a Kid,' by far the best (along with 'Didn't My Lord...,' also present). The new tracks (I'd never heard them before, at any rate) '4 Ever Delayed' and 'Judge Yr'self' aren't bad either.

I can't lie; my ideal track listing for this collection would have been radically different than this. But there's enough quality music here that I can't complain TOO much. It's certainly enough to remind you why the Manics are good...mind you, as unlikely as the prospect seems, I'd still LOVE a companion volume featuring all the great stuff they left out; still, I suppose it's a testament to the band's consistency that they could throw out so much and still have such a consistent product. Hokay.
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Lipstick Traces: A Secret History Of
    Manic Street Preachers
    Manufacturer: Sbme Import
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
    Alternative RockAlternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
    RockRock | Imports | Stores | Music
    ASIN: B00009YX9V
    Release Date: 2003-08-19

    Tracks:

    1. Prologue to History
    2. 4 Ever Delayed
    3. Sorrow 16
    4. Judge Yr'self
    5. Socialist Serenade
    6. Donkeys
    7. Comfort Comes
    8. Mr Carbohydrate
    9. Dead Trees and Traffic Islands
    10. Horses Under Starlight
    11. Sepia
    12. Sculpture of Man
    13. Spectators of Suicide
    14. Democracy Coma
    15. Strip It Down [Live]
    16. Bored Out of My Mind
    17. Just a Kid
    18. Close My Eyes
    19. Valley Boy
    20. We Her Majesty's Prisoners

    Tracks:

    1. We Are All Bourgeois Now
    2. Rock & Roll Music
    3. It's So Easy [Live]
    4. Take the Skinheads Bowling
    5. Been a Son
    6. Out of Time
    7. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
    8. Bright Eyes [Live]
    9. Train in Vain [Live]
    10. Wrote for Luck
    11. What's My Name [Live]
    12. Velocity Girl
    13. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
    14. Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?
    15. Last Christmas [Live]

    Album Description

    Subtitled - A Secret History Of. The Manics follow 2002's greatest hits album 'Forever Delayed' with a B-sides collection. Features 20 B-sides & 15 cover versions, the previously unreleased track '4 Ever Delayed' and live tracks. Digipak. Epic. 2003.

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