Manic Street Preachers

 

Artist:  Manic Street Preachers

Origin:  Blackwood, Wales

Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop

Original line-up:

James Dean Bradfield:  Lead Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Keyboards
Nicky Wire:  Bass, Piano, Guitar, Backing Vocals

Sean Moore:  Drums, Percussion, Trumpet, Backing Vocals
Miles "Flicker" Woodward:  Bass.

Manic Street Preachers are a Wales Alternative Rock Band, formed in 1986 in Blackwood by James Dean Bradfield (Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar), Nicky Wire (Bass) and Seann Moore (Drums) as a trio band, and together with the original Bassist Miles "Flicker" Woodward, and he left the band in early 1988 and replaced by Richey Edwards on Rhythm Guitar and Nicky Wire took position on Bass.  Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995.  The band became trio band again.

Title:   This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (2026)
Genre:  Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Britpop
Label:  Sony Music
Rating:   *****

Format:   LP

Trasks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  The Everlasting  (6:09)
 2.  If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next  (4:51)
 3.  You Stole The Sun From My Heart (4:20)

Side B:

 1.  Ready For Drowning  (4:33)
 2.  Tsunami  (3:51)
 3.  My Little Empire  (4:9)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  I'm Not Working  (5:52)
 2.  You're Tender And You're Tired  (4:38)
 3.  Born A Girl  (4:12)
 4.  Be Natural  (5:13)

Side D:

 1.  Black Dog On My Shoulder   (4:48)
 2.  Prologue To History  (4:45)
 3.  S.Y.M.M.  (11:15)

Personnel:

Original Album:

James Dean Bradfield:  Lead Vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Guitar on Tracks:  1, 10, 12, Electric Sitar on Tracks:  5, 7, Omnichord on Tracks:  4, 5, Melody Horn on Track 10

Nicky Wire:  Bass, Acoustic Bass on Tracks:  6, 11, Vocals  on Track 6, Hammond Organ on Track 4
Sean Moore:  Drums, Programming on Tracks:  1, 3, 5

Additional Musicians:

Nick Nasmyth:  Wurlitzer Electric Piano on Tracks:  1-4, 7, 13, Mellotron on Tracks:  8, 13, Keyboards on Tracks:  5, 7, Piano on Track 8, Vox Continental on Track 11, Accordion on Track 9, Yang-Ching on Track 7
Martin Ditcham:  Percussion on Tracks:  1, 3-5, 7, 8, 11
Andy Duncan:  Percussion on Tracks:  2, 6, 10, 12
Craig Pruess:  Sitar on Track 5, Tambura on Track 5
Ken Barry:  Whistling on Track 8
Sally Herbert:  Violin on Tracks:  1, 5, 11
Gini Ball, Anne Stephenson:  Violin on Tracks:   1, 11
Padlock McKiernan:  Tin Whistle on Tracks:  4, 7, 13
Dinah Beamish:  Cello on Tracks:  1, 6
Fenella Barton, Nell Catchpole, Sue Dench Margaret Roseberry, Sonia Slany, Jules Singleton, Ann Wood:  Additional String Section on Track 11

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours is the 20th Anniversary Collectors' Edition Deluxe Box Set by Manic Street Preachers, originally released on September 14, 1998 by Epic Records, remastered and reissued on January 30, 2026 by Sony Music.  LP the classic album remastered in double album on heavyweight 180 Gram vinyl.