![]() The Wall Street Journal $1.00 well I bought a Kindle to get the paper & save trees...then they raised the price! I think I will continue to get the WSJ with airline miles and save my money fo books. ![]() The Wall Street Journal (9-Month Subscription, Expedited Delivery) $89.99 Get The Journal delivered to your home or office 5 days a week. PLUS included in your price you'll receive the Weekend Edition, delivered on Saturdays to an address of your choice. ![]() Journal For Plague Lovers [Explicit] $9.99 Well, the new Manics album has finally arrived (in America), and it was definitely worth the wait: this album is simply stunning in how great it is. You probably won't find these angular post-punk tunes immediately accessible, but the hooks will reveal themselves after repeat listens and you may just find yourself waking up in the morning singing one of them. (I do.) Stand-out tracks include "Peeled Apples" (a raging rocker with a wicked drumbeat), "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" (which raises an actual, semi-serious question), the title track and "She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of A Bleach" (which make for quite a blistering one-two punch), "Facing Page: Top Left" (a delicate ballad very reminiscent of "Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky" from their Everything Must Go album), and "Virginia State Epileptic Colony" (which may be the closest thing the album has to a pop single). But really, every song on this album is fantastic, with the possible exception of bassist Nicky Wire's vocal turn on "William's Last Words" - but even that one has a charm to it. Arguably the best thing the Manics have released since The Holy Bible album, one thing is beyond dispute: Journal For Plague Lovers should be on every single year-end best-of list. |
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