{"product_id":"manic-street-preachers-critical-thinking","title":"Manic Street Preachers - Critical Thinking (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eManic Street Preachers \u003c\/b\u003ehave released details of their fifteenth studio album ‘\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eInitially inspired by a line from the poet Anne Sexton (\"I am a collection of dismantled almosts\"), ‘\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e’ contrasts a fearful midlife nostalgia - one in which the writer longs to “keep the curtains drawn all day” - with a gloriously uplifting melody that draws on classic ’70s rock’n’roll of The Only Ones, Cockney Rebel and the loose flow of Dinosaur Jr’s ‘\u003ci\u003eFreak Scene’\u003c\/i\u003e. Recorded at the band’s Door To The River Studio and Rockfield, Monmouth, the song features a lead vocal by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicky Wire\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand added vocals by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLana McDonagh\u003c\/b\u003e. It was produced by the band with regular collaborators\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Eringa\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Loz Williams\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand mixed by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaesar Edmunds (St Vincent\/Wet Leg)\u003c\/b\u003e.   \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eCritical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e’ celebrates conflicting ideas colliding, with unflinchingly soul-searching lyrics meeting some of the most head-on, addictive melodies the band have ever recorded.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eManic Street Preachers’ Nicky Wire on Critical Thinking:\u003c\/b\u003e “This is a record of opposites colliding - of dialectics trying to find a path of resolution. While the music has an effervescence and an elegiac uplift, most of the words deal with the cold analysis of the self, the exception being the three lyrics by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames (Dean Bradfield)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ewhich look for and hopefully find answers in people, their memories, language, and beliefs.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Manic Street Preachers","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP (Colour)","offer_id":58596894867791,"sku":"19802859371","price":8.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58596894900559,"sku":"19802859341","price":8.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2CD Deluxe","offer_id":58596894933327,"sku":"19802859332","price":8.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58596894966095,"sku":"19802859322","price":4.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CDx2 Deluxe","offer_id":58596894998863,"sku":null,"price":8.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/2164\/3343\/files\/Manic_Street_Preachers_-_Critical_Thinking_Vinyl_LP.jpg?v=1787985177","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylforger.com\/products\/manic-street-preachers-critical-thinking","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}