Album · 1994
The Holy Bible
The Holy Bible is an album by Manic Street Preachers, released in 1994 on Columbia, with 13 tracks.
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- 56 min
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13 tracks · 56 min
About
The Holy Bible is the third studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 29 August 1994 through Epic Records and was the last of the band's albums released before the disappearance of lyricist and guitarist Richey Edwards on 1 February 1995. Edwards was struggling with severe depression, alcohol abuse, self-harm and anorexia nervosa at the time the album was written and recorded, and its contents are considered by many sources to reflect his mental state. The songs focus on themes relating to politics and human suffering. Although it reached number six on the UK albums charts, global sales were disappointing compared to previous albums, and the record did not chart in mainland Europe or North America. The album was promoted with tours and festival appearances in the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe, in part without Edwards. The album regularly appears in UK music magazine polls of the greatest rock albums.