{"product_id":"manic-street-preachers-critical-thinking","title":"MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Critical Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD - Printed CD packaged in a sustainable gatefold cardboard sleeve. Includes a 12-page gloss booklet with additional artwork, lyrics and credits. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eManic Street Preachers\u003c\/strong\u003e return with their most urgent album in years. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInitially?inspired by a line from the poet \u003cstrong\u003eAnne Sexton\u003c\/strong\u003e (\"I am a collection of dismantled almosts\"),?‘\u003cem\u003eHiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/em\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 ‘Freak Scene’. Recorded at the band’s \u003cstrong\u003eDoor To The River Studio\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eRockfield\u003c\/strong\u003e, Monmouth, the song?features a lead vocal by \u003cstrong\u003eNicky Wire\u003c\/strong\u003e and added vocals by \u003cstrong\u003eLana McDonagh\u003c\/strong\u003e. It was produced by the band with regular collaborators \u003cstrong\u003eDave Eringa\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLoz Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e and mixed by \u003cstrong\u003eCaesar Edmunds\u003c\/strong\u003e (St Vincent\/Wet Leg).? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eCritical Thinking\u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManic Street Preachers’ \u003cstrong\u003eNicky Wire\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cem\u003eCritical Thinking\u003c\/em\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 \u003cstrong\u003eJames\u003c\/strong\u003e (Dean Bradfield) which look for and hopefully find answers in people, their memories, language and beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe music is energised and at times euphoric. Recording could sometimes be sporadic and isolated, at other times we played live in a band setting, again the opposites making sense with each other. There are crises at the heart of these songs. They are microcosms of skepticism and suspicion, the drive to the internal seems inevitable - start with yourself, maybe the rest will follow.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpeaking to \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMojo Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJames Dean Bradfield\u003c\/strong\u003e said “Sometimes just to have your best songs is enough, just putting a record out and not trying to describe a big overarching concept, even though there is a thread there.” The record is available on LP, CD, hardbook CD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49559733240153,"sku":"SDZ-22452","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Manic_Street_Preachers_-_Critical_Thinking_-_CD_-_2025.jpg?v=1729869769","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/manic-street-preachers-critical-thinking","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}