The Holy Bible captured 1994 perfectly. This album amongst other great music of that year was definitely the best. This 10th anniversary edition comes with an excellent dvd showing Manics live and videos with Richey. Shortly after came Richey's legendary dissapearance. This is a perfect purchase for any newcomer to the Manics and Richey's story or anyone wanting to rediscover a most important time.Highly recommended.
This is truly one of the best albums EVER. Lyrically and musically it is very dark. Richey writes 75% of the lyrics on this album and it shows the worrying frame of mind he was in at the time of writing. The album covers politics, capital punishment,anorexia, death, religion and self disgust. The lyrics are razor sharp and complimented by James excellent music and ability to shape lyrics into a song. His singing and management of fitting richeys long lyrics into sentences is unbelievable and a pleasure to hear. Everything about the album is great.....so great! The American mix is also brilliant with some tracks on this better than the UK version. I also enjoyed the interview with bandmembers and watching the live performances as well. Please purchase this - you wont regret it!
What a masterpiece! This is one of those iconic pieces of pure music that you do not come across that often. This album changed the face of Rock / Punk music forever.If Modern day life and politics make you want to SCREAM, this is a definate listen. Sublime Music and Lyrics to match, Richey James is sorely missed,however,if you like this, have a listen to James Dean Bradfields Album "The Great Western", Pure class, Both musically and Lyrically.