National Treasures: The Complete Singles

The Manic Street Preachers are a band that are pretty much unknown here in the U.S.A, but seem to have had quite a bit of success in Europe. I first got into them a few years ago when Classic Rock Magazine named "Journal For Plague Lovers" as one of the top albums of the year. I picked it up, having never heard a single Manic song before, and loved the album right away. When I saw this 2 CD compilation was going to be released I had to check it out to get a good overview of their career. Although many of these songs are probably already familiar to more hard core Manic's fans, they are mostly new to me. I believe these were all released as singles and it is somewhat amazing to me the range that this band displays, going from all out punk, to pop-ish sounding stuff that would fit just about any top 40 radio format. This band is literally all over the place musically. The early stuff, with lyrics by long lost guitarist Richie Edwards, rounds out nicely with the latter material that would see the band evolve into many different directions from their punk roots. James Dean Bradfield has to have one of the most emotive voices in rock today and is able to handle both raunchy punk and power pop with equal dexterity. Nicky Wire is the perfect foil for Bradfield's lead, providing more rough edged background vox that blend together perfectly. The playing on all of these songs is tight and concise, and although these guys might not be instrumental virtuosos, they are great at what they do. The mind boggles at the fact that some of these songs never made it in America. "Kevin Carter", "Australia", "Love Of Richard Nixon", "Autumn Song", "It's Not War" were several examples of tracks that stuck in my head immediately upon first listen, and they are just the tip of the iceberg. The amazing duet with the lead singer of the Cardigans, "Your Love Is Not Enough" seems like it could not help but be a hit anywhere in the world it is so good. Maybe the early punk stuff, or the band's rather upfront political stance hurt them here in the States, but it all just seems very strange to me. The DVD portion of the package is also very cool with all of the band's videos collected together. Again, for me these are all new, having never seen any of them air here in the states. My only critisism of the collection is that there is no material from the album that introduced me to the band "Journal For Plague Lovers" since apparently no single was ever released from it. In the end, my conclusion is that this is a great collection of music that probably just scratches the surface of what this band is all about. Why this band is not huge in North America boggles my mind. I don't know if they ever tour over here anymore, but they are now on my bucket list to try to catch live one of these years.

While never being a die-hard fan of The Manics, I have seen them live and also enjoyed their hits. This collection through the years is excellent. Presentation in this pack is very nicely done indeed. The bonus features are good and many.Huge fan or just like them, you will like this Complete Singles collection.

You can get the evolution of this band in the past 20 years, and it's an experience cause even if they changed a little bit, they still got it!The CDs/DVD package is great, plenty of pictures and most of the official videos.Happy!

Great Band, Great CD and received very fast! Love Manic Street Preachers waiting for them to play live in NY

Here it is - in all it's thunder...MOST if not ALL the Maniac Street Preachers singles - PLUS a DVD of most. Can not beat this one. If you like the Street Preachers, this is made for you; if not, convert!

The above says it all really. A great career-spanning collection. Surprising how many more tunes I recognized than I thought I would. A generally overlooked band, especially in the U.S., but some great radio rock here to stand up with the best. National Treasures - The Complete Singles [Explicit ]

If you are a fan of this band you cannot go wrong with this collection. It is an improvement over their original best of collection. This collection includes more early singles and catches the listener up to the most recent material.

If you don't know the Manics (greatest band in the world!) this is a good start!

This is how 'Greatest Hits' albums SHOULD be done! Virtually ALL of 'The Manic Street Preachers' great singles are on here and in crystal clear remastered sound, too! It easily beats their 2002 compilation 'Forever Delayed' by a country mile! Highly recommended to any fan of this legendary welsh rock band! Excellent! Please note that there are two versions available! The standard double CD includes 38 hit singles, while the deluxe edition also adds a DVD of 38 videos for those singles! Buy it!

There is 2 really good CD with 38 songs that cover their whole career. The included DVD is disappointing because it will not play on a Sony BD region A/1 player or a Windows 10 PC. The DVD is NTSC and region 0, so it should play anywhere in any country. It won't play. It must has something to do with the copy control technology mentioned on the back cover. This was released in 2011, so didn't Sony learn from their past screw ups.

why did I take so long to get into this group ? amazing album cd 2 amazing

Perfect box set from one of the best bands of our time. Was thinking this box set is very pricey but when I got it I could see it was worth every penny spent :-) all their singles (well 95% of them) and b-sides too and DVD of music videos too AND even some records to their EPs-top notch item. Must for any Manic's fan or fan of indie music <3

Excellent service and quality

it makes a pleasant sound

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I have followed the Manic Street Preachers for some time and really enjoyed this album. It contains all their hit singles and is a must for a fan. Seen them many times live and a great UK band. Looking forward to seeing them at Hyde Park gig this year, and hopefully with some new material.

Bought as a present.

Wonderful collection and great to have download.

Good

Outstanding

Great songs from a great band, full of power and meaning and great value as a collection

Love this cd