Manic Street Preachers will release an expanded anniversary edition of ‘Know Your Enemy’ this autumn.
The group’s sixth long-player was released back in 2001 and, at the time, they planned to issue it as a two-part album.
“During the recording sessions [for the original album], the trio got cold feet and settled on a single album that forced often conflicting ideas to sit side by side on the same record,” says a statement.
the Manics release an expanded and remastered version of ‘Know Your Enemy’ on 9th Sep 2022.
— Manic Street Preachers (@Manics) July 22, 2022
Divided into 2 albums across 2 discs; ‘Solidarity’ & ‘Door To The River’. The 3CD format includes a disc of unreleased demos.
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“Whilst going through the band’s archive to put together an anniversary version of ‘Know Your Enemy’, Nicky Wire found the original tapes of ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Door To The River’ that he’d made up in the studio during recording.
“When he put forward the idea of recreating those records, James Dean Bradfield agreed on the condition that he could remix the entire record with the band’s longtime studio partner Dave Eringa.
“The new mixes would bring a clarity to each record, losing extraneous studio effects and digital noise from the ‘Solidarity’ songs and stripping away unnecessary orchestration and embellishment from the tracks that made up ‘Door To The River’.”
The deluxe release includes two previously unheard tracks: Studies in Paralysis and Rosebud – the latter of which is out now.
‘Know Your Enemy’ is out September 9 and available to pre-order now.
Manic Street Preachers returned to the top of the UK charts in 2021 with their 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’.
In a review of the album, Retro Pop called the pop-oriented record “a risk that pays off three decades into their career”.
‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’ is available now.
