'The Ultra Vivid Lament' is the 14th studio album from Manic Street Preachers. It is both reflection and reaction; a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky. Musically, 'The Ultra Vivid Lament' is inspired by a formative years record box (ABBA, post-Eno Roxy, the Bunnymen, Fables-era REM, Lodger) though the end result could only be the unique union of James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore, collectively one of the UK's most consistently brilliant rock'n'roll bands for over three decades.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Still Snowing in Sapporo

Manic Street Preachers

2.Orwellian

Manic Street Preachers

3.The Secret He Had Missed

Manic Street Preachers

4.Quest for Ancient Colour

Manic Street Preachers

5.Don't Let the Night Divide Us

Manic Street Preachers

6.Diapause

Manic Street Preachers

7.Complicated Illusions

Manic Street Preachers

8.Into the Waves of Love

Manic Street Preachers

9.Blank Diary Entry

Manic Street Preachers

10.Happy Bored Alone

Manic Street Preachers

11.Afterending

Manic Street Preachers

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