The chart below was compiled from 127 different top 50s submitted by Manic Street Preachers fans between September and December 2021. Points were awarded based on 50 for number 1, 49 for number 2 etc, down to 1 point for number 50, and the final tally for each song is shown after the name of each one alongside the number of charts it appeared in.
The numbers in brackets show the position in the last chart from 2015. Thank you to all people who took part in, followed or promoted these charts, it has been great fun again!!!
See also the full chart of all 338 eligible songs and sub-charts below with all manner of Manics-related lists that came out of these selections!!
Manics Fans' Final Top 50 2021
1. (1) Motorcycle Emptiness - 4910 pts / 119 picks
2. (2) Faster - 4820 pts / 117 picks
3. (3) A Design For Life - 4567 pts / 116 picks
4. (5) If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - 3309 pts / 89 picks
5. (4) Yes - 3274 pts / 90 picks
6. (16) No Surface All Feeling - 3120 pts / 93 picks
7. (10) Little Baby Nothing - 2839 pts / 82 picks
8. (8) La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) - 2776 pts / 87 picks
9. (12) From Despair To Where - 2754 pts / 86 picks
10. (6) You Love Us - 2722 pts / 90 picks
11. (7) Motown Junk - 2628 pts / 79 picks
12. (14) Sleepflower - 2618 pts / 91 picks
13. (9) Stay Beautiful - 2423 pts / 83 picks
14. (15) This Is Yesterday - 2367 pts / 74 picks
15. (29) Archives Of Pain - 2339 pts / 68 picks
16. (20) The Masses Against The Classes - 2037 pts / 74 picks
17. (23) Prologue To History - 2027 pts / 74 picks
18. (36) Everything Must Go - 1814 pts / 62 picks
19. (24) 4st 7lb - 1782 pts / 61 picks
20. (18) Roses In The Hospital - 1754 pts / 65 picks
21. (25) Tsunami - 1749 pts / 68 picks
22. (13) Your Love Alone Is Not Enough - 1657 pts / 67 picks
23. (47) Ready For Drowning - 1620 pts / 59 picks
24. (17) 1985 - 1597 pts / 56 picks
25. (-) Still Snowing In Sapporo - 1594 pts / 65 picks
26. (28) ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart - 1563 pts / 56 picks
27. (-) International Blue - 1520 pts / 66 picks
28. (11) PCP - 1496 pts / 57 picks
29. (34) Of Walking Abortion - 1458 pts / 54 picks
30. (21) Peeled Apples - 1417 pts / 57 picks
31. (27) The Everlasting - 1388 pts / 52 picks
32. (30) Die In The Summertime - 1384 pts / 48 picks
33. (48) Enola/Alone - 1328 pts / 55 picks
34. (22) Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky - 1327 pts / 55 picks
35. (32) Life Becoming A Landslide - 1282 pts / 46 picks
36. (33) Found That Soul - 1262 pts / 49 picks
37. (65) Slash N' Burn - 1260 pts / 56 picks
38. (51) Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll - 1241 pts / 46 picks
39. (43) Walk Me To The Bridge - 1223 pts / 59 picks
40. (39) This Joke Sport Severed - 1195 pts / 49 picks
41. (45) Donkeys - 1145 pts / 49 picks
42. (64) Sepia - 1108 pts / 47 picks
43. (58) Kevin Carter - 1103 pts / 42 picks
44. (19) Revol - 1099 pts / 46 picks
45. (35) Mausoleum - 1075 pts / 42 picks
46. (-) Complicated Illusions - 1071 pts / 42 picks
47. (41) Rewind The Film - 1067 pts / 43 picks
48. (57) Judge Yr'self - 1009 pts / 43 picks
49. (60) Golden Platitudes - 1006 pts / 40 picks
50. (42) Europa Geht Durch Mich - 1002 pts / 41 picks
By Era
Generation Terrorists 7
Gold Against The Soul 6
The Holy Bible 12
Everything Must Go 7
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 5
Know Your Enemy 1
Lifeblood 1
Send Away The Tigers 1
Journal For Plague Lovers 2
Postcards From A Young Man 1
Rewind The Film 1
Futurology 2
Resistance Is Futile 1
The Ultra Vivid Lament 2
Others 1
By Era By Score
(i.e. points allocated by position)
Generation Terrorists 240
Gold Against The Soul 181
The Holy Bible 305
Everything Must Go 178
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 159
Know Your Enemy 15
Lifeblood 27
Send Away The Tigers 29
Journal For Plague Lovers 32
Postcards From A Young Man 2
Rewind The Film 4
Futurology 13
Resistance Is Futile 24
The Ultra Vivid Lament 31
Others 35
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Manics Fans' Full Chart
1. (1) Motorcycle Emptiness - 4910 pts / 119 picks
2. (2) Faster - 4820 pts / 117 picks
3. (3) A Design For Life - 4567 pts / 116 picks
4. (5) If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - 3309 pts / 89 picks
5. (4) Yes - 3274 pts / 90 picks
6. (16) No Surface All Feeling - 3120 pts / 93 picks
7. (10) Little Baby Nothing - 2839 pts / 82 picks
8. (8) La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) - 2776 pts / 87 picks
9. (12) From Despair To Where - 2754 pts / 86 picks
10. (6) You Love Us - 2722 pts / 90 picks
11. (7) Motown Junk - 2628 pts / 79 picks
12. (14) Sleepflower - 2618 pts / 91 picks
13. (9) Stay Beautiful - 2423 pts / 83 picks
14. (15) This Is Yesterday - 2367 pts / 74 picks
15. (29) Archives Of Pain - 2339 pts / 68 picks
16. (20) The Masses Against The Classes - 2037 pts / 74 picks
17. (23) Prologue To History - 2027 pts / 74 picks
18. (36) Everything Must Go - 1814 pts / 62 picks
19. (24) 4st 7lb - 1782 pts / 61 picks
20. (18) Roses In The Hospital - 1754 pts / 65 picks
21. (25) Tsunami - 1749 pts / 68 picks
22. (13) Your Love Alone Is Not Enough - 1657 pts / 67 picks
23. (47) Ready For Drowning - 1620 pts / 59 picks
24. (17) 1985 - 1597 pts / 56 picks
25. (-) Still Snowing In Sapporo - 1594 pts / 65 picks
26. (28) ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart - 1563 pts / 56 picks
27. (-) International Blue - 1520 pts / 66 picks
28. (11) PCP - 1496 pts / 57 picks
29. (34) Of Walking Abortion - 1458 pts / 54 picks
30. (21) Peeled Apples - 1417 pts / 57 picks
31. (27) The Everlasting - 1388 pts / 52 picks
32. (30) Die In The Summertime - 1384 pts / 48 picks
33. (48) Enola/Alone - 1328 pts / 55 picks
34. (22) Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky - 1327 pts / 55 picks
35. (32) Life Becoming A Landslide - 1282 pts / 46 picks
36. (33) Found That Soul - 1262 pts / 49 picks
37. (65) Slash N' Burn - 1260 pts / 56 picks
38. (51) Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll - 1241 pts / 46 picks
39. (43) Walk Me To The Bridge - 1223 pts / 59 picks
40. (39) This Joke Sport Severed - 1195 pts / 49 picks
41. (45) Donkeys - 1145 pts / 49 picks
42. (64) Sepia - 1108 pts / 47 picks
43. (58) Kevin Carter - 1103 pts / 42 picks
44. (19) Revol - 1099 pts / 46 picks
45. (35) Mausoleum - 1075 pts / 42 picks
46. (-) Complicated Illusions - 1071 pts / 42 picks
47. (41) Rewind The Film - 1067 pts / 43 picks
48. (57) Judge Yr'self - 1009 pts / 43 picks
49. (60) Golden Platitudes - 1006 pts / 40 picks
50. (42) Europa Geht Durch Mich - 1002 pts / 41 picks
51. (38) Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - 991 pts / 46 picks
52. (75) Nobody Loved You - 984 pts / 41 picks
53. (-) Hold Me Like A Heaven - 979 pts / 42 picks
54. (50) Ocean Spray - 977 pts / 43 picks
55. (55) This Sullen Welsh Heart - 968 pts / 43 picks
56. (72) Black Dog On My Shoulder - 964 pts / 36 picks
57. (31) Autumnsong - 931 pts / 41 picks
58. (46) Show Me The Wonder - 901 pts / 38 picks
59. (37) Theme From MASH (Suicide Is Painless) - 900 pts / 34 picks
60. (53) Australia - 897 pts / 34 picks
61. (-) Diapause - 890 pts / 38 picks
62. (56) Send Away The Tigers - 887 pts / 41 picks
63. (49) Some Kind Of Nothingness - 878 pts / 37 picks
64. (59) Door To The River - 877 pts / 33 picks
65. (26) Solitude Sometimes Is - 867 pts / 39 picks
66. (108) I Live To Fall Asleep - 864 pts / 38 picks
67. (69) All Is Vanity - 858 pts / 35 picks
68. (74) The Girl Who Wanted To Be God - 831 pts / 34 picks
69. (104) Be Natural - 806 pts / 26 picks
70. (52) Empty Souls - 787 pts / 40 picks
71. (105) Comfort Comes - 778 pts / 31 picks
72. (-) Afterending - 735 pts / 34 picks
73. (67) You Stole The Sun From My Heart - 732 pts / 31 picks
74. (63) 4 Ever Delayed - 719 pts / 31 picks
75. (114) Miss Europa Disco Dancer - 713 pts / 37 picks
76. (-) Distant Colours - 709 pts / 28 picks
77. (68) Further Away - 700 pts / 37 picks
78. (76) You're Tender And You're Tired - 695 pts / 28 picks
79. (-) The Secret He Had Missed - 690 pts / 37 picks
80. (70) Let Robeson Sing - 675 pts / 29 picks
81. (40) 30-Year War - 656 pts / 33 picks
=81 (54) She Is Suffering - 656 pts / 28 picks
83. (79) A Song For Departure - 638 pts / 27 picks
84. (80) Dreaming A City (Hughesovka) - 636 pts / 25 picks
85. (86) To Repel Ghosts - 611 pts / 28 picks
86. (44) Postcards From A Young Man - 588 pts / 30 picks
87. (131) Born A Girl - 580 pts / 23 picks
88. (98) There By The Grace Of God - 573 pts / 25 picks
89. (88) Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier - 569 pts / 26 picks
90. (82) Intravenous Agnostic - 565 pts / 29 picks
91. (62) Anthem For A Lost Cause - 563 pts / 25 picks
92. (101) William's Last Words - 554 pts / 28 picks
93. (71) Marlon JD - 549 pts / 27 picks
94. (77) (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love - 543 pts / 24 picks
95. (85) Love's Sweet Exile - 525 pts / 21 picks
96. (91) Spectators Of Suicide - 515 pts / 23 picks
97. (106) Journal For Plague Lovers - 511 pts / 21 picks
98. (66) Patrick Bateman - 510 pts / 21 picks
99. (84) My Little Empire - 500 pts / 23 picks
100. (175) Gold Against The Soul - 482 pts / 21 picks
101. (87) Bag Lady - 457 pts / 22 picks
102. (95) The Next Jet To Leave Moscow - 448 pts / 23 picks
103. (78) Mr Carbohydrate - 437 pts / 22 picks
104. (97) The Second Great Depression - 433 pts / 18 picks
105. (100) Black Square - 423 pts / 17 picks
106. (94) Epicentre - 422 pts / 19 picks
107. (-) People Give In - 417 pts / 22 picks
108. (134) Removables - 412 pts / 17 picks
109. (61) Futurology - 400 pts / 21 picks
110. (153) Nostalgic Pushead - 387 pts / 15 picks
111. (112) Methadone Pretty - 373 pts / 14 picks
112. (96) Glasnost - 371 pts / 18 picks
113. (81) Imperial Bodybags - 367 pts / 21 picks
114. (113) Indian Summer - 359 pts / 19 picks
115. (130) The Convalescent - 358 pts / 14 picks
116. (73) Me And Stephen Hawking - 353 pts / 21 picks
117. (124) Cardiff Afterlife - 352 pts / 17 picks
=117 (111) Interiors (Song For Willem de Kooning) - 352 pts / 20 picks
=117 (89) The Love Of Richard Nixon - 352 pts / 17 picks
120. (170) Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Children - 334 pts / 16 picks
121. (150) The Intense Humming Of Evil - 332 pts / 16 picks
122. (121) So Why So Sad - 331 pts / 19 picks
123. (127) Automatik Teknicolour - 323 pts / 13 picks
124. (147) Misguided Missile - 315 pts / 17 picks
125. (143) Firefight - 303 pts / 13 picks
126. (102) Baby Elian - 299 pts / 15 picks
127. (199) Montana/Autumn/78 - 297 pts / 12 picks
128. (118) A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun - 295 pts / 15 picks
129. (103) Sorrow 16 - 294 pts / 16 picks
130. (126) Dead Martyrs - 286 pts / 13 picks
131. (-) Orwellian - 276 pts / 11 picks
132. (-) Dylan & Caitlin - 271 pts / 15 picks
133. (109) Crucifix Kiss - 269 pts / 12 picks
134. (156) Black Holes For The Young - 267 pts / 13 picks
135. (148) This Is The Day - 264 pts / 14 picks
136. (125) Born To End - 263 pts / 12 picks
137. (-) Quest For Ancient Colour - 261 pts / 13 picks
=137 (115) Yourself - 261 pts / 11 picks
139. (128) Running Out Of Fantasy - 256 pts / 13 picks
140. (142) Let's Go To War - 255 pts / 13 picks
141. (92) Between The Clock And The Bed - 254 pts / 13 picks
142. (137) Dead Trees And Traffic Islands - 249 pts / 12 picks
143. (-) Don't Let The Night Divide Us - 248 pts / 12 picks
144. (119) So Dead - 247 pts / 9 picks
145. (193) Always/Never - 244 pts / 10 picks
146. (93) Underdogs - 243 pts / 13 picks
147. (140) Nat West - Barclays - Midlands - Lloyds - 242 pts / 10 picks
148. (133) Democracy Coma - 241 pts / 11 picks
149. (135) Another Invented Disease - 239 pts / 13 picks
150. (-) In Eternity - 237 pts / 13 picks
151. (132) My Guernica - 235 pts / 10 picks
152. (123) Divine Youth - 231 pts / 13 picks
153. (99) Virginia State Epileptic Colony - 230 pts / 12 picks
154. (168) The Year Of Purification - 229 pts / 13 picks
155. (177) His Last Painting - 219 pts / 8 picks
156. (210) Tennessee - 214 pts / 8 picks
157. (117) New Art Riot - 209 pts / 13 picks
158. (110) Hibernation - 206 pts / 10 picks
159. (107) Bored Out Of My Mind - 204 pts / 12 picks
=159 (-) Sequels Of Forgotten Wars - 204 pts / 7 picks
161. (122) As Holy As the Soil (That Buries Your Skin) - 196 pts / 8 picks
162. (138) Too Cold Here - 190 pts / 12 picks
163. (176) (I Miss the) Tokyo Skyline - 187 pts / 12 picks
=163 (157) Ballad Of The Bangkok Novotel - 187 pts / 8 picks
165. (161) Umbrella - 186 pts / 8 picks
166. (-) A Song For The Sadness - 183 pts / 12 picks
= 166 (83) She Bathed Herself In A Bath of Bleach - 183 pts / 7 picks
168. (120) Sculpture Of Man - 180 pts / 9 picks
169. (90) Doors Closing Slowly - 178 pts / 8 picks
170. (172) The Future Has Been Here 4 Ever - 173 pts / 8 picks
171. (233) Boxes & Lists - 172 pts / 5 picks
=171 (144) Repeat - 172 pts / 11 picks
173. (191) Anorexic Rodin - 165 pts / 8 picks
=173 (219) Love Letter To The Future - 165 pts / 7 picks
175. (179) RP McMurphy - 162 pts / 9 picks
176. (-) Blank Diary Entry - 160 pts / 7 picks
177. (196) The View From Stow Hill - 159 pts / 10 picks
178. (183) Masking Tape - 158 pts / 8 picks
179. (230) Vision Blurred - 157 pts / 4 picks
180. (188) I'm Just A Patsy - 156 pts / 13 picks
=180 (166) Rendition - 156 pts / 9 picks
182. (194) Us Against You - 154 pts / 8 picks
183. (208) Welcome To The Dead Zone - 153 pts / 9 picks
184. (259) The Vorticists - 152 pts / 7 picks
185. (182) We Are All Bourgeois Now - 147 pts / 7 picks
186. (129) Facing Page: Top Left - 139 pts / 9 picks
=186 (189) The Descent (Pages 1 & 2) - 139 pts / 6 picks
188. (185) Emily - 136 pts / 7 picks
=188 (151) We Her Majesty's Prisoners - 136 pts / 10 picks
190. (184) Winterlovers - 135 pts / 9 picks
191. (169) Hazelton Avenue - 134 pts / 7 picks
192. (149) All We Make Is Entertainment - 127 pts / 6 picks
193. (152) Wattsville Blues - 126 pts / 6 picks
194. (158) Sex, Power, Love And Money - 121 pts / 9 picks
195. (180) Leviathan - 119 pts / 6 picks
=195 (155) Symphony Of Tourette - 119 pts / 6 picks
197. (226) Valley Boy - 116 pts / 8 picks
198. (136) Drug Drug Druggy - 113 pts / 7 picks
=198 (212) Socialist Serenade - 113 pts / 7 picks
200. (163) Builder Of Routines - 111 pts / 5 picks
201. (237) Dead Yankee Drawl - 110 pts / 9 picks
202. (-) The Left Behind - 107 pts / 8 picks
203. (225) Empty Motorcade - 102 pts / 5 picks
204. (204) 4 Lonely Roads - 100 pts / 5 picks
205. (272) Pedestal - 99 pts / 4 picks
206. (272) Horses Under Starlight - 98 pts / 5 picks
=206 (146) Just A Kid - 98 pts / 6 picks
208. (159) Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - 97 pts / 6 picks
209. (-) Broken Algorithms - 96 pts / 7 picks
=209 (241) Caldey - 96 pts / 3 picks
211. (218) First Republic - 93 pts / 3 picks
212. (145) Strip It Down - 92 pts / 6 picks
=212 (207) The Soulmates - 92 pts / 3 picks
214. (224) I Know The Numbers - 91 pts / 4 picks
215. (190) Are Mothers Saints - 85 pts / 7 picks
216. (-) Happy Bored Alone - 84 pts / 8 picks
=216 (197) Love Torn Us Under - 84 pts / 5 picks
218. (187) A Vision Of Dead Desire - 83 pts / 3 picks
219. (255) The Ghost Of Christmas - 82 pts / 7 picks
=219 (-) Together Stronger (C'mon Wales) - 82 pts / 5 picks
221. (162) Hanging On - 75 pts / 3 picks
=221 (165) I'm Not Working - 75 pts / 6 picks
=221 (-) Vivian - 75 pts / 5 picks
224. (-) Liverpool Revisited - 74 pts / 5 picks
225. (174) Can't Take My Eyes Off You - 72 pts / 3 picks
=225 (154) Locust Valley - 72 pts / 4 picks
=225 (223) No One Knows What It's Like To Be Me - 72 pts / 5 picks
228. (272) Distractions - 68 pts / 4 picks
229. (200) Askew Road - 67 pts / 3 picks
230. (116) Suicide Alley - 66 pts / 3 picks
231. (272) Ain't Going Down - 65 pts / 4 picks
232. (272) What Happened To The Blue Generation - 64 pts / 2 picks
233. (198) 3 Ways To See Despair - 63 pts / 5 picks
=233 (239) I'm Leaving You For Solitude - 63 pts / 5 picks
235. (-) A Soundtrack To Complete Withdrawal - 62 pts / 2 picks
=235 (232) Buildings For Dead People - 62 pts / 5 picks
237. (160) Manorbier - 61 pts / 5 picks
238. (-) Into The Waves Of Love - 60 pts / 4 picks
=238 (201) Last Exit On Yesterday - 60 pts / 3 picks
240. (261) SYMM - 58 pts / 3 picks
241. (139) We Were Never Told - 55 pts / 2 picks
242. (173) Close My Eyes - 53 pts / 5 picks
=242 (247) Morning Comrades - 53 pts / 3 picks
244. (246) Everyone Knows/Nobody Cares - 52 pts / 3 picks
245. (203) Never Want Again - 51 pts / 3 picks
246. (141) I Think I Found It - 49 pts / 4 picks
247. (251) Auto-Intoxication - 48 pts / 5 picks
248. (272) Fear Of Motion - 47 pts / 1 pick
249. (268) Antarctic - 46 pts / 1 pick
250. (272) Black Garden - 45 pts / 3 picks
=250 (272) Midnight Sun - 45 pts / 2 picks
252. (256) Antisocialmanifesto - 44 pts / 1 pick
=252 (222) Fearless Punk Ballad - 44 pts / 6 picks
=252 (256) Groundhog Days - 44 pts / 3 picks
=252 (215) Melancholyme - 44 pts / 1 pick
256. (272) T.E. Lawrence On A Bike - 43 pts / 2 picks
=256 (272) Wake Up Alone - 43 pts / 1 pick
258. (202) Fragments - 42 pts / 2 picks
259. (-) (Feels Like) Heaven - 41 pts / 2 picks
260. (241) Charles Windsor - 40 pts / 3 picks
261. (167) Don't Be Evil - 39 pts / 3 picks
262. (243) Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - 38 pts / 1 pick
=262 (252) Red Sleeping Beauty - 38 pts / 2 picks
264. (272) All Alone Here - 35 pts / 2 picks
=264 (272) Kodawari - 35 pts / 1 pick
266. (209) Mayakovsky - 34 pts / 3 picks
=266 (217) Starlover - 34 pts / 2 picks
268. (171) Red Rubber - 32 pts / 1 pick
269. (211) Out Of Time - 30 pts / 3 picks
=269 (272) Wrote For Luck - 30 pts / 1 pick
271. (186) Broken Up Again - 28 pts / 3 picks
=271 (164) Pretension/Repulsion - 28 pts / 3 picks
273. (272) Voodoo Polaroids - 27 pts / 1 pick
274. (245) Primitive Painters - 26 pts / 2 picks
=274 (220) Teenage 20/20 - 26 pts / 3 picks
276. (239) Everything Will Be - 25 pts / 2 picks
=276 (181) Take The Skinheads Bowling - 25 pts / 3 picks
278. (272) Ostpolitik - 24 pts / 1 pick
279. (271) The Instrumental - 23 pts / 1 pick
=279 (213) The Last Time I Saw Paris - 23 pts / 3 picks
=279 (220) Under My Wheels - 23 pts / 1 pick
282. (272) Foggy Eyes - 21 pts / 1 pick
=282 (-) Mirror Gaze - 21 pts / 1 pick
284. (272) The Long Goodbye - 20 pts / 2 picks
285. (214) Working Class Hero - 19 pts / 2 picks
286. (249) Heyday Of The Blood - 18 pts / 3 picks
=286 (228) Unstoppable Salvation - 18 pts / 1 pick
288. (230) A Secret Society - 17 pts / 2 picks
289. (-) My Drowning World - 16 pts / 1 pick
290. (-) Concrete Fields - 13 pts / 2 picks
=290 (263) It's So Easy - 13 pts / 2 picks
292. (272) Litany - 12 pts / 1 pick
=292 (205) The Drowners - 12 pts / 1 pick
294. (206) Picturesque - 9 pts / 1 pick
295. (195) Been A Son - 8 pts / 1 pick
=295 (178) Velocity Girl - 8 pts / 1 pick
297. (272) Happy Ending - 7 pts / 1 pick
=297 (192) Royal Correspondent - 7 pts / 1 pick
299. (272) Evidence Against Myself - 6 pts / 1 pick
=299 (252) Last Christmas - 6 pts / 2 picks
=299 (272) Lost Voices - 6 pts / 1 pick
302. (261) Dying Breeds - 3 pts / 1 pick
=302 (258) The Sound Of Detachment - 3 pts / 1 pick
=302 (235) You Know It's Going to Hurt - 3 pts / 1 pick
305. (272) The Passing Show - 2 pts / 1 pick
306. (268) Death Of A Digital Ghost - 1 pts / 1 pick
=306 (272) Rock 'N' Roll Genius - 1 pts / 1 pick
308. (227) 1404 - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (216) Alien Orders/Invisible Armies - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (228) Blistered Mirrors - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (238) Bright Eyes - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (263) Damn Dog - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (244) Dead Passive - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Dixie - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Engage With Your Shadow - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Failure Bound - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Glory Glory - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (-) Holding Patterns - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Inky Fingers - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) It's All Gone - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Kiss My Eyes For Eternity - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (268) Lady Lazarus - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Little Girl Lost - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Little Trolls - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (267) No Jubilees - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (265) Penny Royalty - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (234) Quarantine (In My Place Of) - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (254) Rock And Roll Music - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (250) See It Like Sutherland - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Slow Reflections - Strange Delays - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (265) Soul Contamination - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Start Me Up - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (248) Stay With Me - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (236) The Endless Plain Of Fortune - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (-) These Dark Roads - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Time Ain't Nothing - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Train In Vain - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (259) What's My Name - 0 pts / 0 picks
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Sub-Charts
In this section you will find all manner of sub-charts breaking down the Manics Fans' Chart in various ways, these include:
- Album Chart (by scores)
- Album Chart (by average score per song, so no cheating 'Generation Terrorists'!)
- Album Chart (by number of picks)
- Album Chart (by number of picks per song)
- Number Ones (from the individual charts)
- Number Ones by Album
- Chart for each Album (Songs ordered by scores, includes both discs of Lipstick Traces)
- B-Sides Top 20
- Covers Top 10
- National Treasures Chart (see how those big songs got on at a glance)
- Duets Top 10
- How many did each participant share with the final top 50?
So did you have an idea of which album would come out on top of the favourite album chart? There were no surprises at the top of the first chart where it shows which album purely scored the most points. Compared with 2015, however, This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours managed to leapfrog Gold Against The Soul, while Know Your Enemy climbed above Lifeblood and Send Away The Tigers into 7th position. The Ultra Vivid Lament did brilliantly to debut in at 9th, while Resistance Is Futile slipped in a little more unnoticed in 13th. (Note: this doesn't include hidden tracks)
Album Chart By Score
1. (1) The Holy Bible 23645
2. (2) Generation Terrorists 18454
3. (3) Everything Must Go 17020
4. (5) This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 13460
5. (4) Gold Against The Soul 12546
6. (6) Journal For Plague Lovers 7186
7. (9) Know Your Enemy 7038
8. (7) Lifeblood 6861
9. (-) The Ultra Vivid Lament 6069
10. (11) Futurology 5501
11. (8) Send Away The Tigers 5324
12. (10) Rewind The Film 5129
13. (-) Resistance Is Futile 4872
14. (12) Postcards From A Young Man 4019
In the second chart, where those total scores are divided by the number of eligible songs on the album, the story changes for those albums with more songs, particularly Generation Terrorists and Know Your Enemy. The likes of Damn Dog, which got 0 points, and Royal Correspondent with 7 points, had a negative effect on the score. Compared with 2015, Lifeblood managed to climb above Journal For Plague Lovers to take the number six slot, while The Ultra Vivid Lament did even better than the chart above on its debut in 8th position.
Album Chart By Average Score per Song
1. (1) The Holy Bible 1819
2. (2) Everything Must Go 1418
3. (3) Gold Against The Soul 1255
4. (4) Generation Terrorists 1086
5. (5) This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 1035
6. (7) Lifeblood 572
7. (6) Journal For Plague Lovers 553
8. (-) The Ultra Vivid Lament 552
9. (8) Send Away The Tigers 532
10. (12) Know Your Enemy 440
11. (9) Rewind The Film 427
12. (10) Futurology 423
13. (-) Resistance Is Futile 406
14. (11) Postcards From A Young Man 335
Points are the key part of these charts, but if you ignore them for a second and look at how many times songs were picked you get the following charts. As above it's the total number of picks in the first chart and then divided by the number of songs for the second, having the same effect for those albums with more songs.
It's interesting in the first chart that the order is exactly the same as the points! I was intrigued to see if some of the later albums might do better here as I had noticed a trend where they would often sneak in at the bottom of people's charts, gaining few points but appearing fairly regularly.
Album Chart By Picks
1. The Holy Bible 755
2. Generation Terrorists 609
3. Everything Must Go 591
4. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 485
5. Gold Against The Soul 435
6. Journal For Plague Lovers 323
7. Know Your Enemy 321
8. Lifeblood 299
9. The Ultra Vivid Lament 271
10. Futurology 264
11. Send Away The Tigers 251
12. Rewind The Film 235
13. Resistance Is Futile 230
14. Postcards From A Young Man 185
Album Chart By Average Picks per Song
(Averages have been rounded below but are ordered by their more exact figures)
1. The Holy Bible 58
2. Everything Must Go 49
3. Gold Against The Soul 44
4. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 37
5. Generation Terrorists 36
6. Send Away The Tigers 25
7. Lifeblood 25
8. Journal For Plague Lovers 25
9. The Ultra Vivid Lament 25
10. Futurology 20
11. Know Your Enemy 20
12. Rewind The Film 20
13. Resistance Is Futile 19
14. Postcards From A Young Man 15
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So, out of 127 charts, we had 41 different number ones!!! That's a lot of variation, although we still had some recurring favourites, as you can see below with the top 4 unsurprisingly being made up of the same songs as the chart's top 4. However, Faster took the honours here as a kind of consolation prize, with two more number ones than Motorcycle Emptiness.
The Masses Against The Classes was the highest placed song at number 16 not to have been selected as a number one, while Little Baby Nothing was the only one of the top 15 to have been selected as number one only once. Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll was selected four times yet only made number 38!
Also, 16 of the number one selections didn't even make the final top 50! Autumnsong and Ocean Spray even had two number ones, but those 100 points couldn't help them over the line and into the final 50. So, look at your chart and feel content with the fact that other people also like your number one choice as much as you do, or that you are unique!!
Number Ones
1. Faster 19
2. A Design For Life 17
=2. Motorcycle Emptiness 17
4. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 10
5. Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll 4
=5. La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) 4
=5. Yes 4
8. Motown Junk 3
=8. No Surface All Feeling 3
=8. Sleepflower 3
=8. This Is Yesterday 3
=8. Tsunami 3
=8. You Love Us 3
14. Archives Of Pain 2
=14. Autumnsong 2
=14. From Despair To Where 2
=14. Ocean Spray 2
=14. Prologue To History 2
=14. Stay Beautiful 2
20. A Song For Departure 1
=20. Born A Girl 1
=20. Born To End 1
=20. Cardiff Afterlife 1
=20. Die In The Summertime 1
=20. Distant Colours 1
=20. Door To The River 1
=20. Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Children 1
=20. Futurology 1
=20. Golden Platitudes 1
=20. Indian Summer 1
=20. Intravenous Agnostic 1
=20. Jackie Collins Existential Question Time 1
=20. Little Baby Nothing 1
=20. My Little Empire 1
=20. Of Walking Abortion 1
=20. PCP 1
=20. Show Me The Wonder 1
=20. Still Snowing In Sapporo 1
=20. Tennessee 1
=20. The Everlasting 1
=20. This Joke Sport Severed 1
As well as the top 50 having representation from every album, so did the number ones, even Lipstick Traces and the Forever Delayed bonus track were included!
Number Ones By Album
1. The Holy Bible 31
2. Generation Terrorists 29
3. Everything Must Go 20
4. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours 16
5. Gold Against The Soul 9
6. Others (Motown, Prologue, Door) 6
7. Know Your Enemy 4
8. Send Away The Tigers 3
9. Journal For Plague Lovers 2
=9. Lifeblood 2
11. Futurology 1
=11. Postcards From A Young Man 1
=11. Resistance Is Futile 1
=11. Rewind The Film 1
=11. The Ultra Vivid Lament 1
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So, you may have your favourite on all the albums, but do others agree with you? There weren't too many surprises here, although as in the top 50 Golden Platitudes beating the three singles from Postcards was something I didn't see coming!
Generation Terrorists, Gold Against The Soul and The Ultra Vivid Lament all seem quite polarised, with a definite dividing line between the points scored by the top 5 or 6 and the rest of the songs, while the other albums see the points decline more gradually. Damn Dog was the only album track to get no points (not counting Lipstick Traces).
Generation Terrorists
1. (1) Motorcycle Emptiness - 4910 pts / 119 picks
7. (10) Little Baby Nothing - 2839 pts / 82 picks
10. (6) You Love Us - 2722 pts / 90 picks
13. (9) Stay Beautiful - 2423 pts / 83 picks
37. (65) Slash N' Burn - 1260 pts / 56 picks
38. (51) Condemned To Rock 'N' Roll - 1241 pts / 46 picks
95. (85) Love's Sweet Exile - 525 pts / 21 picks
96. (91) Spectators Of Suicide - 515 pts / 23 picks
111. (112) Methadone Pretty - 373 pts / 14 picks
133. (109) Crucifix Kiss - 269 pts / 12 picks
136. (125) Born To End - 263 pts / 12 picks
144. (119) So Dead - 247 pts / 9 picks
147. (140) Nat West - Barclays - Midlands - Lloyds - 242 pts / 10 picks
149. (135) Another Invented Disease - 239 pts / 13 picks
156. (210) Tennessee - 214 pts / 8 picks
=171 (144) Repeat - 172 pts / 11 picks
=308 (263) Damn Dog - 0 pts / 0 picks
Gold Against The Soul
8. (8) La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) - 2776 pts / 87 picks
9. (12) From Despair To Where - 2754 pts / 86 picks
12. (14) Sleepflower - 2618 pts / 91 picks
20. (18) Roses In The Hospital - 1754 pts / 65 picks
35. (32) Life Becoming A Landslide - 1282 pts / 46 picks
100. (175) Gold Against The Soul - 482 pts / 21 picks
110. (153) Nostalgic Pushead - 387 pts / 15 picks
=137 (115) Yourself - 261 pts / 11 picks
=195 (155) Symphony Of Tourette - 119 pts / 6 picks
198. (136) Drug Drug Druggy - 113 pts / 7 picks
The Holy Bible
2. (2) Faster - 4820 pts / 117 picks
5. (4) Yes - 3274 pts / 90 picks
14. (15) This Is Yesterday - 2367 pts / 74 picks
15. (29) Archives Of Pain - 2339 pts / 68 picks
19. (24) 4st 7lb - 1782 pts / 61 picks
26. (28) ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart - 1563 pts / 56 picks
28. (11) PCP - 1496 pts / 57 picks
29. (34) Of Walking Abortion - 1458 pts / 54 picks
32. (30) Die In The Summertime - 1384 pts / 48 picks
44. (19) Revol - 1099 pts / 46 picks
45. (35) Mausoleum - 1075 pts / 42 picks
=81 (54) She Is Suffering - 656 pts / 28 picks
121. (150) The Intense Humming Of Evil - 332 pts / 16 picks
Everything Must Go
3. (3) A Design For Life - 4567 pts / 116 picks
6. (16) No Surface All Feeling - 3120 pts / 93 picks
18. (36) Everything Must Go - 1814 pts / 62 picks
33. (48) Enola/Alone - 1328 pts / 55 picks
34. (22) Small Black Flowers That Grow In The Sky - 1327 pts / 55 picks
43. (58) Kevin Carter - 1103 pts / 42 picks
60. (53) Australia - 897 pts / 34 picks
68. (74) The Girl Who Wanted To Be God - 831 pts / 34 picks
77. (68) Further Away - 700 pts / 37 picks
89. (88) Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier - 569 pts / 26 picks
108. (134) Removables - 412 pts / 17 picks
=117 (111) Interiors (Song For Willem de Kooning) - 352 pts / 20 picks
This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
4. (5) If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - 3309 pts / 89 picks
21. (25) Tsunami - 1749 pts / 68 picks
23. (47) Ready For Drowning - 1620 pts / 59 picks
31. (27) The Everlasting - 1388 pts / 52 picks
52. (75) Nobody Loved You - 984 pts / 41 picks
56. (72) Black Dog On My Shoulder - 964 pts / 36 picks
69. (104) Be Natural - 806 pts / 26 picks
73. (67) You Stole The Sun From My Heart - 732 pts / 31 picks
78. (76) You're Tender And You're Tired - 695 pts / 28 picks
87. (131) Born A Girl - 580 pts / 23 picks
99. (84) My Little Empire - 500 pts / 23 picks
=221 (165) I'm Not Working - 75 pts / 6 picks
240. (261) SYMM - 58 pts / 3 picks
Know Your Enemy
36. (33) Found That Soul - 1262 pts / 49 picks
54. (50) Ocean Spray - 977 pts / 43 picks
75. (114) Miss Europa Disco Dancer - 713 pts / 37 picks
80. (70) Let Robeson Sing - 675 pts / 29 picks
90. (82) Intravenous Agnostic - 565 pts / 29 picks
106. (94) Epicentre - 422 pts / 19 picks
115. (130) The Convalescent - 358 pts / 14 picks
120. (170) Freedom Of Speech Won't Feed My Children - 334 pts / 16 picks
122. (121) So Why So Sad - 331 pts / 19 picks
126. (102) Baby Elian - 299 pts / 15 picks
130. (126) Dead Martyrs - 286 pts / 13 picks
151. (132) My Guernica - 235 pts / 10 picks
154. (168) The Year Of Purification - 229 pts / 13 picks
155. (177) His Last Painting - 219 pts / 8 picks
193. (152) Wattsville Blues - 126 pts / 6 picks
=297 (192) Royal Correspondent - 7 pts / 1 pick
Lipstick Traces - Disc 1
17. (23) Prologue To History - 2027 pts / 74 picks
41. (45) Donkeys - 1145 pts / 49 picks
42. (64) Sepia - 1108 pts / 47 picks
48. (57) Judge Yr'self - 1009 pts / 43 picks
71. (105) Comfort Comes - 778 pts / 31 picks
74. (63) 4 Ever Delayed - 719 pts / 31 picks
96. (91) Spectators Of Suicide - 515 pts / 23 picks
103. (78) Mr Carbohydrate - 437 pts / 22 picks
129. (103) Sorrow 16 - 294 pts / 16 picks
142. (137) Dead Trees And Traffic Islands - 249 pts / 12 picks
148. (133) Democracy Coma - 241 pts / 11 picks
159. (107) Bored Out Of My Mind - 204 pts / 12 picks
168. (120) Sculpture Of Man - 180 pts / 9 picks
=188 (151) We Her Majesty's Prisoners - 136 pts / 10 picks
197. (226) Valley Boy - 116 pts / 8 picks
=198 (212) Socialist Serenade - 113 pts / 7 picks
206. (272) Horses Under Starlight - 98 pts / 5 picks
=206 (146) Just A Kid - 98 pts / 6 picks
212. (145) Strip It Down - 92 pts / 6 picks
242. (173) Close My Eyes - 53 pts / 5 picks
Lipstick Traces - Disc 2
185. (182) We Are All Bourgeois Now - 147 pts / 7 picks
208. (159) Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - 97 pts / 6 picks
225. (174) Can't Take My Eyes Off You - 72 pts / 3 picks
262. (243) Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - 38 pts / 1 pick
269. (211) Out Of Time - 30 pts / 3 picks
=269 (272) Wrote For Luck - 30 pts / 1 pick
=276 (181) Take The Skinheads Bowling - 25 pts / 3 picks
=290 (263) It's So Easy - 13 pts / 2 picks
295. (195) Been A Son - 8 pts / 1 pick
=295 (178) Velocity Girl - 8 pts / 1 pick
=299 (252) Last Christmas - 6 pts / 2 picks
=308 (238) Bright Eyes - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (254) Rock And Roll Music - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (272) Train In Vain - 0 pts / 0 picks
=308 (259) What's My Name - 0 pts / 0 picks
Lifeblood
24. (17) 1985 - 1597 pts / 56 picks
65. (26) Solitude Sometimes Is - 867 pts / 39 picks
66. (108) I Live To Fall Asleep - 864 pts / 38 picks
70. (52) Empty Souls - 787 pts / 40 picks
83. (79) A Song For Departure - 638 pts / 27 picks
85. (86) To Repel Ghosts - 611 pts / 28 picks
112. (96) Glasnost - 371 pts / 18 picks
117. (124) Cardiff Afterlife - 352 pts / 17 picks
=117 (89) The Love Of Richard Nixon - 352 pts / 17 picks
145. (193) Always/Never - 244 pts / 10 picks
188. (185) Emily - 136 pts / 7 picks
258. (202) Fragments - 42 pts / 2 picks
Send Away The Tigers
22. (13) Your Love Alone Is Not Enough - 1657 pts / 67 picks
57. (31) Autumnsong - 931 pts / 41 picks
62. (56) Send Away The Tigers - 887 pts / 41 picks
104. (97) The Second Great Depression - 433 pts / 18 picks
113. (81) Imperial Bodybags - 367 pts / 21 picks
114. (113) Indian Summer - 359 pts / 19 picks
146. (93) Underdogs - 243 pts / 13 picks
180. (188) I'm Just A Patsy - 156 pts / 13 picks
=180 (166) Rendition - 156 pts / 9 picks
190. (184) Winterlovers - 135 pts / 9 picks
Journal For Plague Lovers
30. (21) Peeled Apples - 1417 pts / 57 picks
40. (39) This Joke Sport Severed - 1195 pts / 49 picks
51. (38) Jackie Collins Existential Question Time - 991 pts / 46 picks
67. (69) All Is Vanity - 858 pts / 35 picks
92. (101) William's Last Words - 554 pts / 28 picks
93. (71) Marlon JD - 549 pts / 27 picks
97. (106) Journal For Plague Lovers - 511 pts / 21 picks
116. (73) Me And Stephen Hawking - 353 pts / 21 picks
153. (99) Virginia State Epileptic Colony - 230 pts / 12 picks
= 166 (83) She Bathed Herself In A Bath of Bleach - 183 pts / 7 picks
169. (90) Doors Closing Slowly - 178 pts / 8 picks
186. (129) Facing Page: Top Left - 139 pts / 9 picks
=271 (164) Pretension/Repulsion - 28 pts / 3 picks
Postcards From A Young Man
49. (60) Golden Platitudes - 1006 pts / 40 picks
63. (49) Some Kind Of Nothingness - 878 pts / 37 picks
86. (44) Postcards From A Young Man - 588 pts / 30 picks
94. (77) (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love - 543 pts / 24 picks
128. (118) A Billion Balconies Facing The Sun - 295 pts / 15 picks
170. (172) The Future Has Been Here 4 Ever - 173 pts / 8 picks
=186 (189) The Descent (Pages 1 & 2) - 139 pts / 6 picks
191. (169) Hazelton Avenue - 134 pts / 7 picks
192. (149) All We Make Is Entertainment - 127 pts / 6 picks
246. (141) I Think I Found It - 49 pts / 4 picks
247. (251) Auto-Intoxication - 48 pts / 5 picks
261. (167) Don't Be Evil - 39 pts / 3 picks
Rewind The Film
47. (41) Rewind The Film - 1067 pts / 43 picks
55. (55) This Sullen Welsh Heart - 968 pts / 43 picks
58. (46) Show Me The Wonder - 901 pts / 38 picks
81. (40) 30-Year War - 656 pts / 33 picks
91. (62) Anthem For A Lost Cause - 563 pts / 25 picks
139. (128) Running Out Of Fantasy - 256 pts / 13 picks
161. (122) As Holy As the Soil (That Buries Your Skin) - 196 pts / 8 picks
163. (176) (I Miss the) Tokyo Skyline - 187 pts / 12 picks
200. (163) Builder Of Routines - 111 pts / 5 picks
204. (204) 4 Lonely Roads - 100 pts / 5 picks
233. (198) 3 Ways To See Despair - 63 pts / 5 picks
237. (160) Manorbier - 61 pts / 5 picks
Futurology
39. (43) Walk Me To The Bridge - 1223 pts / 59 picks
50. (42) Europa Geht Durch Mich - 1002 pts / 41 picks
84. (80) Dreaming A City (Hughesovka) - 636 pts / 25 picks
102. (95) The Next Jet To Leave Moscow - 448 pts / 23 picks
105. (100) Black Square - 423 pts / 17 picks
109. (61) Futurology - 400 pts / 21 picks
124. (147) Misguided Missile - 315 pts / 17 picks
140. (142) Let's Go To War - 255 pts / 13 picks
141. (92) Between The Clock And The Bed - 254 pts / 13 picks
152. (123) Divine Youth - 231 pts / 13 picks
177. (196) The View From Stow Hill - 159 pts / 10 picks
194. (158) Sex, Power, Love And Money - 121 pts / 9 picks
266. (209) Mayakovsky - 34 pts / 3 picks
Resistance Is Futile
27. (-) International Blue - 1520 pts / 66 picks
53. (-) Hold Me Like A Heaven - 979 pts / 42 picks
76. (-) Distant Colours - 709 pts / 28 picks
107. (-) People Give In - 417 pts / 22 picks
132. (-) Dylan & Caitlin - 271 pts / 15 picks
150. (-) In Eternity - 237 pts / 13 picks
=159 (-) Sequels Of Forgotten Wars - 204 pts / 7 picks
166. (-) A Song For The Sadness - 183 pts / 12 picks
202. (-) The Left Behind - 107 pts / 8 picks
209. (-) Broken Algorithms - 96 pts / 7 picks
=221 (-) Vivian - 75 pts / 5 picks
224. (-) Liverpool Revisited - 74 pts / 5 picks
The Ultra Vivid Lament
25. (-) Still Snowing In Sapporo - 1594 pts / 65 picks
46. (-) Complicated Illusions - 1071 pts / 42 picks
61. (-) Diapause - 890 pts / 38 picks
72. (-) Afterending - 735 pts / 34 picks
79. (-) The Secret He Had Missed - 690 pts / 37 picks
131. (-) Orwellian - 276 pts / 11 picks
137. (-) Quest For Ancient Colour - 261 pts / 13 picks
143. (-) Don't Let The Night Divide Us - 248 pts / 12 picks
176. (-) Blank Diary Entry - 160 pts / 7 picks
216. (-) Happy Bored Alone - 84 pts / 8 picks
238. (-) Into The Waves Of Love - 60 pts / 4 picks
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The B-side chart was headed by the same three songs as in 2015, and in the same order, but the difference this time was that Sepia was joining them as a fully-fledged member of the top 50! Comfort Comes jumped from number 7 in the 2015 B-side chart to number 4 here.
It's interesting that the last three songs are the only three to break into the top 20 that date after Lipstick Traces, although having said that there are a number of songs that make the top 20 that weren't selected for that collection.
Top 20 B-Sides
17. (23) Prologue To History - 2027 pts / 74 picks
41. (45) Donkeys - 1145 pts / 49 picks
42. (64) Sepia - 1108 pts / 47 picks
71. (105) Comfort Comes - 778 pts / 31 picks
98. (66) Patrick Bateman - 510 pts / 21 picks
103. (78) Mr Carbohydrate - 437 pts / 22 picks
123. (127) Automatik Teknicolour - 323 pts / 13 picks
127. (199) Montana/Autumn/78 - 297 pts / 12 picks
129. (103) Sorrow 16 - 294 pts / 16 picks
134. (156) Black Holes For The Young - 267 pts / 13 picks
142. (137) Dead Trees And Traffic Islands - 249 pts / 12 picks
148. (133) Democracy Coma - 241 pts / 11 picks
158. (110) Hibernation - 206 pts / 10 picks
159. (107) Bored Out Of My Mind - 204 pts / 12 picks
162. (138) Too Cold Here - 190 pts / 12 picks
=163 (157) Ballad Of The Bangkok Novotel - 187 pts / 8 picks
168. (120) Sculpture Of Man - 180 pts / 9 picks
171. (233) Boxes & Lists - 172 pts / 5 picks
173. (191) Anorexic Rodin - 165 pts / 8 picks
=173 (219) Love Letter To The Future - 165 pts / 7 picks
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As you can see from the chart below, cover versions seemed to be relatively unpopular in terms of votes, none of them made the top 50 and I actually had to downgrade it from a top 20 to a top 10 this time because of a lack of votes! Maybe it's because a lot of them are tucked away, hidden from view and memory as B-sides/hidden tracks etc. or maybe they just don't stand up as well when you put them next to the originals. No surprises with the chart topper here, the only cover to make the top 100.
Top 10 Covers
59. (37) Theme From MASH (Suicide Is Painless) - 900 pts / 34 picks
135. (148) This Is The Day - 264 pts / 14 picks
165. (161) Umbrella - 186 pts / 8 picks
179. (230) Vision Blurred - 157 pts / 4 picks
185. (182) We Are All Bourgeois Now - 147 pts / 7 picks
208. (159) Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - 97 pts / 6 picks
225. (174) Can't Take My Eyes Off You - 72 pts / 3 picks
=256 (272) Wake Up Alone - 43 pts / 1 pick
259. (-) (Feels Like) Heaven - 41 pts / 2 picks
260. (241) Charles Windsor - 40 pts / 3 picks
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With 38 songs on it, you might expect all of the 'National Treasures' songs to get in the top 50. Not at all, competition for places was fierce and 17 of them ended up missing out, leaving plenty of places for your favourite album tracks, B-sides and songs that post-date that collection. 13 out of the final top 20 and 8 out of the top 10 were singles though, so they did provide many of the high scorers.
National Treasures
1. (1) Motorcycle Emptiness - 4910 pts / 119 picks
2. (2) Faster - 4820 pts / 117 picks
3. (3) A Design For Life - 4567 pts / 116 picks
4. (5) If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - 3309 pts / 89 picks
7. (10) Little Baby Nothing - 2839 pts / 82 picks
8. (8) La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) - 2776 pts / 87 picks
9. (12) From Despair To Where - 2754 pts / 86 picks
10. (6) You Love Us - 2722 pts / 90 picks
11. (7) Motown Junk - 2628 pts / 79 picks
13. (9) Stay Beautiful - 2423 pts / 83 picks
16. (20) The Masses Against The Classes - 2037 pts / 74 picks
18. (36) Everything Must Go - 1814 pts / 62 picks
20. (18) Roses In The Hospital - 1754 pts / 65 picks
21. (25) Tsunami - 1749 pts / 68 picks
22. (13) Your Love Alone Is Not Enough - 1657 pts / 67 picks
31. (27) The Everlasting - 1388 pts / 52 picks
35. (32) Life Becoming A Landslide - 1282 pts / 46 picks
36. (33) Found That Soul - 1262 pts / 49 picks
37. (65) Slash N' Burn - 1260 pts / 56 picks
43. (58) Kevin Carter - 1103 pts / 42 picks
44. (19) Revol - 1099 pts / 46 picks
54. (50) Ocean Spray - 977 pts / 43 picks
57. (31) Autumnsong - 931 pts / 41 picks
59. (37) Theme From MASH (Suicide Is Painless) - 900 pts / 34 picks
60. (53) Australia - 897 pts / 34 picks
63. (49) Some Kind Of Nothingness - 878 pts / 37 picks
70. (52) Empty Souls - 787 pts / 40 picks
73. (67) You Stole The Sun From My Heart - 732 pts / 31 picks
80. (70) Let Robeson Sing - 675 pts / 29 picks
=81 (54) She Is Suffering - 656 pts / 28 picks
86. (44) Postcards From A Young Man - 588 pts / 30 picks
88. (98) There By The Grace Of God - 573 pts / 25 picks
94. (77) (It's Not War) Just The End Of Love - 543 pts / 24 picks
95. (85) Love's Sweet Exile - 525 pts / 21 picks
114. (113) Indian Summer - 359 pts / 19 picks
=117 (89) The Love Of Richard Nixon - 352 pts / 17 picks
122. (121) So Why So Sad - 331 pts / 19 picks
135. (148) This Is The Day - 264 pts / 14 picks
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With the last few albums seeing duets becoming more common with our heroes, I've updated the top 10 from 2015 below to see how they measure up. Two of the newest ones have already made a name for themselves!
Top 10 Duets
7. (10) Little Baby Nothing - 2839 pts / 82 picks
22. (13) Your Love Alone Is Not Enough - 1657 pts / 67 picks
47. (41) Rewind The Film - 1067 pts / 43 picks
50. (42) Europa Geht Durch Mich - 1002 pts / 41 picks
55. (55) This Sullen Welsh Heart - 968 pts / 43 picks
63. (49) Some Kind Of Nothingness - 878 pts / 37 picks
79. (-) The Secret He Had Missed - 690 pts / 37 picks
132. (-) Dylan & Caitlin - 271 pts / 15 picks
134. (156) Black Holes For The Young - 267 pts / 13 picks
141. (92) Between The Clock And The Bed - 254 pts / 13 picks
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Now we all know that no one chart is any more valid than the others, we all have 1275 points to share out and share them we did. But just out of interest, how many did you share with the final top 50? It's ranked in order but remember it doesn't mean your chart was any better or worse than anyone else's! If you had one of the lower numbers that just means you're special and unique. And a little bit weird. Even for a Manics fan.....
There was also a prize of Marc Burrows' book 'Manic Street Preachers Album By Album', which featured four of our top 50 participants (Dom, Adam, Tracey and Emily), and went to Heather for sharing the most songs with the final 50. Adam (@MarshFactor) relinquished his title from 2015 and had to be content with second place this time along with myself. That would have been embarrassing if I had won!
Participants' Picks Shared With The Final Top 50
38 - @heather1917
36 -@Pyfbrown @MarshFactor
35 - @Diagrid3 @democracycoma1
34 - @archivesofjames @deporbags Peter Stockdale
33 - @Parky1977 @jacarnie @domlikesrabbits
32 - @_happycactus @SteveBurnett_ @cam_sh @RicheyJones1234 @RichKelly_ @MovieEvangelist
31 - @LeesonPalmer @havinaradox @Paul_Franklyn @MonkeyMarl @AChinnick90 @Raindogtaylor @oldcornc @traceyw1981
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