'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.
Tracklist
Side A
A1. Still Snowing in Sapporo - Manic Street Preachers
A2. Orwellian - Manic Street Preachers
A3. The Secret He Had Missed - Manic Street Preachers
A4. Quest for Ancient Colour - Manic Street Preachers
A5. Don't Let the Night Divide Us - Manic Street Preachers
Side B
B6. Diapause - Manic Street Preachers
B7. Complicated Illusions - Manic Street Preachers
B8. Into the Waves of Love - Manic Street Preachers
B9. Blank Diary Entry - Manic Street Preachers
B10. Happy Bored Alone - Manic Street Preachers
B11. Afterending - Manic Street Preachers
7" single
C Orwellian
D Orwellian (Gwenno Remix)