Manics reveal album tracklisting

Manic Street Preachers have unveiled the tracklisting for their ninth studio album, Journal For Plague Lovers.

The album is released on May 18 with a sleeve featuring an original painting by Jenny Saville, whose work graced the front of the band's 1994 LP The Holy Bible.

Journal For Plague Lovers was recorded in Rockfield studio in Wales and produced by Steve Albini.

It includes 13 new songs with lyrics left to the band by missing guitarist Richey James Edwards.

The band said: "The brilliance and intelligence of the lyrics dictated that we had to finally use them.

"The use of language is stunning and topics include 'The Grande Odalisque' by Ingres, Marlon Brando, Giant Haystacks, celebrity, consumerism and dysmorphia, all reiterating the genius and intellect of Richard James Edwards."

Manic Street Preachers support the album with a full UK tour in May and June.

The full tracklisting for the album is as follows:

• 'Peeled Apples'


• 'Jackie Collins Existential Question Time'


• 'Me and Stephen Hawking'


• 'This Joke Sport Severed'


• 'Journal For Plague Lovers'


• 'She Bathed Herself In A Bath Of Bleach'


• 'Facing Page: Top Left'


• 'Marlon J.D.'


• 'Doors Closing Slowly'


• 'All Is Vanity'


• 'Pretension/Repulsion'


• 'Virginia State Epileptic Colony'


• 'William's Last Words'