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| Released | 18 May 2009 | |||
| Recorded | October 2008 – February 2009 | |||
| Studio | Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales | |||
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| Length | 42:37 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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Journal for Plague Lovers is the ninth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 18 May 2009 by Columbia Records. Recorded between October 2008 and February 2009 and produced by Steve Albini and Dave Eringa, it features exclusively posthumously published lyrics by Richey Edwards, who disappeared on 1 February 1995 and was presumed deceased in 2008. It is the only Manic Street Preachers album in which the lyrics for every song were written solely by Edwards.[1]
The album received critical acclaim upon release and debuted at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
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