Generation Terrorists

Generation Terrorists
Studio album by
Manic Street Preachers
Released10 February 1992
RecordedJuly–December 1991
StudioBlack Barn Studios in London, England
Genre
Length73:00
LabelColumbia
ProducerSteve Brown, The Bomb Squad (track 8)
Manic Street Preachers chronology
New Art Riot E.P.
(1990) 		Generation Terrorists
(1992) 		Gold Against the Soul
(1993)
Singles from Generation Terrorists
  1. "Stay Beautiful"
    Released: 29 July 1991
  2. "Love's Sweet Exile"
    Released: 28 October 1991
  3. "You Love Us"
    Released: 16 January 1992
  4. "Slash 'n' Burn"
    Released: 16 March 1992
  5. "Motorcycle Emptiness"
    Released: 1 June 1992
  6. "Little Baby Nothing"
    Released: 16 November 1992

Generation Terrorists is the debut studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 10 February 1992 by Columbia Records.

On the back of significant media attention and a "disproportionately high press profile" generated by the band's previously released single "Motown Junk" from 1991,[1] Generation Terrorists was long-awaited by critics[2] thanks to the members' proclamation that their debut would be the "greatest rock album ever"[3] and sell around sixteen million copies around the world, "from Bangkok to Senegal".[4] Recorded between July and December 1991 and released in February 1992, the album did not meet these sales figures but it was nonetheless ultimately certified Gold in the United Kingdom[5] and also charted within the Top 100 in Japan.[6]

  1. ^ Price 1999, p. 61.
  2. ^ Price 1999, p. 74.
  3. ^ Tangari, Joe (23 February 2004). "Manic Street Preachers: Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers | Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. ^ Price 1999, p. 36.
  5. ^ Price 1999, p. 79.
  6. ^ "Japanese Chart Positions". Oricon. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.