Send Away the Tigers Send Away the Tigers Send Away the Tigers is the eighth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 7 May 2007 by record label Columbia. It reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was due to hit number 1 in the charts, but at the end of the week 690 copies separated the Manics from the Arctic Monkeys on the top spot. The album is named after a phrase the English comedian Tony Hancock used to refer to "battling one's inner demons by getting drunk". The album is widely seen as a
Send Away the Tigers received its premiere on the Phill Jupitus show on BBC 6 Music on Saint David's Day (1 March 2007). The album was released on May 7, 2007, and it entered and peaked the UK Album Chart at number 2, it sold 38,769 copies in the first week, the album was BPI certified as achieving Gold status (100,000 copies) during week 30 of 2007. In Ireland the album peaked at number 4, being certified Gold in that region as well. It reached the Top 10 in Finland and as for Europe, the album peaked at number 9 in the European charts.