Futurology (album) Futurology (album) Futurology is the twelfth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released on 7 July 2014 by record label Columbia. The album features contributions from Green Gartside, Nina Hoss, Georgia Ruth, Cian Ciaran and Cate Le Bon. Supported by two singles, "Walk Me to the Bridge" and the title track "Futurology", the album has been met with critical acclaim and it was their highest charting album since "Send Away the Tigers", peaking and debuting at number 2 on the UK Album Chart. "Futurology" was the Manics' second new album to be released in
Journal for Plague Lovers Pitchfork's Joe Tangari, who summarized the album thus: "Even if it were the desperate or cynical move some people have claimed it is, there's no denying that purging Edwards' old lyric folder has helped the band create its best album in a decade. Quite simply, they haven't sounded so focused or so purposeful in a long, long time, and they are at their best with a sense of purpose underpinning their music." Likewise, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic remarked that "they were making inroads in this direction on 2007's "Send Away the Tigers" – for tight, clanking, cantankerous guitars" and