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
Send Away the Tigers revolution". "I'm Just a Patsy" is a direct quotation from Lee Harvey Oswald - who is referenced in the song - upon his public denial of the murder of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Nina Persson from The Cardigans shares vocals on "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough", the first single from the album. The song "Rendition" concerns the act of extraordinary rendition, which has been described as a global system of human rights violations. The song is partly inspired by the Academy Award-winning 1982 film "Missing" starring Jack Lemmon. The photographs used as the album artwork are taken from