Peeled Apples 2009. Peeled Apples "Peeled Apples" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It is the opening track of the band's ninth studio album, "Journal for Plague Lovers". Produced by Steve Albini, the song, along with the other tracks of the album, features posthumous lyrics by Richey Edwards, who disappeared on 1 February 1995, and was declared legally dead in 2008. The song debuted on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program on 25 March 2009. The lyrics of the song is taken from the notebooks and the artwork which Richey Edwards left to the band members just
Manic Street Preachers for Life', it was six months of misery. "Lifeblood" doesn't seek to exorcise Edwards' ghost, though, just admits that there are no answers". Tony Visconti helped the band produce three songs on the album, which was followed by a UK arena tour in December 2004. "Empty Souls" and "The Love of Richard Nixon" were the two singles released from the album, both reaching No. 2 in the UK. A tenth-anniversary edition of "The Holy Bible" was released on 6 December 2004, which included a digitally remastered version of the original album, a rare U.S. mix (which the band themselves have