Journal for Plague Lovers Journal for Plague Lovers Journal for Plague Lovers is the ninth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released in May 2009 by record label Columbia. Recorded between October 2008 and February 2009 and produced by Steve Albini and Dave Eringa, it features exclusively posthumous-published lyrics by Richey Edwards, who disappeared on 1 February 1995 and was presumed deceased in 2008. It is the only Manic Street Preachers album in which the lyrics for every song were written solely by Edwards. The album received a very positive critical reception and debuted at number 3 in the UK
The Masses Against the Classes "The Masses Against the Classes" reaching number one and reaching the top 20 in other 3 countries and the fact that ′′This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours′′ was a commercial and critical success, this is frequently pointed as the peak in the Manic Street Preachers career. "The Masses Against the Classes" was released both as a CD single and numbered 10"; each version also featured the songs "Close My Eyes" and a cover of Chuck Berry’s "Rock and Roll Music". It was included on the Manic Street Preachers' Greatest Hits album, "Forever Delayed". A live version of the song