Manic Street Preachers Gold Against The Soul 180g LP

Originally released in June 1993, the second studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers followed their 1992 debut album, Generation Terrorists. Gold Against The Soul contains the hit singles "From Despair To Where", "Roses In The Hospital", "La Tristesse Durera" and "Life Becoming A Landslide".

In a March 2020 interview with NME, bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire said of the album: "It's a strange and curious record. It's not our greatest record, but it's worth further investigation. It's kind of misunderstood and unloved by us. James [Dean Bradfield, frontman], Sean [Moore, drummer] and I aren't the greatest fans of it, but our fans have a peculiar attachment to it... We didn't know what direction we were going. It felt like we were gorging on a lot of American rock in particular, whereas [seminal 1994 album] 'The Holy Bible' was all our British influences and new wave. 'Gold Against The Soul' was all Alice In Chains and Red Hot Chili Peppers. I was going through a phase of wanting to be Flea. James was a slave to melody at the time. He was going through a Queen phase. I remember our manager at the time Philip Hall saying that he could imagine Freddie Mercury singing 'La Tristesse Durera'. His voice is so powerful."