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The B-side ‘Comfort Comes’ is definitely the bridge to ‘The Holy Bible’, but interestingly the demo of the title track of ‘Gold Against The Soul’ is very ‘The Holy Bible’,” said Wire. No doubt the 1993 audio could have done with a EQ tweak here and there, but this is way beyond that.Life Becoming A Landslide' is one of Richey's sadder lyrics, containing the words: "My idea of love comes from, a childhood glimpse of pornography/But there is no true love, just a finely tuned jealousy. When I found that demo and played it to James, he was shocked as well at how it fitted in with our later post-punk ideas.
We haven’t always been the most complementary about this album in the past, but with hindsight it was a strange and curious record with many fan’s favourites on it. This is all the more disappointing because the Manics are normally pretty good at offering decent value packages when it comes to reissues.Gold Against the Soul is the second studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. The album presents a different sound from their debut album, not only in terms of lyrics but in sound. All lyrics are written by Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire; all music is composed by James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore No.