Manic Street Preachers are an alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Blackwood, Wales, UK. Their discography consists of 15 studio albums, four compilation albums, one box set, 10 deluxe reissues, two UK chart-eligible EPs, seven other EPs, 59 UK chart-eligible singles, seven other singles, 203 B-sides, five video albums, and 78 music videos, plus appearances on various artist compilations.

For singles, the band has a record 34 consecutive UK Top 40 hits, including two number ones with 1998's "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" and 2000's "The Masses Against the Classes", with a total of 97 weeks in the Top 40. This run started with 1991's "Stay Beautiful", which peaked at number 40, and ended with 2010's "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love", which peaked at number 28. In addition, all 19 singles from 1996's "A Design for Life" to 2007's "Indian Summer" made the Top 20 in the UK. Overall, the band has spent 179 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, with the longest unbroken chart run being 17 weeks for "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next".

For albums, the most successful is Everything Must Go (1996), which spent 104 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, with 102 of those in the Top 75. This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) was the band's first number one album, enjoying 74 weeks in the chart. All 15 of the band's studio albums have charted within the Top 15, with the lowest being Generation Terrorists (1992) and Lifeblood (2004), both of which peaked at number 13. All of the Manic Street Preachers' studio albums from Send Away the Tigers (2007) onwards have gone Top 5 in the UK, with The Ultra Vivid Lament (2021) becoming their first number one album in 23 years. The band has a record of 240 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, 145 of those spent in the Top 40. Outside the UK, the band has been most successful in Ireland and Finland, reaching number one in those countries, as well as in Sweden.

Albums

Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK BEL FIN GER IRL JPN NLD NZL SCO SWI Generation TerroristsReleased: 10 February 1992 Label: Columbia 13 — — — — 60 — — 13 —BPI: Gold Gold Against the SoulReleased: 21 June 1993 Label: Columbia 8 — — 95 — 32 — — 5 —BPI: Gold The Holy BibleReleased: 29 August 1994 Label: Epic 6 — — — — 48 — — 9 —BPI: Gold Everything Must GoReleased: 20 May 1996 Label: Epic 2 — 29 — 12 50 63 29 2 —BPI: 3× Platinum This Is My Truth Tell Me YoursReleased: 14 September 1998 Label: Epic/Virgin 1 32 1 27 1 27 24 11 1 47BPI: 3× Platinum GLF: Gold IFPI FIN: Gold IFPI NOR: Gold NVPI: Gold Know Your EnemyReleased: 19 March 2001 Label: Epic 2 19 3 13 5 26 39 21 2 40 BPI: Gold LifebloodReleased: 1 November 2004 Label: Epic 13 72 15 56 15 47 65 — 8 81 BPI: Silver Send Away the TigersReleased: 7 May 2007 Label: Columbia 2 57 10 50 4 39 35 33 2 43BPI: Gold IRMA: Gold Journal for Plague LoversReleased: 18 May 2009 Label: Columbia 3 69 23 49 6 24 88 35 3 30BPI: Silver Postcards from a Young ManReleased: 20 September 2010 Label: Columbia 3 55 20 65 13 36 62 — 2 87BPI: Gold Rewind the FilmReleased: 16 September 2013 Label: Columbia 4 74 27 31 5 77 62 — 4 51BPI: Silver FuturologyReleased: 7 July 2014 Label: Columbia 2 57 17 33 8 36 42 — 5 51 Resistance Is FutileReleased: 13 April 2018 Label: Columbia 2 45 — 20 5 39 73 — 1 18BPI: Silver The Ultra Vivid LamentReleased: 10 September 2021 Label: Columbia 1 62 39 12 9 58 — — 1 46 Critical ThinkingReleased: 14 February 2025 Label: Columbia 2 80 41 27 25 37 — — 1 18 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications UK DEN FIN BEL IRL JPN NLD NOR SCO SPN Forever DelayedReleased: 28 October 2002 Label: Sony Available as a 1-CD standard edition and a 2-CD special edition 4 14 7 36 7 68 67 32 4 —BPI: 2× Platinum Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)Released: 14 July 2003 Label: Sony 11 — 28 — 21 — — — 6 — National Treasures – The Complete SinglesReleased: 31 October 2011 Label: Columbia 10 — — — 30 125 — — 7 70 BPI: Gold Sleep Next to PlasticReleased: 5 July 2022 Label: Sony — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets + List of box setsTitleDetails Six Singles from Generation TerroristsReleased: 13 September 1997 Label: Epic

Deluxe reissues + List of deluxe reissuesTitleDetails The Holy Bible (10th Anniversary Edition)Released: 6 December 2004 Label: Epic Everything Must Go (10th Anniversary Edition)Released: 6 November 2006 Label: Sony Generation Terrorists (20th Anniversary Edition)Released: 5 November 2012 Label: Sony The Holy Bible (20th Anniversary Edition)Released: 8 December 2014 Label: Sony Everything Must Go (20th Anniversary Edition)Released: 20 May 2016 Label: Sony Send Away the Tigers (10th Anniversary Edition)Released: 12 May 2017 Label: Sony This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (20th Anniversary Edition)Released: 7 December 2018 Label: Sony Gold Against the Soul (Special Edition)Released: 12 June 2020 Label: Sony Know Your Enemy (Special Edition)Released: 9 September 2022 Label: Sony Lifeblood (20th Anniversary Edition)Released: 12 April 2024 Label: Sony

UK chart-eligible singles and EPs + List of singles and EPs, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positionsCertifications Album UK Chart position for "This is the Day" (2011) AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks:

Top 50 peaks: N.B. This site incorrectly lists the peak for 'This Is My Truth, Tell Yours' as #14. This occurred due to ARIA erroneously listing Grinspoon's 'Pushing Buttons' (an EP) in the albums chart at #5 during the same week the Manic Street Preachers album debuted. The EP was removed from the albums chart the following week and placed in the singles chart. "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours": N.B. This scan lists the correct HP (highest position) of 13 for the album. "Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is Painless)": "You Stole the Sun From My Heart": Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Peaks below 100: FIN BEL IRE NLD NOR NZL SCO SWE "Suicide Alley" 1988 — — — — — — — — — —Underground Rockers Volume 2 (Various artists) New Art Riot E.P. 1990 — — — — — — — — — —Non-album tracks "Motown Junk" 1991 94 — — — — — — — — — "You Love Us" 62 — — — — — — — — — "Stay Beautiful" 40 186 — — — — — — 51 — Generation Terrorists "Love's Sweet Exile" / "Repeat" (double A-side) 26 — — — — — — — 56 — "You Love Us" (Sony version) 1992 16 — — — — — — — 47 — "Slash 'n' Burn" 20 158 — — — — — — 52 — "Motorcycle Emptiness" 17 151 — 35 — 21 — 35 39 — BPI: Gold "Theme From M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless)" 7 139 — — 12 — — 40 — 21 Ruby Trax (Various artists) "Little Baby Nothing" 29 — — — — — — — 49 — Generation Terrorists "From Despair to Where" 1993 25 — — — — — — — — — Gold Against the Soul "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" 22 — — — — — — — — — "Roses in the Hospital" 15 — — — — — — — — — Life Becoming a Landslide E.P. 1994 36 — — — — — — — — — "Faster" / "P.C.P." (double A-side) 16 — — — — — — — 81 — The Holy Bible "Revol" 22 — — — — — — — 25 — "She Is Suffering" 25 — — — — — — — 33 — "A Design for Life" 1996 2 50 — — 17 — — 48 2 — BPI: Platinum Everything Must Go "Everything Must Go" 5 — 18 — — — — — 5 — "Kevin Carter" 9 — — — — — — — 8 — "Australia" 7 150 — — — — — — 5 — "Stay Beautiful" (reissue)[A] 1997 52 — — — — — — — — — Six Singles from Generation Terrorists "Love's Sweet Exile" / "Repeat" (double A-side, reissue)[A] 55 — — — — — — — — — "You Love Us" (Sony version, reissue)[A] 49 — — — — — — — — — "Slash 'n' Burn" (reissue)[A] 54 — — — — — — — — — "Motorcycle Emptiness" (reissue)[A] 41 — — — — — — — — — "Little Baby Nothing" (reissue)[A] 50 — — — — — — — — — "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" 1998 1 49 — 63 3 62 19 44 3 21 BPI: Platinum This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours "The Everlasting" 11 160 — — 22 47 — — 9 — "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" 1999 5 97 — — 20 94 — — 5 — BPI: Silver "Tsunami" 11 — 13 — 24 — — — 12 — "The Masses Against the Classes" 2000 1 — 4 — 7 — 12 — 1 —Non-album track "So Why So Sad" [B] 2001 8 113 4 — 16 88 — — 7 26 Know Your Enemy "Found That Soul" [B] 9 — — — 17 — — — 9 — "Ocean Spray" 15 — — — 28 — — — 15 — "Let Robeson Sing" 19 — — — — — — — 22 — "There by the Grace of God" 2002 6 — 9 — 16 — — — 7 — Forever Delayed "The Love of Richard Nixon" 2004 2 — — — 17 — — — 4 — Lifeblood "Empty Souls" 2005 2 — — — 18 — — — 5 — "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" 2007 2 — — 57 7 78 5 20 1 48 BPI: Silver Send Away the Tigers "Autumnsong" 10 — — — 43 — — — 3 — "Indian Summer" 22 — — — — — — — 6 — "Umbrella" (unofficial release)2008 47 — — — — — — — — — NME Awards 2008 (Various artists) "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" 2010 28 — — 88 — — — — 27 — Postcards from a Young Man "Some Kind of Nothingness" 44 — — — — — — — 42 — "Postcards from a Young Man" 2011 54 — — — — — — — 58 — "This Is the Day" 144 — — — — — — — — — National Treasures – The Complete Singles "Show Me the Wonder" 2013 77 — — 132 — — — — 79 — Rewind the Film "Anthem for a Lost Cause" 200 — — — — — — — — — "Walk Me to the Bridge" 2014 — — — — — — — — — — Futurology "Futurology" — — — — — — — — — — "Together Stronger (C'mon Wales)" 2016 — — — — — — — — — —Non-album track "International Blue" 2017 — — — 91 — — — — 78 — Resistance Is Futile "Distant Colours"2018 — — — — — — — — 93 — "Dylan & Caitlin" — — — — — — — — — — "Liverpool Revisited" — — — — — — — — — — "Hold Me Like a Heaven" — — — — — — — — — — "People Give In" — — — — — — — — 91 — "Orwellian"2021 — — — — — — — — — — The Ultra Vivid Lament "The Secret He Had Missed" 83 — — — — — — — — — "Rosebud"2022 — — — — — — — — — — Know Your Enemy (2022 Reissue) "Studies in Paralysis" — — — — — — — — — — "Decline & Fall" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — Critical Thinking "Hiding in Plain Sight" — — — — — — — — — — "People Ruin Paintings" 2025 — — — — — — — — — — "Brushstrokes of Reunion" — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

A ^All six singles from Generation Terrorists (1991–1992) were reissued on 13 September 1997. B ^"So Why So Sad" and "Found That Soul" were two separate singles released on the same day (26 February 2001).

Other singles and EPs + List of singles and EPs, with selected chart positions Title Year Notes Peak chart positions Album JPN "UK Channel Boredom" 1990Free record with the March 1990 issues of Hopelessly Devoted and Goldmining fanzines —Non-album tracks Feminine Is Beautiful1991Mail-order only — Stars and Stripes - Generation Terrorists US Mix1992Japan-only release —Generation Terrorists (US mix) Done & Dusted1994Promo-only —The Holy Bible (remixes) "Further Away"1996Japan-only releases —Everything Must Go "Nobody Loved You"1998 —This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Know Our B-Sides2001 —Non-album tracks Forever Delayed E.P.2002 — Forever Delayed "Motorcycle Emptiness"2003Reissued in Finland and Germany with newly-recorded B-sides — God Save the Manics2005Given away free at the last show of the Lifeblood tour at Hammersmith Odeon on 19 April 2005 —Non-album tracks "Underdogs"2007Limited edition of 1000 copies —Send Away the Tigers "The Ghosts of Christmas"Free download from the band's website —Non-album track Journal for Plague Lovers Remixes2009iTunes-exclusive download46Journal for Plague Lovers (remixes) "Let the Light Return" 2025Sold exclusively on the band's website —Non-album track "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

B-sides