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The Line Of Best Fit
Postcards From a Young Man is a wonderful album; the sound of a band practically bursting with justified confidence in themselves and in their songs
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9.0
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The Music Fix
There is a sad wistfulness to Postcards From A Young Man, at times heartbreakingly so
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8.0
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The Fly
‘Postcards...’ is yet more proof that, twenty years into existence, Manic Street Preachers are in the form of their life
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8.0
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Uncut
The Manics haven't sounded this confident since Motown Junk
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8.0
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Q
Still raging, not drowning, their flame burns unfashionably on. Print edition only
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8.0
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BBC
It's – and this isn't a phrase often associated with the Manics – an incredibly jolly rock record
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8.0
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NME
As it plays, you're struck by the fact that no one else does anything like it: reason enough for the Manic Street Preachers' continued existence
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8.0
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The Irish Times
This is as punchy as Your Love Alone Is Not Enough , and also operates as a bit of a masterclass in composition and execution
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8.0
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Daily Telegraph
Their best in ages
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8.0
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Clash
If you can’t love these songs, you are incapable of experiencing joy itself
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8.0
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The Quietus
The sound of a band shedding the baggage of a turbulent past, and in the process thrillingly rediscovering their incendiary spirit
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8.0
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Rave Magazine
Those resilient Welshmen have combined two of their most successful talents to create a cracking tenth album – pure and simple
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FasterLouder
There is a vague, unsurprising concept running through Postcards From A Young Man, but it never feels laboured or self-important
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Pitchfork
An inviting, populist album that deserves the attention
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7.0
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NME
Poignant, joyful and above all really, really loud. Print edition only
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7.0
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music OMH
Longtime Manics fans will likely find plenty to love in this polished, grandiose "last attempt at mass communication" from an enigmatic rock 'n' roll institution
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The Skinny
It seems that in trying to second-guess what the massed classes want, they’ve ever-so-slightly taken their eye off the ball
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6.0
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Mojo
In their hands, grandiose needn't be a dirty word. Print edition only
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Evening Standard
Yet again they'll be criticised for losing their edge — but many will as be happy to have something new to whistle
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6.0
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Pop Matters
Although far from being a disaster, the uninitiated should become familiar with something more enduring before settling for Postcards from a Young Man
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6.0
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Drowned In Sound
[The] polished retro pop doesn’t ultimately play to the strong suits of a band who thrive on anger, anthems and the odd bit of absurdity
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6.0
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The Scotsman
It's not the brazen pitch for the Radio 2 playlist that is the problem, it is the relative blandness of the MOR songwriting and the over-egged arrangements that underwhelm
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The Observer
After 20 years at the coalface of British pop, it's as if these bloody-minded refuseniks still haven't quite mastered the fine art of being crude
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