Forever Delayed

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For the DVD of the same name that was released around the same time as this album, see Forever Delayed (DVD).

Forever Delayed
Compilation album by Manic Street Preachers
Released	October 28, 2002
Recorded	1991 through 2002
Genre	Rock
Length	75:34
Label	Sony
Producer	Various
Professional reviews
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Manic Street Preachers chronology
Know Your Enemy (2001) Forever Delayed (2002) Lipstick Traces (2003)

Forever Delayed is a greatest hits album by the Manic Street Preachers, released in 2002.

The album included three singles which had never appeared on the earlier albums ("Motown Junk", "Suicide Is Painless" and "The Masses Against The Classes"), the latter being one of the band's two UK #1 hits, along with "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next". Several songs were edited for length ("Motorcycle Emptiness", "You Love Us", "Australia", "Everything Must Go", "Little Baby Nothing" and "The Everlasting") so that more tracks could fit onto the CD. The album entered the UK Album Chart at #4.

The album featured two new songs; the single "There By The Grace Of God" and "Door To The River". "Door to the River" was originally recorded in the sessions for the Know Your Enemy album, but the band deemed the song to be too unfitting to the album's general style. "There By the Grace of God" can be seen as a foreshadowing of things to come, as it features a more electronic/keyboard-heavy style that would eventually be the main style of the band's next studio album, Lifeblood.

The tracklisting wasn't chronological; however it gave an excellent representation of the Manic's work so far and showed how far the band had progressed musically and lyrically since they formed.

The title of Forever Delayed is lifted from the lyrics of their song "Roses In The Hospital" (which ironically does not feature on the CD album). This title for their greatest hits package had also been planned for several years previous, Nicky Wire first mentions it in Everything - A Book About Manic Street Preachers published in 1998.

[edit] Playlist

1. "A Design for Life" (April 15, 1996)
2. "Motorcycle Emptiness" (June 1, 1992)
3. "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (August 24, 1998)
4. "La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" (July 26, 1993)
5. "There by the Grace of God" (October 24, 2002)
6. "You Love Us" (January 16 1992)
7. "Australia" (December 16 1996)
8. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" (March 8, 1999)
9. "Kevin Carter" (September 30 1996)
10. "Tsunami" (July 5 1999)
11. "The Masses Against the Classes" (January 10, 2000)
12. "From Despair to Where" (June 7 1993)
13. "Door To The River"
14. "Everything Must Go" (July 29 1996)
15. "Faster" (June 6, 1994)
16. "Little Baby Nothing" (November 15 1992)
17. "Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)" (September 7 1992)
18. "So Why So Sad" (February 26, 2001)
19. "The Everlasting" (November 30 1998)
20. "Motown Junk" (January 21, 1991)

[edit] Ltd Edition CD2 (Remixes)

1. "La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)" (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
2. "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (David Holmes Remix)
3. "Tsunami" (Cornelius Remix)
4. "So Why So Sad" (The Avalanches Remix)
5. "Faster" (The Chemical Brothers Remix)
6. "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (Massive Attack Remix)
7. "Kevin Carter" (Jon Carter Remix)
8. "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (David Holmes Remix)
9. "Tsunami" (Stereolab Remix)
10. "Let Robeson Sing" (Ian Brown Remix)
11. "The Everlasting" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)
12. "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (Mogwai Remix)
13. "A Design For Life" (Stealth Sonic Orchestra Remix)

v • d • e Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield • Nicky Wire • Sean Moore Flicker (Miles Woodward)  • Richey James Edwards Studio albums "Generation Terrorists" (1992) • "Gold Against the Soul" (1993) • "The Holy Bible" (1994) • "Everything Must Go" (1996) • "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours" (1998) • "Know Your Enemy" (2001) • "Lifeblood" (2004) • "Send Away the Tigers" (2007) Singles and EPs "Suicide Alley" (1989) • "New Art Riot EP" (1990) • "Motown Junk" (1991) • "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" (1991) • "Feminine Is Beautiful" (1991) • "Stay Beautiful" (1991) • "Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" (1991) • "You Love Us" (1991) • "Slash 'N' Burn" (1992) • "Motorcycle Emptiness" (1992) • "Little Baby Nothing" (1992) • "Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)" (1992) • "From Despair To Where" (1993) • "La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh)" (1993) • "Roses In The Hospital" (1993) • "Life Becoming A Landslide EP" (1994) • "Faster/P.C.P." (1994) • "Revol" (1994) • "She Is Suffering" (1994) • "A Design for Life" (1996) • "Everything Must Go" (1996) • "Kevin Carter" (1996) • "Australia" (1996) • "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (1998) • "The Everlasting" (1998) • "You Stole The Sun From My Heart" (1999) • "Tsunami" (1999) • "The Masses Against The Classes" (2000) • "Found That Soul" (2001) • "So Why So Sad" (2001) • "Ocean Spray" (2001) • "Let Robeson Sing" (2001) • "There By The Grace Of God" (2002) • "The Love Of Richard Nixon" (2004) • "Empty Souls" (2005) • "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" (2007) • "Autumnsong" (2007) • "Indian Summer" (2007) Promos "UK Channel Boredom" (1990) • "God Save The Manics EP" (2005) • " Underdogs" (2007) • "Ghost Of Christmas" (2007) Other releases "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (1995)  • "Know Our B-Sides" (2001)  • Leviathan" (2005)  • "The Instrumental" (2006) • "Umbrella" (2008) Compilation albums "Forever Delayed" (2002) • "Lipstick Traces" (2003) Box Sets "Six Singles from Generation Terrorists" (1997) Videos "Everything Live" (1997) • "Leaving the 20th Century" (2000) • "Louder Than War" (2001) • "Forever Delayed" (2002) Official book "Forever Delayed" (2002) Related articles Manic Street Preachers Discography Manic Street Preachers B-sides