This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours

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This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
Studio album by Manic Street Preachers
Released	August 25, 1998
Recorded	Chateau De La Rouge Motte, France; Mono Valley Studios, Monmouth, Wales; Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Wales. 1997-1998
Genre	Rock, alternative rock
Length	63:10
Label	Epic (UK), Virgin (US)
Producer	Mike Hedges Dave Eringa
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link NME (7/10) link Pitchfork (9.5/10) link Q link
Manic Street Preachers chronology
Everything Must Go (1996) This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (1998) Know Your Enemy (2001)

This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours is an album by the Manic Street Preachers. It was released in September 1998 on Epic Records and in the United States the following year on Virgin Records.

The title is a quotation taken from a speech given by Welsh British Labour Party politician Aneurin Bevan. The cover photograph was taken on Black Rock Sands near Porthmadog. It was the first Manics album to feature lyrics solely by Nicky Wire, while all the music was written by the habitual duo of James Dean Bradfield and cousin Sean Moore.

The album is a much more subdued affair compared to previous albums with many songs having a more acoustic feel. At the same time it shows the band experimenting with studio and production possibilities, as shown in the more spacey atmosphere of several tracks e.g. S.Y.M.M., I'm Not Working and Born a Girl. The album debuted at #1 on the UK Album Chart and spent three weeks at the top of the charts.

The album was preceded by the single If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next, which debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, their first single to do so.

Hidden behind the disc's tray is a quote from the 1995 book, "No Truce With The Furies" by R. S Thomas.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Additional personnel 2.2 Working title

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Everlasting" – 6:09
2. "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" – 4:50
3. "You Stole the Sun from My Heart" – 4:20
4. "Ready for Drowning" – 4:31
5. "Tsunami" – 3:50
6. "My Little Empire" – 4:09
7. "I'm Not Working" – 5:51
8. "You're Tender and You're Tired" – 4:37
9. "Born a Girl" – 4:12
10. "Be Natural" – 5:12
11. "Black Dog on My Shoulder" – 4:48
12. "Nobody Loved You" – 4:44
13. "S.Y.M.M." – 5:57

[edit] Personnel

• James Dean Bradfield – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar (tracks 2, 10, 12), sitar guitar (track 5, 7), omnichord (tracks 4, 5), melody horn (track 10)
• Sean Moore – drums, programming (tracks 1, 3, 5)
• Nicky Wire – bass, acoustic bass (tracks 6, 11), vocals (track 6)

[edit] Additional personnel

• Nick Nasmyth – wurlitzer (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 13), hammond (tracks 4, 10), mellotron (tracks 8, 13), keyboards (tracks 5, 7), piano (track 8), vox continental (track 11), accordion (track 9), yang-ching (track 7)
• Martin Ditchum - percussion (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11)
• Andy Duncan - percussion (tracks 2, 6, 10, 12)
• Craig Pruess - sitar (track 5), tampura (track 5)
• Ken Barry - whistling (track 8)
• Sally Herbert - string arrangements (tracks 1, 5, 11), violin (tracks 1, 5, 11)
• Gini Ball, Anne Stephenson - violin (tracks 1, 11)
• Jos Pook, Claire Orsler - viola (tracks 1, 5, 11)
• Dinah Beamish - cello (tracks 1, 6)
• Fenella Barton, Nell Catchpole, Sue Dench, Margaret Roseberry, Sonia Slany, Jules Singleton, Ann Wood - additional string section (track 11)

[edit] Working title

This album's working title was simply 'Manic Street Preachers'.

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