National Treasures

National Treasures – The Complete Singles
Greatest hits album by Manic Street Preachers
Released	28 October 2011
Recorded	1991-2011
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	2:32:47
Label	Sony
Producer	Various
Manic Street Preachers chronology
Postcards from a Young Man (2010) National Treasures – The Complete Singles (2011)

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National Treasures – The Complete Singles is a compilation album by the Welsh Alternative Rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 28 October 2011.^[1] It is the band's third compilation album, after Forever Delayed: Manic Street Preachers, The Greatest Hits (2002), and the B-sides/rarities collection Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) (2003).

National Treasures includes most of the band's singles from 1991's "Motown Junk" to 2011's "This Is the Day."^[2] Despite the "complete singles" title, National Treasures does not contain every Manic Street Preachers single. Notable omissions are the band's very first single, "Suicide Alley" (1989), any songs from the "New Art Riot" EP (1990), and "You Love Us (Heavenly Version)" (1991). For singles originally released as double-A sides, only one song is included: therefore from "Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat" (1992) and "Faster/P.C.P." (1994), only "Love's Sweet Exile" and "Faster" are included.

The collection also excludes singles that were not chart-eligible, such as the fanzine-only single "UK Channel Boredom" (1990), and singles released only as limited-edition vinyls/CDs/downloads (1991's "Feminine Is Beautiful", 2005's "God Save the Manics" EP, 2007's "Underdogs" and "The Ghosts of Christmas", and 2008's "Umbrella"). In addition, National Treasures contains nothing from the Manics' ninth studio album, Journal For Plague Lovers (2009) because officially, no singles were released from that album (although the track "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time" did receive airplay). For a feature article in the 4 October 2011 issue of the NME, to promote National Treasures, Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, and Sean Moore were asked to rank a list of 40 of their singles: the 38 tracks from National Treasures plus "Suicide Alley" and the "New Art Riot" EP track, "Strip It Down."

National Treasures is to be released in three formats: a standard 2CD edition, a deluxe 2CD/1DVD edition, and a Super Deluxe edition. The Super Deluxe edition contains 7" reproductions of each of these singles, as well as New Art Riot.^[3]

Tracklisting

Disc One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motown Junk" (from "Motown Junk" single, 1991)	3:59
2.	"Stay Beautiful" (from Generation Terrorists, 1992)	3:10
3.	"Love's Sweet Exile" (from Generation Terrorists, 1992)	3:29
4.	"You Love Us" (from Generation Terrorists, 1992)	4:18
5.	"Slash 'N' Burn" (from Generation Terrorists, 1992)	3:59
6.	"Motorcycle Emptiness" (from Generation Terrorists, 1992)	6:08
7.	"Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)" (from "Suicide Is Painless (Theme from M*A*S*H)" single, 1992)	3:43
8.	"Little Baby Nothing" (from Generation Terrorists, 1992)	4:59
9.	"From Despair to Where" (from Gold Against the Soul, 1993)	3:34
10.	"La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)" (from Gold Against the Soul, 1993)	4:13
11.	"Roses in the Hospital" (from Gold Against the Soul, 1993)	5:02
12.	"Life Becoming a Landslide" (from Gold Against the Soul, 1993)	4:14
13.	"Faster" (from The Holy Bible, 1994)	3:55
14.	"Revol" (from The Holy Bible, 1994)	3:05
15.	"She Is Suffering" (from The Holy Bible, 1994)	4:43
16.	"A Design for Life" (from Everything Must Go, 1996)	4:16
17.	"Everything Must Go" (from Everything Must Go, 1996)	3:42
18.	"Kevin Carter" (from Everything Must Go, 1996)	3:24
19.	"Australia" (from Everything Must Go, 1996)	4:04

Disc Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" (from This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, 1998)	4:50
2.	"The Everlasting" (from This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, 1998)	6:09
3.	"You Stole the Sun from My Heart" (from This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, 1998)	4:20
4.	"Tsunami" (from This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, 1998)	3:51
5.	"The Masses Against the Classes" (from "The Masses Against the Classes" single, 2000)	3:23
6.	"So Why So Sad" (from Know Your Enemy, 2001)	3:53
7.	"Found That Soul" (from Know Your Enemy, 2001)	3:05
8.	"Ocean Spray" (from Know Your Enemy, 2001)	4:11
9.	"Let Robeson Sing" (from Know Your Enemy, 2001)	3:46
10.	"There by the Grace of God" (from Forever Delayed, 2002)	3:50
11.	"The Love of Richard Nixon" (from Lifeblood, 2004)	3:41
12.	"Empty Souls" (from Lifeblood, 2004)	4:08
13.	"Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" (from Send Away the Tigers, 2007)	3:56
14.	"Autumnsong" (from Send Away the Tigers, 2007)	3:43
15.	"Indian Summer" (from Send Away the Tigers, 2007)	4:04
16.	"(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" (from Postcards from a Young Man, 2010)	3:28
17.	"Some Kind of Nothingness" (from Postcards from a Young Man, 2010)	3:49
18.	"Postcards from a Young Man" (from Postcards from a Young Man, 2010)	3:35
19.	"This Is the Day" (New Song, 2011)	3:38

A DVD featuring the music videos to the tacks featured on the album is available in the deluxe edition. It also contains extra bonus content including alternate videos for "You Love Us" and "Autumnsong" and the video for "Jackie Collins Existential Question Time". The Manics were voted best band ever in NME (New Musical Express) by the general public.^{[citation needed]}

Gig

There will also be a gig at the O₂ Arena in London. The album will be played in full in that concert, and it's possible that this will be the last Manics gig for a few years."^[4]

References

1. ^ http://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/national-treasures-the-complete/id458331283
2. ^ "National Treasures - The Complete Singles and 'This is the Day' Release Details". http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/global/news/global/2011/08/30/national_treasures_the_complete_singles_and_this_is_the_day_release_details. 
3. ^ "National Treasures Boxset - What's In The Box". http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/global/news/global/2011/11/03/national_treasures_boxset_whats_in_the_box. 
4. ^ "Once In A Lifetime Christmas Party At O₂ Arena London 17^th December". http://www.manicstreetpreachers.com/global/news/global/2011/08/30/once_in_a_lifetime_christmas_party_at_o2_arena_london_17th_december?headlines-page=3.