Send Away The Tigers - Manic Street Preachers
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69 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: Dave Eringa produced the politically-charged eighth studio album for the Welsh rockers.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. musicOMH.com
    90
    This is something we've been waiting a long time for - a truly great Manics album.
  2. All Music Guide
    80
    Send Away the Tigers never seem heavy-handed, which is something that even their best albums often are. So, this isn't merely a return to form, then--it's also a welcome progression from a band that only a couple of albums back seemed stuck in a rut with no way out.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    If it doesn't quite scale the dizzy heights of 'The Holy Bible' or 'Everything Must Go', it certainly comes close and is, in many ways, the quintessential Manics album - the cathartic regeneration that the band really needed in order to become relevant again.
  4. Under The Radar
    60
    Send Away The Tigers could have used a little more of the direction and thought exercised in albums past. [Summer 2007, p.82]
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  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
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  1. DavidRCD
    10
    This is the manics second best album after Journal For Plague Lovers. Every song is a real belter. The manics are known for being a rock band and a pop band but this is the PERFECT combination of rock and pop. Absolutely brilliant!… Collapse
  2. [Anonymous]
    8
    The return to form they've been looking for for over a decade. Their best since "Everything Must Go".
  3. RuslanN
    7
    This aibum is certainly better than Lifeblood but in my opinion it is very inconsistent
  4. GaryD
    4
    Over-produced, bland and forgettable. No dangers of the Manics being a great band again. If you own 'Everything Must Go', 'The Holy Bible' and 'Generation Terrorists' then you certainly don't need this. All the songs plod by with perfect MOR radio rockstylings, making no lasting impression. While it certainly isn't terrible, it's not a work that'll grab you like their best works do. This is better than the three albums that precede it, but that's no great victory.… Expand

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