Rewind The Film

Manic Street Preachers - Rewind The Film
Critic Score
Based on 22 reviews
2013 Ratings: #346 / 1115
User Score
Based on 50 ratings
2013 Rank: #445
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
musicOMH

Rewind The Film deals with the nature of growing older, unavoidable change and death, yet on the surface, this is the most accessible album the Manics have ever released.

70
The Line of Best Fit

Rewind the Film seems immediately poised for lost-classic status – for all its clumsiness and flaws, it’s the kind of album that wants you to let it sink in, or even gather dust, until you remember it’s there. 

70
DIY

There's barely an electric guitar on the Manics' latest full length. Instead, it's lush strings, grand arrangements and Richard 'I'll Make Your Album Significantly More Brilliant' Hawley.

tha138
63

After having verified that these are the Manics indeed, I started wondering why they had to rewind the film and, although I couldn't reach a conclusion, I knew it wasn't the right time for such a move.

snwflkavalanche
87

It's been said countless times, and with fair reason: the Manics have never been quite the same band they were with Richey on this planet. At least from a musical standpoint. But let's face it: when a close friend who was so integral to your sound and aesthetic disappears without explanation, what is one to do? No one could've begrudged the Manics for disbanding after this event, but they continued on, and to their extraordinary credit, they continued to make music that resonated with a larger ... read more

SJCTurntable
72

Another reinvention for the boys from Blackwood as they contemplate ageing and lost youth. Gone are the electrifying guitar riffs, to be replaced by a much more acoustic sound with heavy percussion. The results, though not universally successful, are satisfying enough to avoid submerging within MOR. For this reviewer, the album has moments where certain tracks become slow-burners, none more so than on the title track, with guest vocals from the incredible Richard Hawley. The second half of the ... read more

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Track List

  1. This Sullen Welsh Heart (featuring Lucy Rose) 
  2. Show Me the Wonder  
  3. Rewind the Film (featuring Richard Hawley) 
  4. Builder of Routines   
  5. 4 Lonely Roads (featuring Cate Le Bon) 
  6. (I Miss the) Tokyo Skyline   
  7. Anthem for a Lost Cause   
  8. As Holy as the Soil (that Buries Your Skin)  
  9. 3 Ways to See Despair 
  10. Running Out of Fantasy 
  11. Manorbier 
  12. 30-Year War

Year End Lists

#6/Q Magazine
#27/musicOMH
#28/Gigwise
#28/MOJO
#32/Drowned in Sound
#45/Uncut
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Added on: September 11, 2013