Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits by Manic Street Preachers, album cover
Album · Compilation

Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits

LabelEpic
Popularity19.8

Forever Delayed is a greatest hits collection from the Welsh band Manic Street Preachers, released by Epic on 28 October 2002. It also came with a DVD. Alongside the hits it gathers three singles that had never appeared on a studio album: "Motown Junk", "Suicide Is Painless" and the chart-topping "The Masses Against the Classes". It debuted and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart.

The set arrived after Know Your Enemy and before Lifeblood, so it works as a pause in the band's story. Two new songs were added for existing fans, the single "There by the Grace of God" and "Door to the River". A two-CD special edition added a second disc of remixes. For anyone wanting the band's singles in one place, with a few otherwise hard-to-find tracks, it is a handy starting point.

Forever Delayed: The Greatest Hits: tracklist, credits and charts

33 tracks · 2:36:11

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1A Design for LifeBradfield, Moore, Wire4:21
  3. 2Motorcycle EmptinessBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire5:07
  4. 3If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be NextBradfield, Moore, Wire4:52
  5. 4La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh)Bradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire4:07
  6. 5There by the Grace of GodBradfield, Moore, Wire3:48
  7. 6You Love UsBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire3:15
  8. 7AustraliaBradfield, Moore, Wire3:43
  9. 8You Stole the Sun From My HeartBradfield, Moore, Wire4:22
  10. 9Kevin CarterBradfield, Moore, Wire, Edwards3:25
  11. 10TsunamiBradfield, Moore, Wire3:50
  12. 11The Masses Against the ClassesBradfield, Moore, Wire3:24
  13. 12From Despair to WhereBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire3:22
  14. 13Door to the RiverBradfield, Moore, Wire4:42
  15. 14Everything Must GoBradfield, Moore, Wire3:08
  16. 15FasterBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire3:54
  17. 16Little Baby NothingBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire4:13
  18. 17Suicide Is Painless (Theme From MASH)Johnny Mandel and Mike Altman3:29
  19. 18So Why So SadBradfield, Moore, Wire3:46
  20. 19The EverlastingBradfield, Moore, Wire4:08
  21. 20Motown JunkBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire3:59
  22. Disc 2
  23. 1La Tristesse Durera (Scream to a Sigh) (The Chemical Brothers remix)Bradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire6:32
  24. 2If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (David Holmes remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire9:59
  25. 3Tsunami (Cornelius remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire4:07
  26. 4So Why So Sad (Avalanches remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire4:59
  27. 5Faster (The Chemical Brothers remix)Bradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire5:46
  28. 6If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (Massive Attack remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire4:55
  29. 7Kevin Carter (Jon Carter remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire, Edwards7:43
  30. 8You Stole the Sun From My Heart (David Holmes remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire5:11
  31. 9Tsunami (Stereolab remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire6:45
  32. 10Let Robeson Sing (Ian Brown remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire5:01
  33. 11The Everlasting (Stealth Sonic Orchestra remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire5:14
  34. 12You Stole the Sun From My Heart (Mogwai remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire6:14
  35. 13A Design for Life (Stealth Sonic Orchestra remix)Bradfield, Moore, Wire4:50
Produced by
Mike Hedges, Steve Brown, Dave Eringa, Marius de Vries, Greg Haver, Manic Street Preachers, Robin Evans, Bobbydazzler, Howard Gray, Various (see track listing)
Recorded at
Rockfield Studios
Recorded
1991–2002
Mixed by
Ian Grimble, Steve Brown, Owen Davies, Dave Eringa, David Bascombe, Andy Bradfield, Marius de Vries, Mark Freegard, The Avalanches, Bobbydazzler
Mixed at
AIR Studios, Abbey Road Studios
Engineered by
Ian Grimble, Dave Eringa, Guy Massey, Steve Brown, Sean Genockey, Ger McDonnell, Alex Silva, Lee Butler, Robin Evans, Christian Scallan
Label
Epic
Length
2:36:11

Line-up

  • James Dean Bradfield · acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, vocals, electric guitar, omnichord, electric sitar · guest
  • Andy Duncan · percussion · guest
  • Sean Moore · drums (drum set) · guest
  • Nick Nasmyth · Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, mellotron, keyboard · guest
  • Nicky Wire · bass guitar · guest
  • Martin Ditcham · percussion · guest
  • Gini Ball · violin · guest
  • Sally Herbert · violin · guest
  • Claire Orsler · viola · guest
  • Jocelyn Pook · viola · guest
  • Craig Pruess · sitar, tanpura · guest
  • Anne Stephenson · violin · guest

Singles

  • “There by the Grace of God” · 14 October 2002

Peak chart positions

ChartPeak
UK Albums Chart · 20024
Finnish Albums · 20027
Ireland 2 · 20027
Danish Albums · 200214
Norwegian Albums · 200232
Belgian Albums (Flanders) · 200236
Swedish Albums · 200243
German Albums · 200265
Dutch Albums · 200267
Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 200268
All 11 charts
Australian Albums (ARIA) · 200283

Certifications

RegionCertification
United Kingdom · 20012× Platinum

From MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Only what the sources record is shown.

19.8
Popularity (0–100, vs the whole vault)
102
ListenBrainz listeners
12k
Wikipedia views, last 12 months
—
Deezer fans (all editions)

Released the same week

Also released on 28 October

Every year →

More from Manic Street Preachers

Full discography →

The best of 2002

All of 2002 →

More on Epic

The label →

Releases and pressings

How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
SourceDateNote
MusicBrainz28 October 2002
Wikipedia infobox28 October 2002
Wikidata2002
UK / Europe release28 October 2002earliest UK or European date
8 editions
DateCountryLabelBarcodeKind
2002CAEpic696998702929deluxe
2002—Epic9399700105353other
28 October 2002GBEpic5099750955192original
28 October 2002AUEpicoriginal
28 October 2002GBEpic5099750955123original
30 October 2002JPEpic Records International4547366008319other
18 November 2002—Epic5099720177692other
25 March 2009JPEpic4547366045185other
Cover art sources

coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)

SourceSizeVerdict
coverartarchive ✓1200×1200upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
fanarttv1000×1000upscaled