Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers

Tracklist

1. Disc 1
2. 1Prologue to HistoryBradfield, Moore, Wire4:49
3. 24 Ever DelayedBradfield, Moore, Wire3:42
4. 3Sorrow 16Bradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire3:50
5. 4Judge Yr’selfBradfield, Edwards, Moore, Wire3:07
6. 5Socialist SerenadeBradfield, Moore, Wire4:18
7. 6DonkeysBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire3:16
8. 7Comfort ComesBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire3:32
9. 8Mr CarbohydrateBradfield, Moore, Wire4:19
10. 9Dead Trees and Traffic IslandsBradfield, Moore, Wire3:48
11. 10Horses Under StarlightBradfield, Moore, Wire3:14
12. 11SepiaBradfield, Moore, Wire3:58
13. 12Sculpture of ManBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire1:59
14. 13Spectators of SuicideBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire5:09
15. 14Democracy ComaEdwards, Wire, Bradfield, Moore3:47
16. 15Strip It Down (live)Bradfield, Edwards, Moore, Wire2:46
17. 16Bored Out of My MindWire, Bradfield, Moore2:59
18. 17Just a KidBradfield, Moore, Wire3:39
19. 18Close My EyesBradfield, Moore, Wire4:33
20. 19Valley BoyBradfield, Moore, Wire5:14
21. 20We Her Majesty’s PrisonersBradfield, Moore, Edwards, Wire5:22
22. Disc 2
23. 1We Are All Bourgeois NowBaker, Eden, Gane, Williamson4:36
24. 2Rock and Roll MusicChuck Berry2:58
25. 3It’s So Easy (live)Adler, Arkeen, McKagan, Rose, Slash, Stradlin2:58
26. 4Take the Skinheads BowlingDavid Lowery2:33
27. 5Been a SonChanning, Cobain, Novoselic2:31
28. 6Out of TimeMick Jagger and Keith Richards3:37
29. 7Raindrops Keep Falling on My HeadBurt Bacharach and Hal David3:02
30. 8Bright Eyes (live)Mike Batt3:16
31. 9Train in Vain (live)Mick Jones and Joe Strummer3:18
32. 10Wrote for LuckDavis, Day, Ryder, Ryder, Whelan2:45
33. 11What’s My Name (live)Jones, Levene, Strummer1:49
34. 12Velocity GirlJim Beattie and Bobby Gillespie1:43
35. 13Can’t Take My Eyes Off YouBob Crewe and Bob Gaudio3:16
36. 14Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel[traditional]2:11
37. 15Last Christmas (live)George Michael2:06

Produced by

Howard Gray, Steve Osborne, Robin Evans, Dave Eringa, Manic Street Preachers, Mike Hedges, Alex Silva, Matthew Ollivier, Greg Haver, Various

Recorded at

RAK Studios, Rockfield Studios, Utilita Arena Newcastle

Recorded

1989–2002

Mixed by

Dave Eringa

Mixed at

AIR Studios

Engineered by

Alex Silva, Robin Evans, Robb Allan, Lee Butler, Dave Eringa, Sean Genockey

Label

Epic

Length

1:59:58

Line-up

• James Dean Bradfield · lead vocals · guest
• Nick Nasmyth · keyboard · guest
• Dave Eringa · piano, Hammond organ · guest
• Gini Ball · violin · guest
• Dinah Beamish · cello · guest
• Ellen Blair · viola · guest
• Ruth Gottlieb · violin · guest
• Sophie Harris · cello · guest
• Sally Herbert · violin · guest
• Anna Morris · violin · guest
• Jocelyn Pook · viola · guest

Peak chart positions