The Ultra Vivid Lament is the 14th studio album from Manic Street Preachers. It is both reflection and reaction - a record that gazes in isolation across a cluttered room, fogged by often painful memories, to focus on an open window framing a gleaming vista of land melting into sea and endless sky.
Musically, The Ultra Vivid Lament is inspired by a formative years record box (Abba, post-Eno Roxy, the Bunnymen, Fables-era R.E.M., Lodger) though the end result could only be the unique union of James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire and Sean Moore, collectively one of the UK's most consistently brilliant rock 'n' roll bands for over three decades.
Tracklist:
1. Still Snowing in Sapporo 2. Orwellian 3. The Secret He Had Missed 4. Quest for Ancient Colour 5. Don't Let the Night Divide Us 6. Diapause 7. Complicated Illusions 8. Into the Waves of Love 9. Blank Diary Entry 10. Happy Bored Alone 11. Afterending
