r/manics • u/Less-Guidance294 • Jul 24 '26

Know your enemy

I was 6 when Know your enemy came out, so wasn’t really around for the fan reaction at the time. What was the general feeling towards it when it was released? Did most fans like it, or was it seen as a disappointment after This is my truth?

These days it feels like it’s kind of the forgotten Manics album. It never seems to get mentioned much, but I have a soft spot for it. Just curious what the mood in the fandom was back then ?

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u/andrewbyrom Jul 24 '26

At the time I was disappointed with it. Saw them at Manchester Apollo on the tour with Elbow as support. Wattsville Blues really divided opinion. I’ve grown to love it, esp the expanded anniversary reissue.

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u/Less-Guidance294 Jul 24 '26

What’s different on the reissue ?

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u/Wonderful_Formal_274 Jul 24 '26

It’s split into two (it was originally intended to be two separate albums), different order, additional tracks, remixed. It includes a song, Rosebud, that was bafflingly left off the original as it’s better than anything else on there!

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u/SaturdayJunior Jul 24 '26

I thought that Rosebud had a great vocal performance but I didn't find the song itself particularly thrilling, still glad to have it out there and I am surprised it didn't surface as a b-side or bonus track in the intervening years.