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Journal for Plague Lovers

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Manic Street Preachers

Journal for Plague Lovers

Release date: 13th May 2009

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Label
Columbia
Release year
2009
Primary genre
Alternative
Copyright
℗ 2009 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
  1. 1Peeled Apples
    3:33
  2. 2Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
    2:24
  3. 3Me and Stephen Hawking
    2:47
  4. 4This Joke Sport Severed
    3:03
  5. 5Journal for Plague Lovers
    3:44
  6. 6She Bathed Herself In a Bath of Bleach
    2:17
  7. 7Facing Page: Top Left
    2:39
  8. 8Marlon J.D.
    2:50
  9. 9Doors Closing Slowly
    2:52
  10. 10All Is Vanity
    3:34
  11. 11Pretension//Repulsion
    2:04
  12. 12Virginia State Epileptic Colony
    3:22
  13. 13William's Last Words
    4:18
  14. 14Marlon J.D. (NYPC's Wire Up Mix)
    4:55
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