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| Last album = ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]''<br />(1998)
| Last album = ''[[This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours]]''<br />(1998)

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Know Your Enemy is the sixth album by the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in March 2001 on Virgin Records. The album is arguably the band's most inconsistent in style, with its songs ranging from energetic lo-fi rock songs reminiscent of their earlier material to highly produced, more melodic pop songs as well as a disco song ("Miss Europa Disco Dancer"). The album also features Nicky Wire's debut as a lead vocalist ("Wattsville Blues") and James Dean Bradfield's debut as a lyricist ("Ocean Spray").

Background

The album derives its name from Sun Tzu's The Art of War Part III, 'Act Of Strategum', the English translation being "So it is said that if you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle". The working title of this album was Fidel, after Cuban president Fidel Castro.

The album reached the Top 20 in many countries including the UK, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Australia and Denmark.

Tracklisting

All tracks written by Bradfield/Moore (music) and Wire (lyrics), unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Found That Soul" – 3:05
  2. "Ocean Spray" – 4:11
  3. "Intravenous Agnostic" – 4:02
  4. "So Why So Sad" – 4:02
  5. "Let Robeson Sing" – 3:46
  6. "The Year of Purification" – 3:39
  7. "Wattsville Blues" – 4:29
  8. "Miss Europa Disco Dancer" – 3:52
  9. "Dead Martyrs" – 3:23
  10. "His Last Painting" – 3:16
  11. "My Guernica" – 4:56
  12. "The Convalescent" – 5:54
  13. "Royal Correspondent" – 3:31
  14. "Epicentre" – 6:26
  15. "Baby Elián" – 3:37
  16. "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children" – 2:59

"Epicentre" features around a minute-long snippet of a vocal part from the song "Masking Tape" as a hidden track after its ending. "Masking Tape" was eventually released as a B-side for "Let Robeson Sing".

On some versions of this album, there is a hidden track recording of "We Are All Bourgeois Now" by McCarthy. It is hidden after "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children".

Personnel

Manic Street Preachers
  • James Dean Bradfield – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards on "Freedom of Speech Won't Feed My Children"
  • Sean Moore – drums, drum programming, trumpet
  • Nicky Wire – bass, lead vocals on "Wattsville Blues", backing vocals
Additional personnel
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards, backing vocals
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