Peeled Apples
| "Peeled Apples" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Manic Street Preachers from the album Journal for Plague Lovers | |
| Released | 18 May 2009 |
| Recorded | October 2008 – February 2009 at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Genre | Alternative rock, post-punk |
| Label | Columbia |
| Writer(s) | Richey Edwards, James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore, Nicky Wire |
| Producer(s) | Steve Albini |
"Peeled Apples" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It is the opening track of the band's ninth studio album, Journal for Plague Lovers. Produced by Steve Albini, the song, along with the other tracks of the album, features posthumous lyrics by Richey Edwards, who disappeared on 1 February 1995, and was declared legally dead in 2008.
The song debuted on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program on 25 March 2009.
The lyrics of the song is taken from the notebooks and the artwork which Richey Edwards left to the band members just before his disappearance. The song also features an audio sample from the 2004 movie, The Machinist.
In an interview with NME in 2009, the band's lead vocalist and lead guitarist James Dean Bradfield stated that the band's bassist Nicky Wire wrote the music to half of the song. In a subsequent interview, Wire stated that he wrote the chorus of the song.
The song generally received positive reviews. Lee White of This Is Fake DIY stated that "the song delivered with confidence and feels more considered than the onrush of fury and emotion that trademarked The Holy Bible." Mike Diver of Clash argued that "the song is among the most aggressive pieces the Manics have penned since the days of ‘Faster’, the thundering drumbeats propelling it to juddering climax, while Wire’s bass work has rarely sounded so pant-wettingly threatening." Dom Gourlay of Drowned in Sound also compared the song to the track "Faster", also describing songs' verses as "simply one of the most compelling vignettes the Manic Street Preachers have ever recorded." David Smith of Popmatters praised Steve Albini's "refreshingly raw" production work on the song. Joe Tangari of Pitchfork stated that the song "opens the album with a colossal kick to the head as a queasy bassline is joined by pounding drums and sandpaper guitar to back Bradfield's righteous shout."
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