Album: Manic Street Preachers, Generation Terrorists (Columbia) There's something about the additional discs of demos and rarities, and the DVD of documentary footage that suits an album intended as a one-shot multi-million-selling magnum opus. Ironically, some of the things I disliked about the Manics - the arrogance, the pretension, the endless cultural references - now appear attractive in our neutered pop age. The music, once derided as sub-Clash, now has an astringent edge that we could use nowadays. At its best - notably the rebellious desolation of "Motorcycle Emptiness" - there is an undeniable majesty about the Manics' project. Download: Motorcycle Emptiness; Motown Junk; Slash'*'Burn