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Episode 6 Know Your Enemy - Cuba and Chaos

Episode 6 Know Your Enemy - Cuba and Chaos

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🎙 You Love Us – Know Your Enemy (with Darren Leach)

This week we dive headfirst into one of the most divisive, ambitious, and misunderstood albums in the Manic Street Preachers’ catalogue: Know Your Enemy (2001). Joining me is Manics super fan Darren Leach, who brings passion, humour, and encyclopaedic knowledge to the debate.

We explore how the band set out to smash their own mythology and how the record split critics, fans, and even the Manics themselves. From its jagged punk blasts to its tender ballads, we dig into every contradiction, triumph, and glorious mess that makes Know Your Enemy such a fascinating chapter in Manics history.

Expect track-by-track insights, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and plenty of fan-fuelled debate on whether the album is a forgotten masterpiece or a bold misstep.

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