Editing Generation Terrorists (section)

== Release ==

''Generation Terrorists'' was released on 10 February 1992.{{sfn|Price|1999|p=74}} The album entered the [[UK Rock Chart]] at No. 1,{{sfn|Price|1999|p=79}} selling around 250,000 copies worldwide initially.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://archive.classicrockmagazine.com/view/october-2010/59/generation-terrorists |title=''Generation Terrorists'' |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |access-date=6 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215180344/http://archive.classicrockmagazine.com/view/october-2010/59/generation-terrorists |archive-date=15 February 2013}}</ref> These sales coincided with the 1992 [[BRIT Awards]], whose winners relegated ''Generation Terrorists'' to a peak of No. 13 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] and has spent a total of 28 weeks in the top 100.{{sfn|Price|1999|p=79}} Early pressings of the album contain a sample from ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' at the start of "Little Baby Nothing". It was removed from later pressings and does not appear on the legacy 20th anniversary edition of the album. The success of 1996's ''[[Everything Must Go (Manic Street Preachers album)|Everything Must Go]]'' at the 1997 [[BRIT Awards]] ensured that sales of ''Generation Terrorists'' and subsequent albums ''[[Gold Against the Soul]]'' and ''[[The Holy Bible (album)|The Holy Bible]]'' enjoyed a late surge; the band's debut sold an extra 110,000 copies.{{sfn|Price|1999|p=235}}

In the US, the track listing was changed, and some of the more political tracks were dropped. "Democracy Coma" was added to make up for this; it was later released as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] to "[[Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat|Love's Sweet Exile]]"/"[[Love's Sweet Exile/Repeat|Repeat]]", and also appeared on ''[[Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)]]''. In addition, four tracks on the US release ("Slash 'n' Burn", "Nat West–Barclays–Midlands–Lloyds", "Little Baby Nothing" and "You Love Us") were remixed by [[Michael Brauer]]. These same four tracks also featured live drumming from American drummer [[Zack Alford|Zachary Alford]]. These tracks were later included on the ''Stars and Stripes'' EP in Japan.<ref name="Burrows"/>

The album failed to chart in the United States, shifting only 35,000 units. Music journalist [[Simon Price]] suggested that this was because of the arrival of bands such as [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Pearl Jam]] and [[Soundgarden]] as the "new rock-megastar elite".{{sfn|Price|1999|p=92}}

On 5 November 2012, ''Generation Terrorists'' was re-released for its 20th anniversary. There are five editions of the re-release: the original album; a two-disc Deluxe Edition with a bonus disc of demos and a DVD of the documentary film ''Culture, Alienation, Boredom, Despair'', about the making of the album – when purchased from the [[Rough Trade (shops)|Rough Trade]] record store in London it also included a free ticket to a showing of the documentary film, followed by an acoustic gig with James Dean Bradfield on 6 November; a four-disc limited edition (3,000 copies worldwide), including, in addition to the contents of the two-disc edition, a replica of a ''Generation Terrorist'' tour VIP pass; a 10" collage by Richey Edwards; a 10" vinyl LP of a rare Manics radio performance; and a 28-page book from Nicky Wire's personal archive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/manic-street-preachers-generation-terrorists-20th-anniversary-edition-112991|title=Manic Street Preachers – Generation Terrorists (20th Anniversary Edition)|website=Thelineofbestfit.com|access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>