Editing Generation Terrorists (section)

== Reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=generation-terrorists-r58798|pure_url=yes}} |title=''Generation Terrorists'' – Manic Street Preachers : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : Allmusic |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: ''Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists'' |journal=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. |issue=March 1992 |page=90}}</ref>
| rev3 = [[BBC Music|BBC]]
| rev3Score = favourable<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dg4z |title=''Generation Terrorists: 20th Anniversary Edition Review'' - Manic Street Preachers : BBC Online |last=Aizlewood |first=John |work=[[BBC Music]] |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]''
| rev4Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |last=James |first=Gareth |date=9 November 2012 |title=Manic Street Preachers – ''Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists'' |journal=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]] |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/manic-street-preachers-generation-terrorists |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev5Score = 8/10<ref name="Drowned in Sound">{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17320/reviews/4145696 |title=Manic Street Preachers – ''Generation Terrorists (20th anniversary legacy edition)'' : Drowned in Sound |last=Lukowski |first=Andrzej |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |access-date=26 November 2012 |archive-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108022301/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17320/reviews/4145696 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev6Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Sullivan |date=6 December 2012 |title=Manic Street Preachers: Generation Terrorists (20th anniversary edition) – review |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/06/manic-street-preachers-generation-review |access-date=13 December 2012}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Independent]]''
| rev7Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="The Independent">{{cite news |first=Andy |last=Gill |date=2 November 2012 |title=Album Reviews |newspaper=[[The Independent]]   |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-manic-street-preachers-generation-terrorists-columbia-8274216.html |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev8Score = 10/10<ref name="The Quietus"/>
| rev9 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.germany.net/100-496653/manics/articles/gt_ereviews.htm |title=Generation Terrorists (Q Magazine) |last=Collins |first=Andrew |year=1999 |work=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |access-date=9 January 2013 |archive-date=17 December 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217033404/http://home.germany.net/100-496653/manics/articles/gt_ereviews.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Quietus]]''
| rev10Score = favourable<ref name="Quietus">{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/07980-manic-street-preachers-generation-terrorists |title=''Admirably Crude: The Manics' Generation Terrorists, 20 Years On'' |last=Mackay |first=Emily |work=[[The Quietus]] |access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref>
}}

Soon after its release ''Generation Terrorists'' was greeted with a favourable reception from magazines such as ''[[Kerrang!]]'' and [[Raw (music magazine)|RAW]],{{sfn|Price|1999|p=79}} along with a number 15 placing in the ''[[NME]]'' Albums of the Year list for 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1992 |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year: 1992 |work=[[NME]]|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> Andy Gill, music critic for ''[[The Independent]]'', highlighted in a review of the album's 2012 reissue that the music was "derided as sub-Clash" in other contemporary appraisals, but remarked that it "now has an astringent edge".<ref name="The Independent"/> The album's length<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="Drowned in Sound"/> and lack of "quality control"{{sfn|Price|1999|p=75}}<ref name="Drowned in Sound"/><ref name="Sputnikmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/53178/Manic-Street-Preachers-Generation-Terrorists/ |date=7 May 2007 |title=Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists |work=Sputnikmusic |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> were common criticisms. [[Richey Edwards]] said that "everybody knows the first album would have been better if we'd left out all the crap."{{sfn|Price|1999|p=75}} The underproduction of the album was a common cause of complaint among the band's adherents until the superior mix of the Anniversary Edition in 2012.

Nevertheless, by 2012 critics' perception of ''Generation Terrorists'' had remained generally positive. In their retrospective review of the album, ''[[The Quietus]]'' wrote, "''Generation Terrorists'' should be celebrated, because among its messy feast of ideas it remembers to be fun. There's a cleansing and creative glee in its righteous rage and cultural destruction that's rarer in ''[[Gold Against the Soul]]'' and ''[[The Holy Bible (album)|The Holy Bible]]''."<ref name="The Quietus" /> [[AllMusic]] wrote, "Since the Manics deliver these charged lyrics as heavy guitar-rockers, the music doesn't always hit quite as forcefully as intended", stating that the "relatively polished production and big guitar sound occasionally sell the music short, especially the lesser songs", but calling the band's passion "undeniable, even on the weaker cuts [...] Debut albums rarely come as ambitious as the Manic Street Preachers' ''Generation Terrorists''."<ref name="Allmusic" />

''[[NME]]'' listed ''Generation Terrorists'' as the 18th greatest debut album from the last 50 years, describing the record as "angry as it was bright, the Manics blowtorched their manifesto in pulverising punk guitar squeals."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/list/50-greatest-debut-albums/196597/page/4 |title=50 Greatest Debut Albums: 20-11 |work=[[NME]]|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> In a 2012 "In Depth" feature, Dom Gourlay of ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' declared ''Generation Terrorists'' to be the most important debut of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145688-manics-monday--why-generation-terrorists-was-the-most-important-debut-of-the-1990s |title=Manics Monday: Why Generation Terrorists was the most important debut of the 1990s |last=Gourlay |first=Dom |date=5 November 2012 |access-date=4 January 2013 |archive-date=26 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226191718/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145688-manics-monday--why-generation-terrorists-was-the-most-important-debut-of-the-1990s |url-status=dead }}</ref> In a February 2011 issue of ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' it was voted by readers at #77 in "The 250 Best Albums of Q's Lifetime" featuring albums between 1986 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q1001_songs.htm#q250 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909102600/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q1001_songs.htm#q250 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=9 September 2012 |title=Q 250 |publisher=Rock List Music |access-date=2013-01-04}}</ref> The same magazine gave the record the award for Classic album in the [[Q Awards]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20026456 |title=Muse, Pulp and Blur win Q Awards |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=22 October 2012 |work=[[BBC Online|bbc.co.uk]] |access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref>