Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of the Manic Street Preachers)

Lipstick Traces (A Secret History Of The Manic Street Preachers) is an album of b-sides, rareties, and cover versions by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in 2003.

It is named after the Greil Marcus book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century.

Track listing

Disc one

B-sides and rareties.

1. "Prologue To History"
2. "4 Ever Delayed"
3. "Sorrow 16"
4. "Judge Yr'self"
5. "Socialist Serenade"
6. "Donkeys"
7. "Comfort Comes"
8. "Mr. Carbohydrate"
9. "Dead Trees And Traffic Islands"
10. "Horses Under Starlight"
11. "Sepia"
12. "Sculpture Of Man"
13. "Spectators Of Suicide"
14. "Democracy Coma"
15. "Strip It Down"
16. "Just A Kid"
17. "Close My Eyes"
18. "Valley Boy"
19. "We Her Majesty's Prisoners"

Disc two

Cover Versions.

1. "We Are All Bourgeois Now" (originally by McCarthy)
2. "Rock 'N' Roll Music" (originally by Chuck Berry)
3. "It's So Easy" (originally by Guns n' Roses)
4. "Take The Skinheads Bowling" (originally by Camper Van Beethoven)
5. "Been A Son" (originally by Nirvana)
6. "Out Of Time" (originally by The Rolling Stones)
7. "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" (originally by B. J. Thomas)
8. "Bright Eyes" (originally by Art Garfunkel)
9. "Train In Vain" (originally by The Clash)
10. "Wrote For Luck" (originally by Happy Mondays)
11. "What's My Name" (originally by The Clash)
12. "Velocity Girl" (originally by Primal Scream)
13. "Can't Take My Eyes Of You" (originally by Andy Williams)
14. "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel" (traditional, famously recorded by Paul Robeson)
15. "Last Christmas" (originally by Wham)