I Killed the Zeitgeist is the debut solo album by Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

 bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire

Nicky Wire

Nicholas Allen Jones, known as Nicky Wire, is the lyricist, bassist and occasional vocalist with the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers.-Early life:...

, released on September 25, 2006 on Red Ink Records. Many of the album's songs had previously appeared elsewhere in various formats, and contain lyrics about his Richey. "I Killed The Zeitgeist" had been released on Christmas Day 2005 on the Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers

Manic Street Preachers are a Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 1986. They are James Dean Bradfield, Nicky Wire, Richey Edwards and Sean Moore. The band are part of the Cardiff music scene, and were at their most prominent during the 1990s...

 official site as a free download while "The Shining Path" was released exclusively on iTunes

ITunes

iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....

 for download. In addition, a promotional album sampler had been sent out to the press and certain other people and it included "I Killed the Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist is "the spirit of the times" or "the spirit of the age."Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambiance, morals, sociocultural direction, and mood associated with an era.The...

", "Goodbye Suicide", "Sehnsucht", and "Everything Fades".

Track listing

All words and music by Nicky Wire.

1. "I Killed the Zeitgeist" – 2:32
2. "Break My Heart Slowly
   Break My Heart Slowly
   "Break My Heart Slowly" is the debut single by Manic Street Preachers bassist/lyricist Nicky Wire, released on September 18, 2006 on Red Ink Records. The song premiered on Phil Jupitus' show on 6music in early May. The lyrics reference Dora Maar, a French photographer and one-time lover of Pablo...
   
   " – 3:36
3. "Withdraw / Retreat" – 2:47
4. "Goodbye Suicide" – 2:28
5. "The Shining Path" – 3:21
6. "Bobby Untitled" – 3:24
7. "You Will Always Be My Home" – 3:37
8. "So Much for the Future" – 2:15
9. "Stab YR Heart" – 3:43
10. "Kimino Rock" – 2:42
11. "Sehnsucht (Neu Song)" – 1:57
12. "(Nicky Wire's) Last" – 2:57
13. "Everything Fades" – 6:27
14. "Ocean Rain" (Echo & the Bunnymen
    Echo & the Bunnymen
    Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk band, formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas had joined as the band's drummer, and their debut...
    
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    • (Included in limited edition only as a hidden track running after 3 minutes of silence on track 13)