"(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" is a song by Manic Street Preachers and both the opener and the lead single of their tenth album Postcards From a Young Man. The song was made Record of the Week on BBC Radio 2[1] and added to the BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and XFM playlists. The single was enthusiastically received by BBC Wales' James McLaren, who stated "Well I like it, I really do. It's got a theatrical pop verve to it. A sweeping string-laden hook, classic Bradders growly verse and a widdly solo in the middle eight. The melody is simple but delivered with classic Manics panache."[4] This Is Fake DIY described it: "It's simple, it's catchy and it's enjoyable, and will have many casual radio listeners rifling through their back catalogue to discover what they've been missing all these years."[5] The NME commented that it had "nostalgia...but also an unmistakable sense of vitality and urgency".[6] In an early review of the album, the NME described the track as "quite literally the daftest, campest, most outlandish stadium pop song the Manics have ever put their minds to. But in a really excellent way, with one of those choruses you only need to hear once to remember forever."[7] The Fly called it a "brilliant start" to the album, saying that it "sets out its grandiose stall from the off as James Dean Bradfield's FM-friendly riff gives way to a warm orchestral flourish".[8] The single entered the UK Charts at #28 [9], making "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" their lowest charting single since "Life Becoming a Landslide" (1994). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(It%27s_Not_War)_Just_the_End_of_Love

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