Critical Thinking (album)

Critical Thinking is the fifteenth studio album by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers, released on 14 February 2025 by Columbia Records.

The album was supported by four singles prior to its release, including "Decline and Fall". It was met with universal acclaim by music critics. The album features three tracks with bassist Nicky Wire on lead vocals, including the opening title track and "Hiding in Plain Sight", the band's first single which he sings. Frontman James Dean Bradfield wrote the lyrics to three tracks, the most on a Manic Street Preachers album to date.