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What is the Solo Work of Manic Street Preachers?
In late 2005, both Manic Street Preachers' Bradfield and Wire announced that they intended to release solo material prior to a new album by the band.
Did Bradfield from Manic Street Preachers release a solo album?
Bradfield from Manic Street Preachers' solo album, The Great Western, was released in July 2006, to positive reviews from critics.
Did Nicky Wire release an album also in addition to Bradfiled's solo album, The Great Western?
A free download of Nicky Wire's debut solo offering I Killed the Zeitgeist was posted on the band's website for just one day, Christmas Day 2005
What album did Manic Street Preachers release after their solo ventures?
Manic Street Preachers' eighth studio album, Send Away the Tigers, was released on 7 May 2007 on Columbia Records.
Were the solo albums by Manic Street Preachers' members successful?
The solo album, The Great Western, by Manic Street Preachers' Bradfield was released in July 2006, to positive reviews from critics. It reached No. 22 in the UK.
What record label did Bradfield use for The Great Western?
Bradfield's The Great Western was released by Columbia
Did Nicky Wire have a hit on his album I Killed the Zeitgeist?
Nicky Wire had only one official single released, Break My Heart Slowly, on I Killed the Zeitgeist, which charted at No. 74.
What is something else you could tell me about Nicky Wire's solo work besides that Wire had only one official single released, Break My Heart Slowly, on I Killed the Zeitgeist, which charted at No. 74.
Nicky Wire's album I Killed the Zeitgeist was officially released in September 2006. It charted at No. 130 in the UK.

Question: What album did they release prior to their 2006 solo works?
Self-contained rewrite: What album did Manic Street Preachers release prior to their 2006 solo works I Killed the Zeitgeist?