| align="center" bgcolor="darkseagreen" colspan="3"|Forever Delayed |
| lign="center" colspan="3"|Album cover |
| lign="center" bgcolor="darkseagreen" colspan="3"|LP by Manic Street Preachers |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|October 28, 2002 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"| |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Rock |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|75 min 34 sec |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Virgin Records |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Greg Haver, Mike Hedges and Manic Street Preachers |
| gcolor="darkseagreen" colspan="3"|Professional reviews |
| lign="left" valign="top"| NME | valign="top"|8 out of 10 | valign="top"|link |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Allmusic.com | valign="top"|4 stars out of 5 | valign="top"|link |
| gcolor="darkseagreen" colspan="3"|Manic Street Preachers Chronology |
align="top"|Know Your Enemy (2001) | valign="top"|Forever Delayed (2002) | valign="top"|Lipstick Traces (2003) |