Reviews (page 6 of 8)
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Music for the mentally unstable.
The Beautiful People still sounds great and the title track too, to a lesser degree. The rest wears a quite thin. This album does, however, distill a moment in time, an inflection point, so perhaps belongs on the list. Marilyn Manson is conflated in my head with Columbine, The Matrix, Y2K, and the general feeling of dystopia being on the edge of breaking through. Followed by 9/11 and the start of the forever wars. Of course that was before 2016 and 2020 well and truly kicked us all in the head.
Don't get the love for this at all, feels like an angry teenager screaming whatever he thinks will get the biggest reaction. If he'd been born 10 years later Alex Jones-style shock jockey, or 30 years later he'd be a Twitter troll. On the plus side, there's a fair bit of variety, in the most part I can actually hear the lyrics (although more often than not I wish I couldn't). Does get better in the second half too (after o not great start and an atrocious middle). 2/5.
I didn't care much for this, and thank goodness, because he is not a very swell fellow.
Thank God I didn't like this as much as I expected. Aside from Marilyn Manson being a shitbag, I found that a lot of the album was really bad shock and not substantial. A few things I did like, but too many slurs, high pitched-drones, and bloated songs to be very good in my mind.
Eihän tää musa oo pätkääkään kiinnostavaa, mutta tyypin estetiikka on ihan kuvauksellista. Mulla on joskus nuorena semmoinen muistaakseni David LaChapellen kuvaama julkka seinällä, missä on koulubussi ja kirkuvia lapsia ja hienoja neonvihreitä yksityiskohtia, se oli upea. Nämä viimeisimmät kohut jätän pois tästä arviosta. Mulle on jäänyt mieleen joku Alice Cooperin lausahdus, missä se mollas Mansonia siitä, että otti naisen nimen ja esitti pelottavaa teatraalisesti, so done. Alice Cooper sen sijaan on sairaan hyvä, onko sitä tällä listalla?
Ihan ok riffejä ja oisin varmaan teininä tykännyt härskiydestä myös. Nyt tuntuu ehkä vähän lapselliselta. Lisäksi ylipitkä niin jää nyt kahteen. Artistin yksityiselämään en ota kantaa.
Vähän ilmeisesti pelle äijä eikä nyt melkein kolmikymppiselle enää nää sanatkaan oikein uppoo. musakin aika basic. 2/5
Beautiful people is the best track
All the songs kinda blend together. This is not a genre of music I listen to usually, so it was a bit of a chore to listen through this. Its also very long. Its probably not a bad album, but not my cup of tea Favorite song is Beautiful People and the untitled final track is kinda weird and I like that 2/5
Not my type of music... but it was not too bad considering. Although when I actually listened and put the instrumentals aside, it was not great.
Already a slur only 1:50 into the album. Color me surprised…. The lyrics on here are corny as fuck. Being edgy just for the sake of being edgy. There’s no substance. Trent Reznor really saved this album. The production on here is actually really good and saves this album from being a 1.
Not a huge fan of the genre in general and the lack of choruses and constant distortion that is laid over everything, paired with its long runtime, made this one less enjoyable for me
I think it's well established at this point this kind of music is not my thing. I'm not offended and I don't find it particularly controversial. I really dislike the while croak-shout school of vocal delivery. There's reportedly a story to the whole thing, but I can't make out 3 words in 20 so this lost on me. And mostly I think industrial is boring. Extra point deducted for being egregiously long.
Fav song: The Beautiful People
Beautiful people stands up pretty well, but the rest of it feels like someone trying far too hard to sound shocking and evil , but lacking any real lyrical ability. Goth / metal word salad. Got a bit bored of it tbh.
Why listen to this when you could listen to NIN, who did this earlier and (much much) better?
Idk
Goth meets glam rock. Too dark and bizarre for my taste
I was expecting more
Dropping the N-word in the first song how fun. I went into this record assuming I wouldn’t like it and that sort of just sealed the deal. Yikes.
A couple good songs, 1 great song, but this is about peak Manson, and still the album as a whole isn't that great.
Nah.
Pretty interesting album. Manson appears to go for the shock value with the lyricism. Instrumentally some of the songs are pretty good yet it’s hard to continue through the album just because of how weird some of it is. But some songs aren’t awful so it’s still ok. 4.2/10
Musically, it's not horrible... but that voice! Ugh.
Beautiful People on helvetin kova, muista biiseistä en löytäny järkeä
This wasn't as bad as I was expecting. They've got a bit of the "loud-quiet-loud" shifts that the Pixies used. Tourniquet sounds like it could be an Alice Cooper song. Bring on Rob Zombie!
Not my jam
Rapist
My first thought was “oh, do I have to?” Then I listened and there was some good bops - but I can’t get away from what he has been accused of.
I used to like this when I was younger, but there's a reason I grew out of it. This was very samey and too long and I just don't enjoy it anymore.
I didn't hate this as much as I was expecting to. Still didn't like it, but it was a bit more nuanced than I imagined it would be. Actually reminded me of Alice Cooper more than once, which I guess makes sense. Doesn't change the fact that Brian Warner is a major douchebag. 2 stars.
Nu Metal is not my jam, but this is slightly more listenable. Also MM is a shitty person and this feels way less edgy than it did 25 years ago
Great. This fucking asshole. Luckily I was already in a shitty mood, which is perfect for listening to this album. Two years after The Downward Spiral, Marilyn Manson comes along and does essentially the same thing, except not as good. "I wasn't born with enough middle fingers" is exactly the type of on-the-nose bullshit that makes this album feel like a cheap ripoff of any good industrial album. The album is not devoid of merit, though. The production is really good in parts. There are some good songs too, though I mostly have to ignore the lyrics, which largely seem like a teenager's impression of Trent Reznor lyrics. I honestly think I would really enjoy an instrumental version of this album. Musically it works pretty well. It somehow manages to sound both gritty and clean at the same time. The instruments are mixed really well with the vocals so that nothing feels like it is left out in the avalanche of sound that most songs build to. After reading about the making of this album on Wikipedia 1) it makes sense that I hear so much Trent Reznor here, since he produced the album and wrote multiple songs along with other members of NIN, and 2) everyone involved in the production of this album sounds like a fucking asshole. Also, this is a concept album? Could have fooled me. 2/5 I was originally going to give this 3/5 because I do really enjoy the music, but this album becomes increasingly self-indulgent and crucifying to listen to as it goes. The lyrics are universally juvenile, and the neat musical moments are not enough to overcome the chore that this album becomes as it progresses. Also fuck Marilyn Manson as a person. It takes a special kind of prick to take being a bad boyfriend to the level of criminal charges
Wanted to like this. Strong Trent Reznor vibes but just not a good album.
No ps no
Me gustaba un chingo. Ya no.
schlecht gealtert... mix klingt furchtbar...
Most of this was “ooooooooohkay” but there were some fun riffs and lines (“I wasn’t born with enough middle fingers” hits hard some days). I checked a few times hoping it was the last track though so 2 stars from this local critic
TBH, this does kinda make me want to shoot up a high school.
Ah, Brian Warner, der Alice Cooper für die Generation Limp Bizkit. Nur, dass der echte Alice ja angeblich privat ein recht feiner Kerl sein soll während seine 90erJahre-Hollywoodversion eher der letzte Wixer. Aber nun gut - warum ist die Platte hier drin? Ganz unterhaltlich natürlich, aber nichts was man vorher nicht schon bei Ministry, Pantera oder Type-O-Negative gehört hätte; hier halt nur maximal auf MTV frisiert. Hätte damals schon nicht mal mehr meine Eltern schockiert, kriegt aber Punktabzug for being ein beschissener Wixer.
Apart album, maar kan er nooit helemaal goed inkomen
5/10
got bored
Ya sé que no va a ser popular mi calificación, pero ni en aquella época me gustó (y de hecho me causaba miedo) ni ahora (que ya no me da miedo pero no le veo lo interesante). Sí puedo reconocer su impacto social, cultural y en la música como arte, ese lado es innegable. Pero eso no hace que sea música que me guste escuchar; siento que está demasiado enfocado en transgredir, ser agresivo e incomodar que incluso ellos mismos durante la grabación terminaron mal y eso quizá es interesante como exploración, pero no me llena como arte.
...it was better when trent reznor did it back in the late 80s. except the stuff that sounded like kyuss, which was better when kyuss did it. still, it did kind of grow on me by the end, but i was also not sorry to see the end of this one. hard to say whether this was genuinely boring, or if i'm just bitter because it was the next generation's fun instead of my own.
Wat moet ik hier nu van zeggen? Ik ken de beste man alleen van de vreemde verhalen die om hem heen hangen. Oftewel, het is een volslagen idioot! De eerste indruk is dat zijn muziek nog veel idioter is. Op een mobieltje klinkt het in ieder geval nergens naar. Als ik na een kort gesprek met een vage kennis besluit om nog eens te luisteren, valt het toch wel enigszins mee. De muziekstijl is typisch Amerikaanse rock muziek. Het enige speciale aan de muziek is de elektronisch klinkende geluidjes die er soms doorheen zitten, al is dat ook niet heel bijzonder in dit genre. Helaas na de tweede poging nog steeds geen fan van de artiest zelf. Waar de muziek redelijk acceptabel blijkt, moet ik de zanger helaas op muzikaal vlak ook als idioot bestempelen. Je kunt echt groot worden door je als een gek te gedragen, en blijkbaar komt je album dan zelfs in de lijst der lijsten. Wie weet waar Gorden Heukeroth nog ooit terecht komt. Het nummer "Man That You Fear" heeft wel potentie. Misschien een cover of een andere zanger?
Aside from The Beautiful People, I'd not heard any of this album before, and I'm not going to be jumping to hear it again.
For the most part this album was not my type of music, but there were a few tracks that I did enjoy.
At first I was really into this. I really liked the aggressive nature of the music and the quality of the recording and performances are incredible. The problem is it’s pretty long and the longer it went on the more dark and depressing the lyrics got. It’s fine as an art piece but not something I’m going to want to listen to again. Just too depressing.
Regardless of his allegations, the music itself was kinda bland. Beautiful People is an absolute jam of course and saved this from being a one star. 1996 was pretty fun too but the rest of the album really blended together. Manson was always more interesting because of the visuals in his videos and concerts. Excluding a handful of singles and some really cool covers his music was always kinda “meh” to me.
As a concept album it sounded interesting, but for me it wasn't an interesting or enjoyable listen.
Couple of really strong tunes and plenty of atmosphere throughout. Too many bland entries pad it out though.
Was quite enjoying this at the start. The synth elements make it stylistically more interesting than it would otherwise be. However, it's far too long. By track 9 I just wanted it to finish. If it was more concise and compact it might even be a 4, but as it stands too great a proportion is dirge to get above a 2.
Wow. Crazy.
Surprised by how good the arrangements are on this record. That being said, things tend to get monotonous after a while, and it's hard for things to feel organic with Manson's over-the-top lyrics making everything feel way too on the nose.
sei la man
Not a fan
I see people like “I loved this album as a kid”….what the hell kind of lives did you lead that allowed this to resonate with you as a child?! lol This is more shock than substance. Any interesting guitars or drums are drowned out by industrial noise, abrasive production, screaming and shock value. I guess its influence on late 90s metal is undeniable, but I’m not listening to this the ever again.
Fuck off
147. Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson (1996) 7.19.26 Variety: 1 Adequacy: 2 Listenability: 1 Uniqueness: 0 Emotionality: 0 = .6 rounded up to a 1 "I wish I could just turn you off/ I never wanted this" Manson (the band and the personality) is one that never really grabbed me. It came out in my sophomore year of high school, and I remember the CD bein talked about quite a bit. A friend of mine loved it and let me borrow it. I think I gave up not far after "Beautiful People" so not even sure what other tracks off this I've even heard. I must have previously heard the cover of "Sweet Dreams" and seen the video, so would have known what to expect. By this point I'd seen enough media to not be shocked so much as amused at how seriously everyone else seemed to be taking all of the very unsubtle baiting. I wouldn't learn the term "edgelording" til later, but this was most definitely recognizable as such. The actual satanic panic stuff had become punchline material by this point, so it was very clear this was a big sing into manufactured controversy ( lifestyle of the band not withstanding) and one has to admit that Manson and company were able to ride it into some amazing sales and even somewhat of a legacy. The problem I think is that so much of it didn't depend on the music itself that when the bill finally came due, all the teenage fans ( because who else would be interested) had all aged out within a short time, and the next round of suckers were all too savvy to be taken in. I think the most interesting music done by this guy ( I don't care enough to look into which collaborators stuck around throughout various incarnations to make a distinction between band and man) was all done on the next album anyway ( I say having heard maybe three tracks form it - whatever the music videos were) and leaned more into the glam sound and look, but that falls out of the purview of the list, so we can ignore it. THE TRACKS "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" - Despite not having a writing credit on this one, the NIN influence can be heard here, at least on the pulsing beat in the chorus. Unfortunately that's where the ideas run out. Otherwise this is a conceptual mess and is drowing in sophomoric provocateurism. "The Beautiful People" - The one song I remember clearly from the album, this one at least has a clearly defined song structure with a recognizable and memorable melody. That said, it suffers ( especially in retrospect) from all the little horror tics, that work in the (still visually arresting) music video, but just sound like unrelated Tourette's symptoms without that visual reference. Manson's vocals here ( and throughout) as unpleasant as they are, seem to be kind of the point I guess. This is as focused and on target as I expect them to get, but maybe I'll be surprised. "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World" - More NIN influence here with the crackly electronic loops, but the comparison ends there as the rest is just Manson's fright house actor with a head-cold vocals, and forgettable chorus. "Tourniquet" - Lyrics aside, this actually has the bones of a decent nu-metal-ish track buried within the abrasive vocals, and is the best instrumentation we've gotten yet, with an identifiable melody, and some legit good bass. "Little Horn" - Are there instrumental versions of these songs? Without Manson's vocals I can see something like this being listenable with the massive bass-driven sound. That said, the drums are way too low in the mix to provide the legit heaviness I think the track is going for. Go check out some Pantera instead if you want to hear how this sort of groove-metal sound is properly done. Interestingly enough, on of the tracks with a writing credit from Reznor sounds the least influenced by him to my ears. "Cryptorchid" - More crackly, staticky loops over top of possibly the most uninspired lyrics we've seen on an album of uninspired lyrics. A pretty boring attempt to bring some sci-fi atmospherics on board. "Deformography" - Only six tracks in and I'm already regretting this experience. More NIN stuff, this time almost leaning into pastiche territory. Reznor gets a writing credit on this one as well, so this makes a sort of sense. Again, I'd be interested to hear an instrumental version of this. "Wormboy" - Instrumentally one of the more listenable songs yet, with some interesting interplay between the guitars and the argely electronic rhythms. Again though, it's all dragged down into the mud by the lousy vocals. "Mister Superstar" - This starts off sounding like an attempt at an Iggy Pop inspired number, and then for the chorus descends into some bombastic sub-grunge guitars for the chorus, which is far less interesting. "Angel with the Scabbed Wings" - More sub-Pantera guitar work wedded to a White Zombie rhythm that leans way too over into nu-metal territory for the chorus, and some of the worst lyrics yet. "Kinderfeld" - The dollar store Halloween aesthetic grew stale many tracks ago, but the vocal delivery here is the nadir. Oohhh.... creepy. I predict if I were to play this for any young people they might actually laugh, like I remember some of them doing all throughout the re-release of the Exorcist some 26 years ago now. The inclusion of the notorious "spider-walk" scene elicited some of the deepest belly laughs I've heard outside of a legit comedy. This was garbage, even more so than much of what we've already heard. "Antichrist Superstar" - It's hard to believe all the nazi imagery in the music video for this and the nods to the same in the song itself, with the chants was meant as anything other than controversy to drum up interest and sales. The lyrics themselves don't really warrant any of this, and aside from the "antichrist" imagery don't really amount o much more than a wet fart ( hey! - two albums in a rows with fart references!) that quickly fills up the room with the stench of obvious provocation. Ozzy managed this sort of thing both casually and accidentally, and it was much more effective given that he had the good artistic taste to let people read whatever they wanted into his look and lyrics. Even Ozzy on tv, earnestly and capably actively denying the satanic messaging works as a much better bit of theater than this, in that it provides just enough plausible deniability to keep both sides talking. This is the flaming bag of shit on your doorstep that you obviously recognize it for, and which is easily extinguished with a cup of water. And on top of all that, it's eminently forgettable musically. "1996" - Meh. Go listen to Nirvana's "Negative Creep" instead if you want a driving, heavy, and truly heartfelt -seeming expression of angst and rage. "Minute of Decay" - More interesting bass work that can't overcome a terrible vocal performance. Korn could have made this interesting. "The Reflecting God" - The last track with a co-writing credit from Reznor, and very much apparent on the surface level. There's a world where this could have maybe been an ok, C-tier NIN track. "Man That You Fear" - In the home stretch and we get... a trip hop influence? Maybe? I don't think Manson is that creative with the influences he's drawing from, and likely just some accidental dovetailing with the industrial stuff in his record collection. This felt like a demo track for a far more interesting track. There's a hidden track here apparently, but I can't be bothered even listening track by track on Youtube. HIGHLIGHTS - MIDLIGHTS - "The Beautiful People" - "Tourniquet" - "Wormboy" - "Minute of Decay" LOWLIGHTS - "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" - "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World" - "Little Horn" - "Cryptorchid" - "Deformography" - "Mister Superstar" - "Angel with the Scabbed Wings" - "Kinderfeld" - "Antichrist Superstar" - "1996" - "The Reflecting God" - "Man That You Fear" FINAL THOUGHTS I think the lasting legacy of Manson might just be the titillating little short horror movie pieces he released as music videos. In my mind these had WAY more of an impact than his music. The grimy, aesthetic that the Saw and Hostel movies for example seem indebted a bit to this. The kind of nauseatingly dirty, yellowed "Silent Hill" abandoned hospital look, and shaky headed was probably in turn inspired itself by stuff like Jacob's Ladder, and the Hellraiser movies. Musically I am not much impressed here. SO much energy went into the look and the strategy to bait the growing Christian Republican cult that the music feels like an afterthought. There's fine playing throughout, and an ear for melody that occasionally makes itself known, but ultimately its buried under so much sludgy production and effects nonsense that it all swirls together into a muddy, yellow-brown puddle that I'd rather just step around. The album has all the charm of a dingy gas station bathroom, flickering fluorescent lights, broken locks on the stall, and shit-smeared toilet seat included. All in all, if I want to listen to some highly theatrical rock, I'd much rather just listen to Alice Cooper who did all this first and infinitely better. Or even Kiss, who seemed to actually want to entertain after they lured you in with the theatrics. And what's more, their front man is maybe slightly less loathsome of a human being. Even Rob Zombie, whose stuff I was never that into, seems to hang entirely upon the artifice, does this sort of thing with much more aplomb, self awareness, musicality, and more importantly - fun. Plus he seems like an ok enough human. And if I want some legit disturbing, art-forward stuff there's dozens of late 70s and 80s bands that did this sort of shockingly bracing in your face material much better. I'm curious what the likes of Genesis P-Orridge or the guys from Coil thought of Manson if they ever gave him a second thought. Overall I thought this was lacked variety, was nigh unlistenable, made up wholly of parts grave robbed from bands infinitely more interesting, and lacked any sort of legitimate point of view or sense that anyone involved invested a lick of anything other than a shallow and performative misanthropic cynicism into what hey were doing. The lone positive note I can give it is that there did seem to be some genuine good playing that snuck through, especially in the bass work, and the production, while messy and unfocused, was at least professional. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Not sure I'll be revisiting any of this ever, and probably none of their other work FURTHER LISTENING - Alice cooper goes to hell by Alice Cooper - 20 Jazz Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle - Horse Rotorvator by Coil - Remission by Skinny Puppy - Far Beyond Driven by Pantera - The Downward Spiral by NIN - Astro-Creep: 2000 by White Zombie
Uh, no
(1/7) tough to make it all the way through
Worse than I expected. Deeply unpleasant both sonically and lyrically.
Isn’t it shocking how artists who write gross, disgusting music with no deeper message other than hate and filth often turn out to be bad people? And isn’t it also funny how the people who enjoy gross, disgusting music turn out to also be bad people who do bad things? Crazy stuff.
skipeada historica
Predator one star
IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT UNTRUE BY BURIAL IS NOT ON THIS LIST. I HAVE GONE 860+ ALBUMS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS SO UNAVOIDABLY GOOD THAT EVEN ROBERT DIMERY COULDNT AVOID IT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT HAS AN INHERENTLY UK SOUND TO IT. I WAS WRONG AND THIS HAS RUINED MY DAY. YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO IT IN PLACE OF THIS ALBUM, AND CONSIDER BURIALS “TUNES 2011-2019” IF YOU HAVE THE PATIENCE FOR A MAJESTIC 2 HOUR AMBIENT JOURNEY. I WOULD ARGUE THAT THE “TUNES” IS JUST AS GOOD AS “UNTRUE”, BUT DUE TO UNTRUE’S MASSIVE STATUS IT WILL FOREVER LIVE UNFAIRLY IN A SHADOW. THAT IS MY SLIGHTLY HOT TAKE AND ANGRY RANT. Anyways. Being provocative is one of the many important cornerstones of art. This album has run a marathons distance past the line where provocation ends and empty edginess begins. We can leave the pop culture phenomena that was Manson and leave it in the 90's. We should replace this spot on the list with a different pop culture phenomena that's missing: early 2010's EDM! I genuinely don't have a lot to say for the substance of this album because there isn't much substance at all. The drums often sound terrible like on "Angel With The Scabbed Wings" or "Tourniquet" with that nasally snare. What does this record do that NIN or Slipknot doesn't do better? Genuinely. It's not even that his lyrics have me clutching me pearls like some did when Manson had his moment in the 90's. It's that I find myself constantly rolling my eyes. There are so many better voices for the damned, especially given what we know now about this guy. Cryptorchid has passable electronic production for it's time, "Mister Superstar" had a good chorus, but everything else about this project is so bleh. 1/5
First time listening to a Manson record front to back and hopefully the last time. Trying way too hard to be shocking but instead it’s just corny and juvenile. If someone thought they were hardcore for listening to this guy I would simply laugh in their face. Favorite track: n/a 1.5/5
One of the artists out there that I didn't really care for and then all kinds of creepy, disgusting, abusive allegations come out? Not even going to bother
It’s a hard no from me.
decided not to listen. genre is right up my alley, but i don't wanna support this creep.
I could very well listen to industrial music, but this album just doesn't sound good. Tbh a lot of the lyrical content on this piece is corny at best. I decided to save my time & only listen to some snippets from each track, and I don't regret that decision. This isn't for me. Knowing all the shit he has done I have no desire to explore his artistic ventures any further: it didn't even take a whole minute for him to start talking about rape, so it definitely has to be a passion of his. If I want to listen to music like this I'll pick someone else.
Didn't enjoy it. He seems to have two styles: morose singing or shouting. There was no warmth and he didn't have anything interesting to say. It just seems to be all about the shock value and nothing else.
In a nutshell: industrial pop. Despite being produced by two genre heavyweights (Greg Ogilvie and Trent Reznor), this album sounds comically derivative to me. Like watered down Nine Inch Nails. Looking back, I think it was not the music of Marilyn Manson that made them popular. It was the *product* of Marilyn Manson (the angry, Satanic aesthetic designed to shock). Anitchrist Superstar sold millions. But being a bestseller doesn't mean it's automatically essential listening. You just need to know who Marilyn Manson is, not their music. There are other artists in this wheelhouse more worthy of your attention (Deftones, Tool, Rammstein, other Nine Inch Nails albums, etc). Overall: 1/10
Ignoring that he's a massive piece of shit for a moment, I still can't get into this music. Listening to him in my youth I enjoyed his tamer songs, but it's too heavy and brash for me.
Very conflicted. I don't care about the anti-christian crap, but this dude is garbage. Separating the artist from the art, I don't think this has aged well. Like maybe I would have liked it when I was younger and into bands like Korn, but now it just sucks. Listened to 3.5 songs and got the idea, 1*
I'm conflicted on actually listening to Marilyn Manson. When multiple women are accusing you of sexual assault/abuse and even claims of torture, that's morally too much to handle to listen to an artist. I'm not entertaining "art over the artist" argument when the man's art consists of edgy provocative content like that, even depicting sexual assault/abuse in some of his videos. Look, I understand half of the many controversies about Marilyn Manson (the band and the person) are bullshit in some way or form regarding Columbine influence or being able to perform in certain American states and Russia, but treating other human beings with fair human dignity is a bar that cannot be lowered. And, I mean, there's so much better metal and industrial records out there, there's a decent amount of industrial music on the list and I can firmly say this record is probably the worst one on it. I know Antichrist Superstar helped this dude blow up and made him notable as a conservative rally call against goth culture or kids that want to be different or whatever from white hetero christian nuclear family norms for the 90s, but I don't think you need to hear this before you die. Listen to like, 80's The Damned, Ministry, The Cure and Skinny Puppy. You'll get a better sense of the picture of that music scene better than this edgy abusing asshole.
👿☠️⚰️🦇🩸
Music for the MAGA generation. It’s not even good.
10 minutes into this album felt like an hour. Absolutely unlistenable and dreadful.
I skipped this I refuse to listen to an artist like this but also don’t want to leave it pending
Makes you want to die, and not in a good way. Edgelord bullshit that I never wanna hear again, fuck this dude forever.
Not worth the time to listen.
Sorry. Can’t listen to on principle
Listened to first 6. That’s enough
Fuck Marilyn Manson, I ain't listening to his horseshit
Absolute garbage made by a complete fucking loser. Get this trash off the list. 1/5
I ain’t listening to this garbage person
Don’t give a shit about any allegations or such, the music is pure shit. Sole line is to shock, but not being a conservative middle American, it doesn’t so much shock, all it does is annoy. What shock rock became in the 90s when actual music was the last in the list of priorities. Without Renznor god only knows how much worst this Cooper/bowie 90s take wannabe shit could have been, without the videos etc it’s empty industrial metal. Waste of my time, thank you 1001 list. 1 star.
Manson is a loser and this album sucks
Garbage
Did Not Listen - No Interest
(1) not for me!
My first and hopefully only did not listen. Don't give this loser nonce any of your streaming money. Cringe
I don't feel safe here
1 star for abusers.
not listening again sorry not my stuff
Stinks
Just…ugh
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not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
i hate marilyn manson i think he’s too creepy and weird and honestly i couldn’t even finish this album cos it was just pure shit 0 stars
No.
I'd give this a zero if I could lol. Made it through half of one song and gave up.
Sorry mom
There's better ways to piss off Christians
I really do try to get through every album on the list at least once. And there are a couple guitar riffs in here that aren't horrible. But this was a tough one, couldn't get all the way to the end. Hopefully once I hit my review and get a new one it will be a brighter day. Hitting rating in 3....2....1....
Never been a fan.
Nah... I could give it 2, because some of the moments are kinda creative in arrangements, but no. His voice is annoying, this whole thing is annoying and to me albums like this is what killed all the fun in loud/heavy rock music in the 90s. Also the whole concept is fucking dumb.
I don't want to waste my time listening to Antichrist Superstar or writing about Marilyn Manson. I listened to this album when I was younger, so strictly speaking I'm not cheating. I think 1996 was the best year in music so there are plenty of great albums to listen to instead. Here are 5 albums that I think should be on the list of 1001 albums but aren't: 1. Weezer: Pinkerton 2. Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne 3. Rocketship: A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness 4. Brendan Benson: One Mississippi 5. Go Sailor: Go Sailor
This is disgustingly sacrilegious.
💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
Awful music / awful human
Awful music / awful human
No.
This was not my jam.
crazy a$ man
Filth, remove this from your platform.
Skip
no
not listening fk this guy
Pass
Nope!
There was so little going on during the mid 90s that they had to invent this guy as an evil rock star antagonist.
Ew
Ew
Everything about this album and artist is foul and putrid. The toughest listen yet.
💩, obv.
Nah. He is a jackass to put it politely.
Marginal talent
What a hot mess
Never liked Marilyn Manson, absolute trash.
Torturous. I will never spin this again. This sits right next to Trent Reznor’s nonsense on the burn pile.
Hot teenage shock garbage
Can’t believe I got this on Easter, has to be the worst album you can get today. It’s music for badass Reddit mods. Rating: 1.3
Getting this album on Easter Sunday is eerie af. With that being said, my unbiased opinion on this album is that it sucks. Don’t get me wrong, there was some good beats and a song that brought me back to my days as a kid playing a WWE game on the PlayStation. But I totality, I reiterate, this shit sucked.
It was just a publicity stunt.
That was truly the most dreadful album I’ve had to listen to so far in this challenge. Marilyn Manson embodies everything I detest about 90s rock music: posing, senseless extreme volume, deliberate provocation and calculated shock tactics, all for the sake of causing a scandal. Musically, there’s nothing special behind all the screaming and those late-adolescent porn lyrics: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne and Alice Cooper did the shocking stuff better back in the 1970s, and Gary Numan’s ‘alien image’ was far more convincing and less ridiculous. Music for 90s kids who wanted to shock their parents. Nowadays, nobody talks about Manson anymore. And for good reason.
Formula for a Marilyn Manson song: Start with four bars of creepy synth/organ grinder music. Next bring in chugging, midtempo, over ridden guitar riffs and meat and potatoes industrial rhythm section for 16 bars. VSing each line in a creepy whisper, except for the final word which is in a hilarious, strangled cat effect. Yell every third line in the most pissweak yell ever committed to tape. Lyrical content is a hodge podge of insects, drugs, prostitutes, rock stars and satan. Title it something unbelievably pretentious. eg: The Bloodletting Feast of Bleeding Apostates (Red Roses for Weeping Widow Babies) Pt II Verse I am the bug with large brEASTS You want to make me unDRESS I DRINK A GLASS OF PURE COCAAAAAIIIIIIINE And then commit inCEST Chorus I am a rock god! I am a fuck dog! I am a corn cob in your school! I am a skid mark! I am a pool shark! I am a theme park full of ghouls! Drag this out for 6 interminable minutes.
One of the more pathetic flavours of Youth Rebellion, and the music sucks too.
Not my cup of tea. Pass
Inferior in every way to his peers, emperor of shlock rock
Nope, I used to like this album, but I'm not playing it now
fuck this guy
I have a hard time separating the art from the artist knowing what we know. Not columbine, the character and personal behavior.
ma idk e foarte not my style asa ca nu merita 3 stele dar ii voi da 1
honestly fuck this stupid bullshit
Meh.
Great, I thought this album was shit, and now I know it’s shit. Feels bad even listening to it.
I’m very much a ‘separate the art from the artist’ person. Here you don’t need to. They’re both shit.
Honestly… could not get into it. Some songs were more NIN sounding and could get behind. But the rest felt less musical and more shock to me. 1.2
Couldn't do it
this is the first time i wanted the album to finish as soon as it started
I hated it then and I hate it now. Garbage.
Maybe some albums don’t deserve a chance
Will not be separating the art from the artist here
Didn’t like it in 90s
Nah
Wish I could give it a zero
Shit music by a shit person. One of the easier 1 stars I’ve given out.
One good song. That's it.
I was a huge metal head in the 90's and seeing the genre morph into shit like this and limp bizkit was a truly sad time. I had hopes for this album when I saw Trent Reznor was involved but he couldn't save this garbage.
I’m skipping this
não vou ouvir abusador
All the angst of a 15 high school garage band
Brian Hugh Warner is nothing but an Alice Cooper ripoff updated for the 90's. He's also a huge piece of shit and the only list he belongs on is Epstein's.
This would be today's album. Just told a friend I don't mess with the Satanists last night and then we have Marilyn Manson the next day. Not a fan of blasphemy and I never understood the appeal of this guy back in the day anyway. I figured this would be a 1 star album, but I actually considered an extra for a minute or two. I'm good, though.
This album is on the list?! Teen edge lords had a say on this one didn't they? Ok it's so over the top with the "look at me and protest" it might as well have been written by a marketing department full of try hard shitheads. There is musical talent here but it's so covered in the "look at me!" nonsense, it's easy to miss. Then you add in that dude has always been a sex pest and this album is down to zero. Yes I understand "separate the art from the artist." Yet this isn't art nor is he an artist. He's a bullshit artist with fun makeup and edgy attitude. This isn't high art, hell I've read better lyrics in a Wal-Mart bathroom.
what..
I originally described this as derivative before I found out that Trent actually produced it. Distills all of the heavier elements of NIN into a single album, lacks breadth and depth. It's only redeeming feature is as a gateway to the true master. 1 - doesn't deserve to be on this list
Not a fan
Toto ma nikdy nechytilo, nevedel som to ani dopočúvať do konca...
He's a terrible person
I keep getting metal on a Sunday and my god it’s just not the vibe sadly
Don’t like it when it came out. Hasn’t aged well
Honestly I didn't hate this as much as I expected to. However. Even if I knew absolutely nothing about Marilyn Manson as a person, hearing a white guy say the n-word in the opening track alone is enough to make me give it one star.
Nah
Esa persona me cae mal
another album with a white man saying racial slurs…. YIKES
Oh it’s creepy in the bad way No because wtf?!
Sonically it's like really below average with repetitive bland riffs although some were pretty good and added some dynamic to the album. Vocals were also not the best and felt forced, but I can appreciate Manson's vocal dynamics. Writing was overall bad and overly edgy and trying to be different and cause shock. Wasn't enjoyable. 1.5/10, Favorite Song: The Beautiful People
It’s a no from me
If I combine musical shittiness with a skeezy abuser, and pour it all into the mouth of a limp dolly that was left in an old toilet for 30 years, it would still be better than this. I’m just glad it was super short.
The beat of a meatball, the beat of a meatball. Ahhhhhhaaaaahhhhhhhhhh Thought this track along with some genuinely hilarious moments (how many middle fingers does he have? How many does he want?) would lead to a higher score. I guess not.
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, this album wears out its welcome almost immediately. And then it goes on for another 70 minutes
I mean, I get it for folks that like this kind of music but it's just not for me. Too screamy.
On one hands, you gotta be super passionate to create music like this. Like, the dude clearly cares a lot about his art, cares so little about how he is received. You gotta admire that at some point. That said, I do not enjoy anything about this album. The Beautiful People is okay, but the rest of the album is just harsh, abrasive, and unenjoyable for me. Definitely don’t see Manson being in my orbit of music.
Just no. On so many levels.
When I was first introduced to Marilyn Manson, it was during his interview regarding the Columbine school shooting. It was a discussion about how people think his music influences kids to commit violence. He was asked if he had the chance to say something to the shooters before it happened what would he say. He said "I wouldn't say anything. I would listen". I always thought that was such a deep and insightful look into how adults treat children. Especially those on the fringe of society. Adults are always trying to influence them or prevent them from being influenced. They never stop to listen to what is actually going on inside themselves. I thought very highly of Mr. Manson after that interview...... then I found out that he has a history of sexual assault and domestic abuse claims against him....... Not really crazy about the music, and I'm not really a fan of the artist anymore either.
Album #44 Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar I never thought that I would listen to an entire Marilyn Manson album in my life, let alone one that goes on for over an hour. I have for a long time considered myself opposed to metal, or at least the type of metal that involves incessant screaming and loud guitars merely for the purpose of uneasing the listener; because at the end of the day, as a listener, I prefer to be at ease; so I never listened to, or had the intent to listen to, anything like this. My only experiences with Marilyn Manson were being scared of him as a kid, Bowling for Columbine, and hearing that he removed his ribs to suck his own dick. I always just assumed he was some gimmick shock musician, all imagery no substance, to trick angsty teens into thinking they were able to fight the power by being edgy. So I was very surprised when his mangled face showed up as my album for the day, on a site that is meant to curate the most essential albums of all time. Do people actually consider him a good musician, or was my initial assessment of him correct, and this album is here on cultural relevance alone? After listening, I’m still inclined to opt for my original understanding. The album actually wasn’t as abrasive as I was expecting, though I really don’t know why I expected an hour and 15 minutes of screaming and guitar noise that would make Sonic Youth blush. The lyrics are certainly of their time, I think I get that he is meant to be playing a character, a rockstar who seems to hate everybody and acts with reckless abandon. But you couldn’t get away with dropping as many slurs as he does throughout this thing today. Not that I have too much of an issue with it, as I’d prefer for nuance not to be lost and art not to be dumbed down so people don’t get offended, but he isn’t exactly saying anything too insightful here. Lots of terms appear revolutionary, but are also mixed in with slurs to scare people and invoke a reaction. “Everybody is someone’s N word” and in the next breath “We hate fascists and capitalists”. But Manson hardly takes a leftist approach in his ideology, instead opting for the edgy centrist “hate everyone equally” approach encapsulated by the song ‘1996’ (on which he says the word superstar as if he was announcing Edge’s entrance in WWE) where he is supposedly anti-money, anti-gay, anti-white, anti-black, but most of all, anti-making a coherent political statement, am I right? Though it is probably pointless to try to examine his lyrics, and I am not going to listen to it again to get a better understanding. I think the main reason this album resonates with people is through the emotion and attitude presented throughout. I can see someone in peak teenage angst belting out one of these songs as a cathartic exercise, and there are some songs here which I actually could see amping me up if I were feeling particularly devious. Trent Reznor's production is also undoubtedly good. I don’t necessarily love every moment of it, but that’s more to do with me not being the biggest industrial music fan. To me, the weakest part of the album might be Manson himself (is he meant ot be Marilyn Manson or is that the name of the band?), often coming across as annoying and tacky. Not an album I would ever want to listen to again, because though I am a fan of horror movies, and fucked-up stories, for whatever reason, that has never translated to my enjoyment of music, I often gravitate to more melodic and enjoyable rather than something that would disturb me. Though this album never actually even managed to make my skin crawl like I thought it might, it mostly just made my eyes roll. A hard one for me to rate, as it was definitely more listenable than I thought, and enjoyable at times; yet that enjoyment requires a lot of cognitive dissonance. So I could see maybe giving it a two-star, but seeing how he is a literal sex criminal, it really doesn’t help make this album any less tacky, and so it definitely deserves its one star. An interesting experience, though. Best Songs: Man That You Fear, Tied Up Dried Up and Dead to the World, Cryptorchid Worst Song: Irresponsible Hate Anthem Score out of 10: 2.5
I almost cried having to listen to every song. I thought it would never end.
Not today Satan
I hate Marilyn Manson and have no interest in listening to this :)
Only listened to half. So not my thing!
At least Kid Rock waited until the end of his album to say the n word.
If anyone wants to know why lead poisoning is a big deal, just play them this record
Pass. Nothing novel or special about this other than show. I do not dislike him for religious reasons (fuvk those self-righteous and judgmental arseholes) because I do not belong to a cult and can think for myself.
So not may style
Fuck Marilyn Manson. I have never liked him or his music despite him being a "formative" figure in my music scene/subculture.
Does making a “concept album” absolve you from whatever you put on the album? When you look at the lyrics, this album is gross and the songs are unlistenable. But once I turned the lyrics off and just listened to the music itself, it was a lot better. But I don’t think the moniker “concept album” gets you absolution because people DO look at the lyrics, or listen to them (if they’re distinguishable in all the screaming), and the lyrics burn a hole through your consciousness. And of course this is all before you get into the person behind the screaming. Listen to Nine Inch Nails instead.
I got about 5 songs in before I had to stop. I don't think anyone will be shocked when I tell you that this album sucks. Nine Inch Nails but replace Trent with a talentless sociopath
I don't care what Marilyn Manson the dude did or didn't do.... This album is gay and retarded and useless regardless.
Like Marilyn Manson the person, everything about this is for shock and not about creating a quality product. Exactly the kind of thing that someone who got a rib surgically removed so he could suck his own dick would make. Also, it’s so…fucking…long.
Really not my kind of thing. Struggled enormously
Horrible to my ears
Whisper-Scream-Whisper-Moan-Scream-Whisper. If he's trying to iritate the ears of the 1001 listener, job well done.
I just listened to Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory for another list and I thought that was really juvenile but entertaining at times. This makes that look like Led Zeppelin. I knew I never liked Marilyn Manson as the person/personality, but I had no idea how much his music deeply sucked. Garbage riffs and vocals for 71 minutes. But that said he really paved the way for incels and edgelordz.
Nope.
Other than the fact that he's a complete pile of dog shit, his whole schtick was based on "shock" factor. It's a sophomoric attempt at upsetting late '90's Republican suburban mom's. Otherwise musically it was and still is annoying.
for anyone who refused to listen to this album because this guy fucking sucks: you're not missing anything. this is mid. I guess torniquet was fine... but personally I don't like edgy white men that use the n word just to make a point (ON THE FIRST TRACK TOO WTF) this guy has absolutely no chill.
Dit album heeft echt heel veel goede tracks. Dat wil zeggen, ik heb eigenlijk alleen genoten van tracks 17 t/m 99, die niet alleen heel kort zijn (vier seconden elk), maar ook helemaal stil. Top! Beetje jammer van die 16 tracks nihilistische grafherrie die eraan voorafgaan. Marilyn Manson, hoe zou het met hem zijn? Het personage verscheen dertig jaar geleden, liep lekker stout iedereen te shockeren, en verdween voor mijn gevoel daarna (gelukkig) weer in het niets. In mijn beleving dan. Jammer dus dat we wel door het 1001-boek nog even getracteerd worden op dit gedrocht van een album. Ik heb het uitgeluisterd, ik weet ook niet hoe ik het voor elkaar gekregen heb. En nu wil ik nooit meer iets van of over dit stuk ongeluk horen.
1 hora y 11 minutos de gritos. 27 añitos tenia la criatura cuando hizo esto. Tantos géneros musicales y me siguen saliendo estos álbumes de gente edgy. Prefiero suicidarme antes que terminar de escucharlo.
71 minutes of the most edgelord bullshit. I can hear the collective mouthbreathing in between the tracks.
Getting shouted at for more than an hour is not my idea of a good time. At least it reminded of the rumour that had a rib removed….
This was awful. Very screamy, extremely long, and mostly just tedious. Squarely aimed at edgy teenagers trying to annoy their parents
Not going to listen to this garbage
Dumb, spoiled clown. 1 rib out of 24 ribs
Music to make your parents put you in therapy.
I had to listen to this album in chunks over a number of hours. The title track scared my dog.
I had been doing so well at separating the art from the artist in this project until now, but fuck you, Marilyn Manson. I saw MM at Leeds Festival in 2001, which ironically means I saw him duet with yesterday's artist, Eminem. I remember nothing about his set at all (it was the same year Rocket From The Crypt made people face the back of the tent "to experience the music differently" so it's not like I blanked out the whole weekend). I like The Beautiful People. Everything is basically summed up as MM ripping off Nine Inch Nails, and I don't even like them very much. This probably should get a 1.5, but, again, fuck you Brian. 1/5
Šiaip patiko, primenė dalimis NIN (aišku, nes jis prisidėjo prie albumo), bet atsisakau jam duoti didesnį įvertinimą.
This Brian guy stinks
I'm far more familiar with Marilyn Manson that I would like to be. I had a roommate in college who loved MM and Korn. Never liked them, or him really. Brian "Marilyn Manson" Warner really has nothing interesting going for him. He's not a talented musician (does he even play an instrument?). It doesn't sound like he's a particularly good person (given the allegations against him) But even with those, he's not the most controversial music, though he'd like to be (for me that'd go to GG Allin). He's not even the WORST human being in music (that'd be that guy from lostprophets - do yourself a favor and don't look it up). Anyway, the album - tries very hard to be shocking for the sake of shock. If you lived through the 90s, you've already heard every variation on these sounds done by far better musicians. A bland album aimed at "edgy" teenagers. Heard it all before, don't want to hear it again.
I think back on a recent Billy Corgan interview with Al Jouregensen of Ministry, where Al was talking about how Trent Reznor was a roadie for Ministry, took some ideas, and went on to form Nine Inch Nails. Billy asked Al how he felt about that. Al said it didn't bother him, because Brian Hugh Warner was a roadie for Nine Inch Nails and took some ideas, to go on an form Marilyn Manson. So that is really how I feel about this. Its just a copy of a copy of copy.
Annoyed me more and more as it went on. Not interested in ever listening to this again.
Yucky - did not finish. Saved a song: N RYM: N
This guy is a rapist oof
0/5 I didn't listen. I don't listen to predators.
Álbum bem "FUCK!!!" né. It is like Nine Inch Nails, but bad.
Fuck this guy
No Thank You
Drasl
Hab ich mir nicht angehört, werd ich mir nicht anhören, mag ein Klassiker sein, aber ist mir in dem Fall egal
I didn't expect to dig this as much as I did. I'll admit, I had preconceived notions about what this would sound like based on my knowledge of Marilyn Manson, as well as from the album cover, but when I put it on I was blown away. Through a wall of distorted guitar that soon dissipated, I hear the frentic upstroke of clean, treble-soaked guitar. A tortured howl soon gives way to a gentle, but enthusiastic "pick it up" repeated three times, and the horns come in to bring the song up a notch in energy. I'm not too into labels, but I guess you would call this 3rd wave(?) ska. But whatever you want to call it, by the third song (the one about hitting the mall with your friends on a Sunday morning) I was a full convert. Not sure what all the controversy is about, this album was a good, fun time - perfect for uplifting your mood on a dreary day.
nai nöd giuet
Pretty awful. All it made me feel is the desire for me to remove a few ribs
I don't like the sound of a gravel processor. This is an album of that sound, but less rhythmic.
terrible music, terrible person
Boo hiss
Heavy Mince
No thank you
Listened to about half of this. Loud, heavy, angry industrial hard rock with vocals that are mostly controlled screaming. No thank you. I can appreciate that there's craft in how these tracks are assembled, but I can't listen to more of it. Also don't want to support a guy with a trail of sexual assault allegations.
Crap
I'm torn on this one because I listened to him a lot when I was younger but obviously he's a terrible person, so I just can't enjoy his music anymore.
I barely liked his music, then I found out he's a disgusting piece of shit.
Actually couldn’t wait for it to be over. The entire thing sounds the same, it gave me a headache and he’s proper rapey. Not really what you want when listening to music👍
Maybe music for angry, horny children is my least favourite genre.
did a 5 minute skim through the tracks, that was enough.
I blame the Mama's and the Papa's that kicked off this horrible weird stint of separating art from the artist. I never liked him, don't like him now and won't give him my Spotify stream. Protest vote here.
I'm sure this album helped sell black Jnco jeans, eye makeup, and chain wallets back in the day, but this edgelord, mall-metal sh*t sucks. The artist is a sexual predator, too. Take this off the list. 1 star.
De la musique pour ado dépressif pseudo-edgy. A chier. -1 pour les agressions sexuelles du bonhomme.
Hate the album cover. Didn’t like the music. Marilyn Manson is also not a good person. If I could give it a zero I would.
My first time listening to a full Marilyn Manson Album. It didn't do very much for me.
Solo he podido salvar "The Beautiful People", el resto es demasiado para mí.
I just dont like this at all.
Lock this abuser up!
Literally can't listen to it
Yeah, can't give him more than a 1
DNF, not for me
Too cartoonish to be taken seriously, like NiN, but not fun enough to be enjoyed as dark camp, like White Zombie. This is either a 2 star album that I'm knocking a star off because Manson is a garbage person, or a 3 star album that I'm knocking 2 stars off because Manson is a garbage person. I can't decide.
Bakfull idag ...det här va inte albumet jag behövde
Inte bara tråkigt utan långtråkigt. 17 högst mediokra låtar som bara pågår. Manson vill gärna vara en provokatör och möjligen provocerade han den kristna högern en gång i tiden. Idag är han bara provocerande tråkig.
Would have been 2- for what it was at the time, but knocking down to 1 star because of the shit person he is.
Too much screaming and way too angry for my taste
Some decent stuff here it's just extremely heavy and too much screaming for me. 1.4 outta 5
So insanely long and drawn out. The Beautiful People was as childishly fun as I remember... and then the album goes on monotonously for another hour. Plus he's a bad person.
ugh. this takes me back to a time I was really unhappy with music.
Dear god, this weirdo is on the list? Gave up listening halfway through because this is literally just music for people who desperately want to be edgy but they're not edgy in a genuine way. His covers of Tainted Love and Sweet Dreams (thankfully not on the album) are the worst thing in the world and have always pissed me off, turns out his original music is no better 1/5
No, nope, no way, nu uh, absolutely not ... Even the album cover is scary!
No me gusta que me griten, mal empezamos. Despues de 6 canciones no aguanto mas.
0/10. Not my tempo at all😔🕊️🥺
god, no. Ugh.
# 580 : Antichrist Superstar Antichrist Superstar – Shock Rock Fatigue Ungh. This can’t be good… and it isn’t. The album kicks off with a refreshing sonic blast, but quickly devolves into an hour and a quarter of being yelled at by a guy who really wants you to know he’s edgy. It’s screamy, shouty, and creepy—but not in a fun Halloween way. More like “your neighbour’s goth teenager started a band” creepy. Some of the riffs are actually solid, but they’re buried under layers of vocal theatrics and lyrical content that feels like it was written to make your grandma clutch her pearls. It’s overlong, lacking in variety, and exhausting to sit through. I don’t understand how people enjoy this. Maybe they’re in it for the shock value, but after 75 minutes of this, the only thing I felt was regret. Verdict: ★ for the riffs. File under “albums that scream at you until you leave.”
I really didn't jive with this one. More abrasive than what I'd enjoy and yeesh some of these lyrics. Reading the Wikipedia page about it, sure I don't disagree with the themes but did they really have to write it like that? Also jfc, the whole concept of the album and how it fits in the trilogy of albums sounds exhausting.
Laulajan ääni ei ole kovin miellyttävä, oli sitten huutamista tai laulamisen yrittämistä. Muutenkin levyn äänimaailma vähän raastaa korvia. Ei lisää tällaista..
No ei toimi sitten edes vähää alusta. Ei millään tasolla. Joissain biiseissä oli kyllä ihan oivaltavia koukkuja, mutta kun kaikki hukkuu sen valtavan massan alle. En myöskään voi sietää tuota huutolaulua. Levy myös ainakin tunnin liian pitkä.
I'm not listening to this. Dude is a poser and an abuser. In no world would I be moved positively by his music.
1/2
Not listening to this abuser
When Marilyn knocked on my door trying to shock me I pretended I wasn’t home. He persisted, and to get rid of him I gave him one piece of Halloween candy and told him to scram. He kicked over my Ridwell box and left in a huff.
Couldn’t make it through
Beyond awful.
This album is painful to listen to. No, I am not a fan of Marilyn Manson (or Charles, for that matter), and it is hard to accept that there are audience cheers incorporated into the opening song; a song that inspires nothing close to cheers - unless played in the underworld. Horrible, painful, and excruciatingly gratuitous, I couldn't listen to the whole thing. Criticize me if you want to, but being unlistenable is at least partly the fault of the artist at some point.
Fun fact: I didn't realize this before, but everyone in Manson's band has their pseudonym following the same theme. Daisy Berkowitz, Twiggy Ramirez, Madonna Wayne Gacy. It's such funny dumb edgelord shit.
Здесь оценка чисто моих предпочтений. Было очень тяжко слушать, так как это не мое
Good grief. NO!
Music great. Lyrics suck.
Even casting morals aside, this was just an enjoyable listen. Beautiful People is a good song but other than that it was just a bit of chore to get through.
To me, the music is not or has any redeemed value
i'm sorry I genuinely don't care for MM, find someone else
Awful!
This would be cool if I was an edgy 14 year old in 1996. But alas, I'm not. I also had my edge dudes I listened to in middle school and then I grew up. Dude's a creep too. 2/10
Went in with a preconceived notion of what this would be and I was 100% right, only much longer than expected, about halfway through, don't think I'll make it much longer.
This album permanently convinced me to live a holy life of sexual abstinence.
horrible music horrible horrible human being
Couldn't finish it - not my type of music of all. Metal / screamo. And a horrible person.
This is perfect music for a teen boy of a certain type. It has cartoonish lyrics, grinding non-melodic guitars, and enough make-up to make Manson look like an alien on a box of Quisp and Quake. I don’t care about him one way or another and I wonder about an adult listening to it for the first time and finding this enjoyable.
ugh.