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Antichrist Superstar

Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar Audio CD

A fair review of the Marilyn Manson "Antichrist Superstar" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Marilyn Manson reviews here, or go back to the Marilyn Manson tabs.

Band: Marilyn Manson
Title: Antichrist Superstar
Rating:

Release Date: 1996-10-08
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Irresponsible Hate Anthem 2: Beautiful People 3: Dried up, Tied and Dead to the World - 4: Tourniquet 5: Little Horn - 6: Cryporchid 7: Deformography 8: Wormboy 9: Mister Superstar - 10: Angel With the Scabbed Wings - 11: Kinderfeld - 12: Antichrist Superstar 13: 1996 - 14: Minute of Decay - 15: Reflecting God 16: Man That You Fear 17: Untitled (Hidden Track)

Manson Christ.......................
Manson"s Antichrist Superstar is the one album that made him. The best. It's the one that pissed off a lot of useless religion groups. The other albums are great, but this is the most popular. If you're a true Manson fan then you should have this in cd in your collection. .

Make sure you're right
I believe in Jesus Christ, and that He's my saviour. I probably have no business being here doing a review for this album. However, I couldn't bury my head in the sand anymore praying for this man's soul. I to be honest found the music appealing which is dangerous. You get so csught up in the guitars, and the pounding mechanical beats you forget the lyrics, and these lyrics while not as scary as I thought at first, but they're still evil sounding. I only sampled this album as I am afraid of what I might hear if I played it all the way through. I need to keep an open mind as I know I heard Manson's speech on Family Values. Apparently like Christians all around the world Satanists are persecuted too. They are persecuted on both sides. They are persecuted by Christians for worshipping the evil one Satan, and they are persecuted by Satan himself. Satan doesn't like us people because we were created by God, and He loves us. I see Manson, and his bandmates as hurt souls. Hurt by people in society because they choose to look different, having alot of negativity over hurts in family, neighborhood, church, etc. They are looking for a source of strength and comfort, and Satan can give neither. He can put thoughts in your head and heart that make you react in a way that will hurt someone that will give you a false sense of strength, or to do something that will hurt you, but give you a false sense of comfort. . . . meaning suicide. Satan isn't interested in helping you God is, and if you don't believe so I understand. There are times when I feel that God isn't helping me either. I have to remember Job however, and that it was Satan that went to God to ask permission to hurt Job because Job followed after God, and God blessed him. However, Satan said that if Job lost everything he would curse God, so to test him God allowed Satan to strike Job of his possessions, and his health.

Anyway back to the review of this album. I found the music to be appealing as I like buzzsaw guitars. The music on this album starts off with "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" which sounds like a live track, and it rocks. Other songs of interest here are: "Tourniqet", "1996", "Minute Of Decay". I found the vocals to be reminiscent of early Alice Cooper, I can't think of anyone else he could sound like. I don't know why I am at a loss of words here I used to listen to Black Sabbath, and found their first 4 albums to be rather good. I guess it's an issue of struggling with the liking of the music, and the intensity of the vocals. I guess I'm wanting to sound cool, and understanding, but am not doing a good job of either. As I said earlier I probably have no business doing a review for this album if I didn't put my whole heart into it. I chose to do one because I believe like the Holy Bible is a dangerous book so is this album. Excuse me. . . did I say the Holy Scriptures are dangerous? Indeed I did, and that's because it demands a commitment the same way Satan does. There's no room for straddling the fence. Manson makes this all too clear what he believes in here, and all I can say is: "If You Believe There Is No God Make Sure You're Right. " .

My Top Five All Time Favorite Album!

This album used to give me the creeps. I'm laughing as I'm typing this review because Manson's music is really freaky! When this album came out, I was 11 years old- but growing up with older siblings, I used to sneak into their rooms and borrow their worlds. I used to fall asleep in my sister's room listening to the melodies and weird background noises, his distrubing and screaming voice, the pounding of the bass and drums. . . and I'd have nightmares!

But, by the time 14 years old came around, I was stealing this album from my sister who had long forgotten it, and it has followed me around ever since. For 10 years I've been loving Manson's "Antichrist Superstar" cd. It is not mainstream, by any means, (well, besides the track overplayed: "Beautiful People") but the songs and lyrics are so easy to listen to. Manson is definitely a mastermind in his craft at this stage of his life. The album is interesting, therapeutic, alarmingly interspective and so astonishing!

His lyrics speak the TRUTH. He is not afraid of what people think of him. He is not hindered by the public "eye" and not afraid to tell [scream] his worldly findings to us. And, boy, am I listening!

I love love love this album. Even some of you techno geeks may like it because the bass is that darned good! Don't be put off by the album art. It's Manson's "artist" version of himself. His music, though, speaks loudly enough.

"My god comes in a wrapper of cellophane"
A lot of the instruments, especially the guitar and keyboards could have been put too much better use as a lot of the songs sound [. This album is a big decline musically from the previous Manson releases; Spooky Kid's tapes, Portrait of an American Family, and Smells like Children. . . ] mediocre. Scott Putesky, the former guitarist left the band before the album, only being credited for a few songs. It obviously reflects the departure from the signature sound. Even some of the lyrics are shockingly bad, such as "dried up, tied up and dead to the world" and "1996", at least in my opinion. Also Manson's vocal sometimes gets very stale and lacks the right melody. However what places this album as something more unique and progressive is the concept, message and pop hooks found on the album as a whole, which probably made up for whatever it lacked when it was new. The concepts could have been ordered in a much clearer and better way. If a few songs had been added while the rest were re-worked, and re-organized and cut for the right tracks in best order that would fit the album, this would have been a much better album. Overall this album was overhyped which misguided Brian Warner into buying into the myth that could last very long as a true artist. Everything after this album is garbage in my opinion. The other albums, apart from what he is releasing now had brilliant concepts but contained bullshit content and hype, maybe a couple decent songs here and there though.

The one that made him a true "Super Star"!
I spent much of my teen years listening to Marilyn Manson and consider myself a big fan of his work. I have been listening to all of Marilyn Manson's albums in the weeks awaiting his newest release "The High End of Low" which was just released May 26th, 2009. But this does not make me biased in any way towards the high and lows (no pun intended) of his career. So this is my review series of all his albums. Hope you get to check them all out.

Ok so to begin with this review we have to look back at the debut of this album. It was the later part of the mid 90's and grunge was dying out. The music that seemed the most popular at the time was R&B and Pop. It was just before the explosion of boy bands and we all know how music may not have ever fully recovered since then! So for this album to release when it did was a huge risk in it's success. It almost seemed out of place. But that obviously did not stop the album's success! Along with the other 95% of Marilyn Manson fans, this is the first I had ever heard of Marilyn Manson. Yes I listened to his debut album much much later. Most people had never heard of Marilyn Manson before and he comes out with "Beautiful People" and it just blows everyone away!

After this album came out, Marilyn Manson became a household name! It didn't matter if you were a rocker, goth, metal head, punk, christian, rapper, etc. . . you were talking about this album. It didn't even matter if you listened to it or not. . . it is just the fact that everyone heard of it! I am just going out on a limb here but I am going to say that the title had a little something to do with all that. Antichrist Superstar! What a genius idea! I mean even the people who hated Manson were at the very least talking about him! I used to go to youth groups at the churches and they could not stop talking about him. Although many of the things they were saying were negative it still didn't matter and people were talking about it!

This album and Marilyn Manson's mysterious ways led to alot of talk and speculation. I remember hearing the most vulgar and disturbing of rumors about this guy. Most people were afraid of him. . . or just afraid to admit that they actually liked him. And the rumors were stupid, really stupid. Maybe it didn't help that I was in Junior High the time this came out. I mean everyone is alot more gullible and naive in junior high. And some of the rumors were so stupid looking back on them now. But all these rumors may be the very thing that made Marilyn Manson the icon he is today! I mean it go me to buy the album! To see what all the fuss was about!

And that brings me to my thoughts on this album. This a a great album but not his greatest. Musically it is good, definitely a B+. Did the album live up to the hype? Yes it did! In every way. It is unlike many sophomore albums that suffer from "Sophomore album syndrome" where the 2nd album does not live up to the hype of the 1st album. But this can also be due to the fact that in many ways for many people this album was the debut. I mean most people had not heard of him until this CD. His debut album was not mainstream compared to this one.

The one thing I don't like about this album is that to me it is not as musically developed of some of his later albums. Its like a bridge between Portrait of an American Family and Mechanical Animals that is leading up to the pinnacle. But it is nevertheless amazing! It is my 3rd favorite album by Marilyn Manson so it has to count for something. It just might be slightly overrated. And by slightly I mean very slightly. Here is the track list:

1. "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" 4:17
2. "The Beautiful People" 3:38
3. "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World" 4:16
4. "Tourniquet" 4:45
5. "Little Horn" 2:43
6. "Cryptorchid" 2:44
7. "Deformography" 4:31
8. "Wormboy" 3:56
9. "Mister Superstar" 5:04
10. "Angel with the Scabbed Wings" 3:52
11. "Kinderfeld" 4:51
12. "Antichrist Superstar" 5:14
13. "1996" 4:01
14. "Minute of Decay" 4:44
15. "The Reflecting God" 5:36
16. "Man That You Fear" 6:10
99. Untitled (hidden track) 1:39

All in all it a great album and if you haven't heard it yet, you must! It is one of three full length albums that are worth owning. Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, and Holywood are all worth owning. They are the essential 3 and there is no doubt about it. I am not saying that you shouldn't own any of the others. . . Heck I own them all! But if you own only a handful of Marilyn Manson albums, these are the ones to own. Funny how they are looked at as a trilogy because they truly are the 3 essentials. Love him, hate him, it doesn't matter because we have all contributed to his fame. From the fans who bought the album, to the religious right who protested we are the ones who made him our Antichrist Superstar!.

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