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Marilyn Manson - Remix & Repent Audio CD

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Marilyn Manson Band: Marilyn Manson
Title: Remix & Repent
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Release Date: 1997-11-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Horrible People 2: Tourniquet [Prosthetic Dance Mix] 3: Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World [Live in Utica, NY] 4: Antichrist Superstar [Live in Hartford, CT] 5: Man That You Fear [Acoustic Requiem for Antichrist Superstar]

An EP from Marilyn Manson's Musical Prime
1997 saw the band make an effort to remix and give Antichrist Superstar lovers some live material. 1996 began the best musical era of Marilyn Manson, the Tryptich era (1996-2000, or Antichrist Superstar-Holy Wood). With 2 remixes and 3 live performances (1 acoustic) the album has more 'repenting' than remixing. Keep in mind Marilyn Manson is an INDUSTRIAL metal group, not just a metal group, so remixing should be part of any industrial artist's repertoire. Vocalist and lyricist Marilyn Manson was successful in his goal with the album Antichrist Superstar (he said he wanted to make an album as classic as the records he grew up with and he definitely accomplished that). That poses a question, "Why a remix album if the regular was good enough?" Well maybe the group needed to prove their remixes could be more than just shock rock scares (i. e. Smells Like Children), maybe Manson wanted to show an industrial side, maybe he was taking an idea from producer Trent Reznor, maybe he just wanted to. But whatever the reason, this 5 track ep was a success. Let's dig into the actual remixing work.
"The Horrible People" did a great job of reconstructing the metal classic "The Beautiful People" by rearranging the song's structure, using more distortion effects and adding entirely random parts (listen to the very beginning). This was the better of the 2 remixes. "The Tourniquet Prosthetic Mix" is disappointing after hearing the talent shown in the previous remix. It is much more simplistic. A mediocre mix in which the group could've done much better. Onto the live section. Tracks 3 and 4 show the band at their best live, before Manson's voice, well to be honest, began to suck. The closing track has an intro of a Christian man discussing items that don't fit in with the religion then begins the acoustic playing with some electronic parts here and there. Again this was when Manson could scream and in this case sing as well. Beautiful closer. Definitely get this after purchasing Antichrist Superstar.
P. S. This may not make any difference in any of your lives but this review was not written by the user but her son. She is more likely to write reviews on literature so if foreign films or books interest you, that is where her reviews would most likely be discovered (if she wrote any).


Crap.
This release was Manson's attempt to be like NIN and make more money off of remixes, but you know, Mansons songs aren't the type of songs that ever need to be remixed. I used to be a Manson fan, back when this came out. I am tired of someone taking decent guitar riffs, putting a crappy beat behind them and chopping the F*** out of them and that is really all this is. The only Manson fans that can listen to this are the ones that think his new crap is good.


The Master

In the time of ANTICHRIST SUPERSTAR he showed his further creativity by doing the REMIX & REPENT - EP. Marilyn Manson as an artist created something not many where able to in the history of music.
Btw: The CD was worth buying in the USA and waiting 5 weeks to be here in Germany even as they don't sell it here. . . . and it was cheaper though there were costums duty ;-).


MANSON
DANCE MUSIC. PARTY MUSIC. GET TOGETHER MUSIC. THIS CD IS GREAT FOR THOSE TIMES YOU WANT TO LET LOSE AND WIND DOWN. THE ACOUSTIC REQUIEM IS GREAT!THE LIVE VERSIONS OF THE SONGS ARE GREAT!THEY'RE ALL CLEAR AND UNDERSTANDABLE. THIS WAS A PERFECT IDEA MANSON HAD TO PUT THIS CD TOGETHER!YOU'LL ENJOY THIS-GET IT!.


MANSON
THERE'S DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC ON THIS CD. THIS CD IS PERFECT IF YOU'RE HAVING A PARTY. IT WOULD KEEP THE PARTY ALIVE,AND YOU'D DEFINITELY WANT MORE MANSON MUSIC PLAYING!HE WOULD BE THE PARTY!LISTEN TO THE CD EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING A PARTY. IT'S AN EXCELLENT CD!.


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