Audio Cassette review:
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals

Band: Marilyn Manson Title: Mechanical Animals Rating: Release Date: 15 September, 1998 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Great Big White World 2: Dope Show 3: Mechanical Animals 4: Rock Is Dead 5: Disassociative 6: Speed of Pain 7: Posthuman 8: I Want to Disappear 9: I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) 10: New Model, No. 15 11: User Friendly 12: Fundamentally Loathsome 13: Last Day on Earth 14: Coma White

Editoral Review It brooded, ripped, and clattered in all the right places, mixing industrial beats and samples with roaring heavy-metal riffs, echoing Goth keys, and the occasional tuneful pop vocal. There's no question that Marilyn Manson's 1995 album Antichrist Superstar was a great-sounding record. But for all the sonic appeal, some of the songwriting wasn't too strong. No such problem on Manson's new record, Mechanical Animals, which forsakes some of the band's former grind in favor of dynamic glam rhythms and good old-fashioned melody. When the band tones down, as on the largely acoustic "Speed of Pain" and "Fundamentally Loathsome," Manson even sounds like a candidate for an Unplugged session. Most often, however, as on "Rock Is Dead," "User Friendly," and "The Dope Show," Mechanical Animals is a brash, decadent, and glittery display of self-indulgent hooks and melodramatic vocals that sounds like Aladdin Sane-era David Bowie and T. Rex at their most boisterous crossed with the more modern sounds of today's industrial nation. --Jon Wiederhorn .. You can see a complete list of all Marilyn Manson discography, or go back to the Marilyn Manson tabs