Audio CD review:
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animal

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animal

Band: Marilyn Manson Title: Mechanical Animal Rating: Release Date: 15 December, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Great Big White World 2: The Dope Show 3: Mechanical Animals 4: Rock Is Dead 5: Disassociative 6: The Speed Of Pain 7: Posthuman 8: I Want To Disappear 9: The Dope Show(Video) 10: Sweet Dreams(Video) 11: The Beautiful People(Video) 12: I Don't Like The Drugs(But The Drugs Like Me) 13: New Model No. 15 14: User Friendly 15: Fundamentally Lonesome 16: The Last Day On Earth 17: Coma White

Customer Reviews A Rock n Roll Classic I cant believe some people hate this album. . this is very good. . a classic by my taste. the music IS very bowie and the imagery has a kind of andy warholian-emptiness of hollywood in a glittery decadence with an almost Golden Age of Grotesque brash-case in point: i wanna disappear and i dont like the drugs. but my favorites here are the more depressing but haunting songs like The Speed of Pain (for a moment in the last part where he sings "hope that we die holding hands, for always" his voice almost sounded electronic like something lifted out of a kraftwerk album. that was delectably haunting. and the back up singers- delicious in its sarcastic irony), Fundamentally Loathsome- one of the best manson songs i have yet heard. the music is like a 50's lounge music and works wonders for the whole concept-atmosphere of the album. Last Day on Earth is also very very good. whenever i listen to it, it almost takes me back to the electronic 1998 digital age. But the very best song and my personal favorite in this CD is Coma White. just magnificent with those sulking guitar work at the end and the soft piano-like guitar opening. the lyrics themselves are above what and how even david bowie writes~ "There's somecold and blank/ behind her smile/ she's standing on an overpass/ in her Miracle Mile". how can you resist that? its a classic. another one of my favorites is mechanical animals. the Arena-rock style guitar opening and the ending are just worthwhile for any music(not just manson) fan to drown their ears to. Great big white world is also a very good song but im dry out of praises. bottom line this is must have unless of course youre a right wing christian obsessed with demonizing the modern liberal humanity or a homophobe too tangled up with the cover art instead of the music or the concept behind both the music and the art. this might be something thats too hard to swallow for you. One Of His Best # 95'Smells Like Children - From what I have heard not good a handful of the songs are from other artists (Sweet Dreams. DISCOGRAPHY # 94'Portrait Of An American Family - His first and one of the best although it's old the songs aren't corny. . . etc) # 96'Anti-Christ Superstar - His hit album most songs are good # 98'Mechanical Animals - Still going strong and only 2 or 3 songs are bad # 00'Holy Wood - Alright good songs are good bad are very bad -------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Great Big White World - Alright droning but the tune stops u from skipping this one. 02 The Dope Show - His hit song of the album obviously very good 03 Mechanical Animals - I Love This Song! 04 Rock Is Dead - Alright not as good as (03) 05 Disaccoiative - Disappointingly Boring And Droning Feel 06 The Speed Of Pain - Bad I just skip this song 07 Posthuman - Very good head bangin screaming non boring/droning 08 I Want To Disappear - Good only though i wish it went longer 09 I Don't Like Drugs - Satisfactory has female singers at end 10 New Model No. 15 - Good I like the chorous better than verses 11 User Friendly - Alright worth a few listens 12 Fundamentally Loathsome - Slow,boring,droning stick to hard fast songs Manson. 13 The Last Day On Earth - Not boring lyrics but my mind seems to block out the droning words and listen to the cool music. 14 Coma White - Very Very good song you can tell whoever made the song put time into it, its almost 6:00 mins. most singers burn out by the last song in their albums not Manson!. X-tra trax Dope Show 16. The Extra tracks go as follows: 15. Sweet Dreams(are made of this) 17. Beautiful People. . You can see a complete list of all Marilyn Manson discography, or go back to the Marilyn Manson tabs