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"The Dope Show" was nominated for the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.
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Approaching the new millennium, Marilyn Manson shows himself to be standing squarely at the crossroads of the past and future of popular music. MECHANICAL ANIMALS takes the crunch and shock of '70s glam rock and mates it with the automated pings and electronic sheen of artists such as the Dust Brothers and Danny Saber (who both appear on this album). Manson's knack for going light years beyond Alice Cooper's brand of shock rock starts with the packaging itself. On it, the freaky Floridian appears as an asexual being with flaming red eyes and hair (whose appearance is not unlike a cross between David Bowie's Aladdin Sane and Diamond Dogs characters).
The music itself not only assaults the senses but a variety of targets as well. Naturally enough, the Religious Right is a convenient whipping boy ("Rock Is Dead"), as are back-stabbers ("Speed Of Pain") and the beast that is the media ("New Model No. 15," "The Dope Show"). When Manson isn't smashing you in the mouth with a crashing wall of guitars and new wavey synths, his instincts lead him into late-Floydian nihilism ("The Speed Of Pain") and hi-NRG ditties tailor-made for an imaginary sci-fi disco ("Posthuman," "I Want To Disappear").
Marilyn Manson: Marilyn Manson (vocals, vocoder, guitar, ARP synthesizer); Twiggy Ramirez (guitar, bass, synthesizer); John5 (guitar); M.W. Gacy (piano, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer); Ginger Fish (drums).
Producers: Michael Beinhorn, Marilyn Manson, Sean Beavan.
Additional personnel: Zim Zum (guitar, beinhorn, synthesizer); Dave Navarro (guitar); Danny Saber (strings, Clavinet, programming); DJ Neil Strauss (scratches); Kobi Tai, Dyanna Lauren, John West, Lyn Davis, Nikki Harris, Alexandra Brown (background vocals).Rolling Stone (10/1/98, pp.65-66) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...Its ultimate sources are the goths: Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and early Cure...[it] gets its cavelike spaciousness from these influences and tweaks them with an industrial crunch, an arena-rock guitar solo or a soulful backing vocal..."
Spin (1/99, p.91) - Ranked #7 on Spin's list of "Top 20 Albums of '98."
Entertainment Weekly (9/18/98, pp.84-85) - "...there is something deeply outrageous about MECHANICAL ALBUMS: It's a Manson album that delivers on music as much as on image....Looking back in mascara'd anger, Manson and Beinhorn have fashioned music steeped in glam rock and concept-album bombast but updated with a crunching intensity..." - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (9/18/98, pp.84-85) - "...there is something deeply outrageous about MECHANICAL ALBUMS: It's a Manson album that delivers on music as much as on image.... Looking back in mascara'd anger, Manson and Beinhorn have fashioned music steeped in glam rock and concept-album bombast but updated with a crunching intensity..." - Rating: A-
CMJ (1/11/99, p.3) - "...The epic glam rock of MECHANICAL ANIMALS is drenched in evil overtones and possesses a power and complexity that drowns out the roar of knee-jerk press hype..." Mechanical Animals Music | List Price | $13.92 (You save $1.27) | | Category | Rock Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock/Pop | | Label | Interscope | | Orig Year | 1998 | | All Time Sales Rank |  8289  | | CD Universe Part number | 1076496 | | Catalog number | 90282 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 15, 1998 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Barry Goldberg; Sean Beavan | | Personnel | Marilyn Manson - vocals, vocoder, guitar, ARP synthesizer
John - guitar
Ginger Fish - drums
Twiggy Ramirez - guitar, bass, synthesizer
M.W. Gacy - piano, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer
Also: Dave Navarro, Danny Saber, Alexandria Brown, Nikki Harris, Zim Zum, D.J. Neil Strauss, Dyanna Lauren, Kobi Tai, Lyn Davis, Billy Corgan, Dust Brothers | | Additional Info | Alternate Packaging |
Marilyn Manson Mechanical Animals Songs Mechanical Animals Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Probably his best
Every track on here shines and there isn't a weak moment in the whole album. A perfect blending of rock, glam, industrial, and electronic influences with intelligent lyrics and themes. A must for any fan of rock or good music.
Submitted by Nate (Reading)
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Best album
This is one of the best albums in Industrial metal I would put it #2 right under Ministry's jaw droping Houses Of The Mole
Submitted by John Kanner (Wallingford,CT,USA)
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Marilyn Manson in my opinion is a mix of David Bowie for his glamorous looks and style and Alice Cooper for his shock rock music and actions. This is an entertaining and interesting album, it is not all just about drugs, but rather about the faults, the cruelty and the madness, in the society that we live in. It delievers a strong message. The best songs are: "Great White Big World", "The Last Day On Earth", and "Coma White"... I actually like the album cover, but if you find it offensive you can flip the cover over to the back page and there is a different picture of Marilyn in a white one-piece outfit.
Submitted by Manuel (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
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This was the first manson cd i got, and it is one of the best, even though Antichrist Superstar is better. The cover is gross though, but don't not buy this cd just because that, it is an awesome cd. MANSON ROCKS!!!!!
Submitted by bloodytalons (MT, USA)
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This was my first manson cd, and i was hooked, the fist song, great big white world, was brilliant,as is the whole cd. the message behind the cd is hidden behind so many metaphors, makes it fun to listen to.
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