08-01-2012, 08:37
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MARILYN MANSON "the golden age of grotesque" cd,2003.
the sixth studio album by shock-rockers MM....and although apparently passed his best period this one stacks up as a great album IMO.
still some explicitly provocative lyrical content here, but overall nothing too shocking for me..!
genuine long term fans do not rate this album highly, but as a casual listener to MM this is a very good, tuneful Metal album(well, as tuneful as metal can be i guess).
still, contains some fine sing-a-long chorus lines, and some of that heavy glam rock sound from his earlier albums, think he released a best of set and a couple more studio albums after this one, but none charted real well anywhere,including this one...guess his fanbase had moved on to the next shock artist, but they missed out on this fine album!
one noteable addition on this album is a very MM re-working of Soft Cell's early eighties mega-hit "tainted love", maybe not good compared to their hit, but as a song on its own merits, not bad at all!.
allmusic rates this one 4/5 which equates to 2.4 here, and that is the exact same score i give it also.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
links from the album that get "love" ratings from me!:
doll dagga buzz-buzz ziggerty zag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V2HNn4e1Q8 audio
ka-boom,ka-boom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV282u9gD8M audio
mOBSCENE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdwZV4Y95Nw&ob=av2e vevo video
(s)aint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTYbwuyZYgA audio
this is the new shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR7Xh-N2vxM video
vodevil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDlVlNl32_U audio
3s=6
2s=9
1s=0
rating: 2.4
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They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.