For me this is MM's absolute best. This era was MM being the last real 'shock rocker' and legit having parents scared about their kids listening to rock n roll. He was the last rock 'bogeyman'. It's a concept album, worth Googling to read about.
ACSS is a three-part concept album that is "designed to bring the world closer to the apocalypse every time it is played." It tells the story by the prophecy of The Hierophant who speaks of a Worm crawling from the filthiest bowels of humankind, that grows into the Antichrist Superstar his wings being his stardom that propels him into godhood, and when the world has finished rejoicing in its own end, he eventually becomes equally revered and hated as The Man That You Fear. Like a cruel cosmic joke from God to do his dirty work for him and then punish his very existince as a reward. Crypt-Orchid is more of a track than a song because it signifies the point in which the worm begins to grow into an asexual human being. Cryptorchidism is a condition where one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum. Fun facts: Little Horn is word for word a dream Manson had about the end of the world, Cryptorchid is about his coming of age through the depravity he witnessed from his Grandfather so they go hand-in-hand. When they recorded Minute of Decay he was crying over how his life was falling apart. Untitled (aka Track 99) has lyrics both forward and backwards, If you play it at 300% slower you can hear parts of lyrics from Mister Superstar. If you play it backwards you hear "When you are suffering know that I have betrayed you" which is a line from Aleister Crowley's book "The Book of Law". Meaning Manson was actually attempting to embue this record with apocalyptic energy by recording a piece in history as if it already happened. Anyone who performs magic knows that this is key in manifestation. My personal fave is Angel with the Scabbed Wings. I rock out to that one constantly and seeing them perform it on the ACSS tour was one of my concert going highlights of all time!
This was my most played album ever. I was 12 when this came out I literally played it on repeat for a long time. It’s also the first cassette I ever bought with my own money, actually had to have my brother buy it for me since I was too young. This is MM at his prime, Mechanical Animals is another great album from Manson which I recommend.
I'd say Mechanical Animals and Holy Wood are crucial to listen to, the 3 albums were purposely made as a trilogy. Although it can be a surprise how different they are, plus by the end Manson said the trilogy actually worked backwards, with Holy Wood as the beginning and Antichrist Superstar as the end. After that, it's quite a rollercoaster, there's some great tracks and some very dark personal stuff. Pale Emperor is perhaps his most famous and most critically acclaimed more recent album.
"Trent helped with production" is definitely a way to put it. It's almost The Downward Spiral II, which is great. Two of the best albums of the 90s for sure.
Interesting fact: The last track is actually track 99 on the CD. Tracks 17-98 are just 3-5 seconds of silence. As a kid I found that pretty cool. Also scary if you left the cd running and forgot about it. Really enjoyed this reaction, it was one of my favourite albums as a teen and still gets played often now.
I loved that someone reacted to this album nowadays! I don't know if you know this but, this album it's partitioned in like 3 parts, every one with a philosophical meaning, and the next 2 albums with this one, makes a trilogy, each album with different meaning, like a trip for parts. It's just art. And by the way, the last "song" untitled, it was really a hidden song back in the day, the album have 99 tracks on it, and when you finish Man that you Fear, there's a one second silence track until 99, and this one begins. Really dark and creepy. The sound is so special. I strongly suggest you to see the videoclips!
Yes brings back memories! Also worth noting the album is cyclical. When you are suffering know that I have betrayed is the final utterance on the hidden track and the first phrase before Irresponsible Hate Anthem, which is appropriate for the ritual and apocalyptic themes of the record, like a cycle of rise, destruction, decay, rebirth (whether that be on the personal, collective or even cosmic level).
You know how there's a kind of a big jump between pretty hate machine and a downward spiral it's kind of the same thing with a portrait of American family in anti Christ Superstar
OMG back in!!! Mister Superstar,Tthe Reflecting God, Man That You Fear are the gems of the album. Mechanical animals is a gem of an album if you're bored.
@@joey86bu1 rlly? I didn’t like metal and antichrist superstar is what got me into it and stuff prior is his most easy to listen for me and has been even after I’ve gotten into extremely hard to listen to music
His best album in terms of songwriting. Mechanical Animals is probably his best sounding and probably his peak as a musical act but as a personality, a figure of counter culture and shock, Antichrist Superstar is his best foot forward. I think it's really Marilyn and Eminem who are the last inciting musical acts before the new media age and culture we find ourselves in where nothing is shocking and everything is controversial. Before that fatigue, imagine a still very conservative 90s landscape where a gangly rasp throated pale figure barks and screams about the hypocrisy and abuses of Christian faith and dogma, and the corrosion of American idealism to ear grating industrial rock along side visual imagery of horror, perversion, and victimization. It was as awesome or as terrible as it sounds. The album reflects that beautifully. Before Fight Club made hitting your personal rock bottom cool, there was Antichrist Superstar. I dated a "Manson Girl" for a bit, she decided to carve his name into her chest with a razor blade.. you know for fun? It's definitely an album with a ton of layers both in production and subtext. I think Marilyn (like many artists) lost the plot as time went on, between success and drug abuse and trying to embody some sort of fictional character, he lost the writing that made him both provocative and relatable in his early work. This is a no skip album for me, it's an experience. I know during its writing the members experimented with sleep deprivation among other things, and you can get that sense of mania and desperation as the album wears on. Trent Reznor's influence as both a producer and rival to Manson also pushes it to the limits. May be blasphemy to say but I think Antichrist Superstar is superior to The Downward Spiral, and I'd bet money that pisses Trent off till this day. It's probably a top ten all time album for me, one of the best industrial rock albums for sure, and at his peak, Manson was the last great rock provocateur before it all went cringe. This was honest degradation. It was mean, and loathing, and devoid of answers to any its introspection. It's a beautiful self-tear down of the individual. It's a biting commentary at the complacency of the moral majorities in the face of neglect, abuse, lust for power, and bigotry. But it's never overt or on the nose, it's poetic, it's nuanced, it's specific in its trauma (Kinderfeld). I'm looking forward to your reaction, this is not a one time listen if you enjoy it and it does lend itself to being in an altered state to experience further though obviously people should be responsible. That being said, there are some hidden doors in this album that unlock under certain circumstances is all I'll say. ✌️ and ❤ as always Molly, you're the best.
The guitar for "The Beautiful People" was actually recorded and octave higher and twice the speed as heard on the album, and then they played it back at half speed to get that sound.
Something you may not have realized is that the ending of the last track 99 and track 1 blend in to each other in a loop. "When you are suffering know that I have betrayed you" is the first and last lyric on the album
Ever since I started following your channel, I was waiting for this! I‘d really say, start with the beginning and listen to Portrait of an American Family. With Marilyn Manson it’s pretty interesting to go chronologically in order to explore, how their sound is shifting.
Happy Halloween! For the next MM album to listen to, it depends if you wanna go backwards to hear how it all started (Portrait of an American Family) or hear the jump and huge change in sound that is Mechanical Animals. Personally I'd say at this point move to Mechanical Animals and then go backwards to Portrait of an American Family.
As a long time Marilyn Manson fan Im happy to see u go thru these albums. I like most of his discography and these first 4 albums are really something I miss
I cannot wait to dive more into their music, it took me so long to finally get to this album and now I see why they were suggested so much on the channel. I'll definitely plan on doing more Marilyn Manson reactions!
@@mollyesanborn that’s awesome, all of their albums in this era were phenomenal, particularly the “triptych”, which is made up of this album, Mechanical Animals, and Holy Wood. Mechanical Animals is especially crazy because Manson goes full David Bowie on that album, and it’s pretty much a goth/glam rock album. It’s actually surprisingly gorgeous in many parts.
This album is a classic! MM (band) and ACSS don't get the recognition they deserve. This is a masterpiece from every angle (production, songwritting, visual art). I remember when this was released. Such an impact, especially cultural! You could see MM's influence everywhere. From movies to music. From Green Day to Christina Aguilera. Not only that, after the grunge hangover and the modest simplicist mindset that was left from it, MM was the band that brought back the "great rock shows", as in the classic golden times. Manson was also the exact opposite of the anti-vedetism, anti-exuberance, low profile mindset that was installed because of grunge. There was a sense of danger in the air. Great times, amazing album.
Mechanical Animals next, these 2 albums where the background of high school, the few "metal" songs MTV still played in the late 90s as the controversy around him grew until ultimately in 99 (class of 99!!) he got straight up blamed for columbine.
I absolutely love Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals, but Portrait of an American Family is my favorite Marilyn Manson album. Dopehat was the first song and music video that scared the **** out of me when I was a wee babe.
Manson full length album reviews? Yes please. They do one thing we'll, evoke emotion. Typically not good ones, but hey, not everything is nice. Love it!
I know he isn't very popular these days for a variety of reasons, but I'll always say that one of the best concerts I've ever attended was the Antichrist Superstar show in San Francisco in 1997. You can watch it here m.ua-cam.com/video/rYHYWpF8BO8/v-deo.html
my friend Scott (Daisy Berkowitz) did the guitar work for a lot of these songs. His style was so unique and alien. I miss you Scott! 😥🙏 BE IN PEACE Also, Pogi, the keyboardist and sound engineer is largely responsible for the atmospherics of these records. And his most godlike work is on the follow-up album Mechanical Animals. He gave the music so much of its magic. This band is one that needs to be studied in the way you would get into Pink Floyd, lots of lore and drama and meaning.
@@mollyesanborn Yeah! I enjoy watching your videos with my best friend! We watch your reactions together and discover new artists, bands and music genres. We listen to the albums that you reacted to in our free time :) :)
Great reaction Molly! What a great album. I absolutely recommend to watch the videos of this era. They were directed by Floria Sigismondi, and she really reflected the horror and sinister feeling of MM's music into the videos. I also recommend the next album, Mechanical Animals, a great evolution on his sound and image.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the reaction! I'll have to give the music videos a watch too, and yes I'll definitely plan on a Mechanical Animals video as well. I look forward to hearing it :)
Thanks for waiting! I'm so glad I've finally gotten to Marilyn Manson here on the channel, I really enjoyed it. I'll definitely plan on doing more of their albums.
I would love to see some videos of you reacting to music videos from the albums you have reviewed. Marilyn Manson is definitely known for having creepy weird videos. I’d love to know what do you think about them.
I keep saying it, but I'm fascinated watching you go through all these albums I grew up with in high school and college. Keep going, it's so much fun to see.
BEEN WONDERING IF WE WOULD EVER GET THIS!! LET’S FUCKING GOOOO!!! One of my favourite albums ever! (You just gotta do Mechanical Animals & then Holy Wood next - all three of these albums form a triptych)
I saw Manson live back in 1997 in Newport Centre, Wales, UK. I remember he downed a bottle of wine on stage, smashed it and the cut his chest all open so blood was pouring out. Then he went to.the front of the stage and shouted "spit on me" and everyone in the crowd gobbed on him 🤣 I was only 16 and was drunk as hell. I thought for years after did I imagine this. But actual video of the whole concert is on UA-cam and he did do it haha nutter! Great album this was.
Amazing album. Really hope to see you react to the following 2 albums Mechanical Animals and Holywood. In my opinion they are some of the best albums ever Back to back
I love seeing you reacting, it's always fun and fresh. This Mason album is a work of art, nice to see that you liked it. But the best Mason album is Mechanical Animals, please, give it a listen, you will love it.
Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction! I'm glad I've finally heard some music from Marilyn Manson and will definitely have to give Mechanical Animals a listen soon as well :)
Portrait of an American Family. Scott(aka daisy berkowitz) is integral to both ACSS and PoaAF, and if you enjoyed the chaos of acss, you will find more in MM’s debut record.
The untitled track was a "hidden" track on the album. One of the most played albums in my life. I would have probably started with "Portrait of an American Family" and "Smells Like Children" but "Antichrist" is my favorite. I feel like you will enjoy the more polished "Mechanical Animals" better. Glad you enjoyed this amazing album.
Oh my soul sings watching you react to this album🤘 I remember when this came out and how music was truly changed for me by this album. This was the first time an album spoke to and represented how I felt inside. I would suggest going back and dissecting the lyrics to each song. Seriously genius lyrical writing. Also I recommend his book “The Long hard road out of hell.” Oh and the album Mechanical Animals is a 10/10 and whole different route for them. It grew on me and is I. My top 10 albums of all time. 🤘 keep up the awesome reactions
Another Industrial Metal gem that was massively overlooked was ‘Spineshank’ with their album “The Height Of Callousness” with nü-metal coming back within the last 5 years they finally started getting more recognition.
Another band to check out for Halloween (Besides Slayer and Marylin Manson) Glenn Danzig era Misfits! They are a combination of Horror and Punk, especially during the Glenn Danzig era.
This is Manson's best album by far. The music, the lyrics, the production, their shows at that time, the way Manson and the whole band looked... This was his/their prime, I think they were the best band in the world then and their influence was huge. No other Manson album sounds as good as this one, Reznor's production was as good as for his NIN's albums of that era, but adapted to Manson's own style. He didn't really produce their previous album "Portrait Of An American Family", that one was produced by someone else first and Manson didn't like the way it sounded, so he asked Reznor to "fix it" and that's why he is credited as the producer, but ACSS was the first album where Reznor was the producer since day one and the band had much better songs, so it was a really big quality jump, this is when they really got serious to make a true masterpiece. Their next album without Reznor is very different but it's probably their second best. However there were many people that didn't "get it", the whole glam colourful bowiesque alien stuff, many fans wanted him to go back to the dark stuff and in my opinion he/they never was/were as good as he/they was/were in the ACSS days. Holy Wood was a poor intent of making ACSS 2.0, trying to link it to the previous better albums with the Triptych excuse that he clearly made up while he was writing it. It's still a nice album with a few good songs, but not as good as the two previous ones imo. And he just got stuck forever on this dark goth satanic stuff, he also had too many problems with the abuse of certain substances and booze, and kind of ruined what could have potentially been a much greater career. Album order from best to worse imo: 1 - Antichrist Superstar 2 - Mechanical Animals 3 - The Pale Emperor/Portrait Of An American Family 4 - The High End Of The Low (I think "I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies" is probably their best 21st century song). 5 - Holly Wood 6 - The rest.
I am LOVING that you are speaking of THEM because they were probably the latest real rock 'n roll band in the old sense - the whole band and each one of their elements were on fire... it's a wonderful record with a ton of hidden layers and "easter eggs" thanks to Madonna Wayne Gacy , the keyboard player who made sure to help Manson with the album concept as well, he pulled out some of the weirdest shit you could think of (including the screeching tone on The Beautiful People and the keytar solos all over the album) - make Trent Reznor the producer and be sure these will be inside the album. The vocals are pure cinema, Manson changed so many registers it is sincerely frightening to hear his versatility.
They were doing some absolutely crazy shit during the recording of this album and it reflects in the music. It's almost like method acting in music form.
Oh no you did the whole album. Best of luck :) EDIT: Bahaaha by the time it gets to the unfortunately titled 'worm boy' it has burrowed into your brain And then yeah when you get to the end it's a cyclical thing. It's horribly beautiful,
It's now officially the best Halloween ever 👿 Been waiting for a reaction to this album for a very long time, knowing your love for NIN and stuff. Manson is one of the most important and inspiring musicians for me. Once I tried to delve into his work more thoughtfully, putting his scandalous and shocking image aside - and that's when I realized that this man is a goddamn genius. I'm looking forward to your more reactions to MM's music and even a little jealous that you'll be hearing it for the first time 🙃
Great reaction! It would be great to see some Machine Girl on this channel, they are not very famous but they are pretty good, it is a kind of mix of electronic music with hardcore punk,quite strange but interesting, I recommend their most recent album MG ULTRA
My favorite album of all time, I could write and essay about it, but there's a lot of stuff out there explaining everything about it. It's very special to me, I always come back to it once in a while.
I'm jealous that you can hear this for the first time haha. I've listened to this album hundreds of times and it still blows me away. I also suggest checking out the videos to the songs on this album that have one
Oh...this is going to be fun. This album was my teenage years. This is his best work, IMO. And probably even more controversial and relevant now than it was when it was released. Irresponsible Hate Anthem is one of my favorites on the album, and while I completely understand why you edited it the way you did, I think it does take away from the point he's trying to make with the lyrics, but I do get that many people don't have the depth to deconstruct the song meaning.
Bringing back good memories, caught them on this tour with my dad. He had connections at the arena and we got backstage, I got a tour t-shirt, backstage pass and a couple guitar picks from Twiggy.
@@mollyesanborn A friend of mine was big into Manson so watching you react to this album just reminds me of hanging out in his room talking about whatever (it was either this album or NIN for a few years). Music is a time machine.
MECHANICAL ANIMALS is a golden album with amazing production and sound.
PLEASEEE KEEP GOINGGG!! No one has ever deep dived into his music on youtube and i’ve been needing this
For me this is MM's absolute best. This era was MM being the last real 'shock rocker' and legit having parents scared about their kids listening to rock n roll. He was the last rock 'bogeyman'. It's a concept album, worth Googling to read about.
This, Mechanical Animals, and Holy Wood is as solid a 3-album stretch as there is.
"Coco" 😂😂❤
You forgot about Slipknot.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND A HALF
Haha, I believe that! I've been wanting to get to this album for so long now, thanks for your patience and I hope you enjoy the reaction :)
Portrait of an American Family was a great one, too!
Hell yeah.
My favorite of the bunch!
yes
Lunchbox was my jam!
I will definitely have to give it a listen as well!
ACSS is a three-part concept album that is "designed to bring the world closer to the apocalypse every time it is played." It tells the story by the prophecy of The Hierophant who speaks of a Worm crawling from the filthiest bowels of humankind, that grows into the Antichrist Superstar his wings being his stardom that propels him into godhood, and when the world has finished rejoicing in its own end, he eventually becomes equally revered and hated as The Man That You Fear. Like a cruel cosmic joke from God to do his dirty work for him and then punish his very existince as a reward. Crypt-Orchid is more of a track than a song because it signifies the point in which the worm begins to grow into an asexual human being. Cryptorchidism is a condition where one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum. Fun facts: Little Horn is word for word a dream Manson had about the end of the world, Cryptorchid is about his coming of age through the depravity he witnessed from his Grandfather so they go hand-in-hand. When they recorded Minute of Decay he was crying over how his life was falling apart. Untitled (aka Track 99) has lyrics both forward and backwards, If you play it at 300% slower you can hear parts of lyrics from Mister Superstar. If you play it backwards you hear "When you are suffering know that I have betrayed you" which is a line from Aleister Crowley's book "The Book of Law". Meaning Manson was actually attempting to embue this record with apocalyptic energy by recording a piece in history as if it already happened. Anyone who performs magic knows that this is key in manifestation. My personal fave is Angel with the Scabbed Wings. I rock out to that one constantly and seeing them perform it on the ACSS tour was one of my concert going highlights of all time!
Great breakdown bro!!
Gotta do the whole triptych, Molly! Amazing concept! 🌀🌀🌀🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍
I'll definitely have to do more Marilyn Manson here on the channel :)
This is one of my fav albums. Thanks for the reaction!
Such a great album, I'm glad I've finally taken the dive into Marilyn Manson here on the channel.
This was my most played album ever. I was 12 when this came out I literally played it on repeat for a long time. It’s also the first cassette I ever bought with my own money, actually had to have my brother buy it for me since I was too young. This is MM at his prime, Mechanical Animals is another great album from Manson which I recommend.
I'd say Mechanical Animals and Holy Wood are crucial to listen to, the 3 albums were purposely made as a trilogy. Although it can be a surprise how different they are, plus by the end Manson said the trilogy actually worked backwards, with Holy Wood as the beginning and Antichrist Superstar as the end.
After that, it's quite a rollercoaster, there's some great tracks and some very dark personal stuff. Pale Emperor is perhaps his most famous and most critically acclaimed more recent album.
The sound of the albums are so different, I couldn’t get into those two except a few tracks
I love when Molly gets that "Metal Face" going. 😂
"Trent helped with production" is definitely a way to put it. It's almost The Downward Spiral II, which is great. Two of the best albums of the 90s for sure.
Every single penny from Nothing Records was put into this for production, good lord it’s amazing
One of the most legendary albums of all time and certainly one of the most deep concept albums ever made.
Classic album for sure. It’s definitely worth hitting the next release Mechanical Animals just to see the amazing evolution musically.
Your face says it all! What a great album!
Interesting fact: The last track is actually track 99 on the CD. Tracks 17-98 are just 3-5 seconds of silence. As a kid I found that pretty cool. Also scary if you left the cd running and forgot about it. Really enjoyed this reaction, it was one of my favourite albums as a teen and still gets played often now.
OMG I always thought there was just something wrong with my CD 😅
Great pick! Portrait of an American Family is the most Halloween sounding album of Marilyn Manson imo. Definitely worth a listen as well.
I'll definitely have to give that album a listen as well!
I loved that someone reacted to this album nowadays! I don't know if you know this but, this album it's partitioned in like 3 parts, every one with a philosophical meaning, and the next 2 albums with this one, makes a trilogy, each album with different meaning, like a trip for parts. It's just art. And by the way, the last "song" untitled, it was really a hidden song back in the day, the album have 99 tracks on it, and when you finish Man that you Fear, there's a one second silence track until 99, and this one begins. Really dark and creepy. The sound is so special. I strongly suggest you to see the videoclips!
Yes brings back memories! Also worth noting the album is cyclical. When you are suffering know that I have betrayed is the final utterance on the hidden track and the first phrase before Irresponsible Hate Anthem, which is appropriate for the ritual and apocalyptic themes of the record, like a cycle of rise, destruction, decay, rebirth (whether that be on the personal, collective or even cosmic level).
Hell yeah I've been requesting him forever
Thanks for waiting! I absolutely loved the tone of this record and I look forward to hearing more of Marilyn Manson's albums.
You know how there's a kind of a big jump between pretty hate machine and a downward spiral it's kind of the same thing with a portrait of American family in anti Christ Superstar
Oh here we goooooo 😈 a lot of the weird sounds were done by synth and keyboard player Mandona Wanye "Pogo" Gacy. He's a master of his craft
I love all of the synth and electronic things they incorporated on this record, it adds a really unique element to their music.
You are one in a million. ❤ Love your reaction to MM. My favorite album and artist. Can't wait to see more. 😊
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the reaction, I look forward to hearing more from Marilyn Manson :)
OMG back in!!!
Mister Superstar,Tthe Reflecting God, Man That You Fear are the gems of the album.
Mechanical animals is a gem of an album if you're bored.
I look forward to hearing Mechanical Animals as well!
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It's a bit easier on the ears and a bit more catchy.
@@joey86bu1 rlly? I didn’t like metal and antichrist superstar is what got me into it and stuff prior is his most easy to listen for me and has been even after I’ve gotten into extremely hard to listen to music
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Different strokes for different folks.
His best album in terms of songwriting. Mechanical Animals is probably his best sounding and probably his peak as a musical act but as a personality, a figure of counter culture and shock, Antichrist Superstar is his best foot forward. I think it's really Marilyn and Eminem who are the last inciting musical acts before the new media age and culture we find ourselves in where nothing is shocking and everything is controversial. Before that fatigue, imagine a still very conservative 90s landscape where a gangly rasp throated pale figure barks and screams about the hypocrisy and abuses of Christian faith and dogma, and the corrosion of American idealism to ear grating industrial rock along side visual imagery of horror, perversion, and victimization. It was as awesome or as terrible as it sounds. The album reflects that beautifully. Before Fight Club made hitting your personal rock bottom cool, there was Antichrist Superstar. I dated a "Manson Girl" for a bit, she decided to carve his name into her chest with a razor blade.. you know for fun? It's definitely an album with a ton of layers both in production and subtext. I think Marilyn (like many artists) lost the plot as time went on, between success and drug abuse and trying to embody some sort of fictional character, he lost the writing that made him both provocative and relatable in his early work. This is a no skip album for me, it's an experience. I know during its writing the members experimented with sleep deprivation among other things, and you can get that sense of mania and desperation as the album wears on. Trent Reznor's influence as both a producer and rival to Manson also pushes it to the limits. May be blasphemy to say but I think Antichrist Superstar is superior to The Downward Spiral, and I'd bet money that pisses Trent off till this day. It's probably a top ten all time album for me, one of the best industrial rock albums for sure, and at his peak, Manson was the last great rock provocateur before it all went cringe. This was honest degradation. It was mean, and loathing, and devoid of answers to any its introspection. It's a beautiful self-tear down of the individual. It's a biting commentary at the complacency of the moral majorities in the face of neglect, abuse, lust for power, and bigotry. But it's never overt or on the nose, it's poetic, it's nuanced, it's specific in its trauma (Kinderfeld). I'm looking forward to your reaction, this is not a one time listen if you enjoy it and it does lend itself to being in an altered state to experience further though obviously people should be responsible. That being said, there are some hidden doors in this album that unlock under certain circumstances is all I'll say. ✌️ and ❤ as always Molly, you're the best.
The guitar for "The Beautiful People" was actually recorded and octave higher and twice the speed as heard on the album, and then they played it back at half speed to get that sound.
Interesting technique. Where did you source this information?
YES!!!!!!!!!! Just listened to “Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the world” at the gym today!
Something you may not have realized is that the ending of the last track 99 and track 1 blend in to each other in a loop. "When you are suffering know that I have betrayed you" is the first and last lyric on the album
Ever since I started following your channel, I was waiting for this!
I‘d really say, start with the beginning and listen to Portrait of an American Family. With Marilyn Manson it’s pretty interesting to go chronologically in order to explore, how their sound is shifting.
Happy Halloween! For the next MM album to listen to, it depends if you wanna go backwards to hear how it all started (Portrait of an American Family) or hear the jump and huge change in sound that is Mechanical Animals.
Personally I'd say at this point move to Mechanical Animals and then go backwards to Portrait of an American Family.
I got this cd by mistake from a music store and decided to listen to it. Great album, had to immediately fo and buy his others after this.
How do you get a CD by mistake from the store? Similar titles, or? lol
As a long time Marilyn Manson fan Im happy to see u go thru these albums. I like most of his discography and these first 4 albums are really something I miss
I cannot wait to dive more into their music, it took me so long to finally get to this album and now I see why they were suggested so much on the channel. I'll definitely plan on doing more Marilyn Manson reactions!
@mollyesanborn can't wait to see your react to the rest 😁
@@mollyesanborn that’s awesome, all of their albums in this era were phenomenal, particularly the “triptych”, which is made up of this album, Mechanical Animals, and Holy Wood. Mechanical Animals is especially crazy because Manson goes full David Bowie on that album, and it’s pretty much a goth/glam rock album. It’s actually surprisingly gorgeous in many parts.
This album is a classic!
MM (band) and ACSS don't get the recognition they deserve.
This is a masterpiece from every angle (production, songwritting, visual art).
I remember when this was released. Such an impact, especially cultural!
You could see MM's influence everywhere. From movies to music. From Green Day to Christina Aguilera.
Not only that, after the grunge hangover and the modest simplicist mindset that was left from it, MM was the band that brought back the "great rock shows", as in the classic golden times.
Manson was also the exact opposite of the anti-vedetism, anti-exuberance, low profile mindset that was installed because of grunge.
There was a sense of danger in the air.
Great times, amazing album.
Mechanical Animals next, these 2 albums where the background of high school, the few "metal" songs MTV still played in the late 90s as the controversy around him grew until ultimately in 99 (class of 99!!) he got straight up blamed for columbine.
My first concert NIN with Marilyn Manson and Hole.
Great reaction
Same, but for me it was Jim Rose Circus not Hole
I’m glad you liked it. I hope you proceed to try Mechanical Animals next! I think you’ll enjoy it as well.
I'll definitely do a video for Mechanical Animals as well, I'm looking forward to hearing it!
I absolutely love Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals, but Portrait of an American Family is my favorite Marilyn Manson album. Dopehat was the first song and music video that scared the **** out of me when I was a wee babe.
I'll definitely have to give Portrait Of An American family a listen as well!
Portrait of an American family! Saw him in a little club on that tour, by the next year this had come out and he blew up!
Gotta do Mechanical Animals next, as it's like the glam counterpart to this and a DEF nod to Bowie
Manson full length album reviews? Yes please. They do one thing we'll, evoke emotion. Typically not good ones, but hey, not everything is nice. Love it!
Oh yeah- this is a top 10 atg album for me. You definitely gotta check out Portrait of an American Family too. Both amazing albums
Great album and happy Halloween, Molly!🎃❤️
I know he isn't very popular these days for a variety of reasons, but I'll always say that one of the best concerts I've ever attended was the Antichrist Superstar show in San Francisco in 1997. You can watch it here
m.ua-cam.com/video/rYHYWpF8BO8/v-deo.html
I really hope you do Mechanical Animals next
I'd love to hear it! I'll try and get to a reaction for it soon.
my friend Scott (Daisy Berkowitz) did the guitar work for a lot of these songs. His style was so unique and alien.
I miss you Scott! 😥🙏
BE IN PEACE
Also, Pogi, the keyboardist and sound engineer is largely responsible for the atmospherics of these records. And his most godlike work is on the follow-up album Mechanical Animals. He gave the music so much of its magic.
This band is one that needs to be studied in the way you would get into Pink Floyd, lots of lore and drama and meaning.
Pogo**
That album goes HARD!
I don't know if you will continue with Marilyn Manson but the next one should definitely be the album Mecanichal Animals
Yes, I'll definitely plan on doing more Marilyn Manson albums!
great raction. I think there is no question Mechanical Animals should be next!
Please check out One Assassination Under God when it drops this November.
Cryptorchid. An orchid growing in a crypt. OR a person with one or more undescended testicles. This record is such a classic.
Great video
It's perfection.
exactly
Check out the video for "Man That You Fear'. Damn, I miss be 11-13 in the 90s lol... Keep up the great work! 🤘
Hi Molly, my best friend and I are watching your reaction now! We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the album!
Oh that's awesome, hope you enjoy the reaction!
@@mollyesanborn Yeah! I enjoy watching your videos with my best friend! We watch your reactions together and discover new artists, bands and music genres. We listen to the albums that you reacted to in our free time :) :)
Great reaction Molly! What a great album. I absolutely recommend to watch the videos of this era. They were directed by Floria Sigismondi, and she really reflected the horror and sinister feeling of MM's music into the videos. I also recommend the next album, Mechanical Animals, a great evolution on his sound and image.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the reaction! I'll have to give the music videos a watch too, and yes I'll definitely plan on a Mechanical Animals video as well. I look forward to hearing it :)
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! This is my favorite MM album!
FINALLY!!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!
Thanks for waiting! I'm so glad I've finally gotten to Marilyn Manson here on the channel, I really enjoyed it. I'll definitely plan on doing more of their albums.
Mechanical animals is the other must to hear album from MM. Any almbum till "the golden age of grotesque" it's really good.
Nice Review btw.
This is one of my absolute favorite albums. I remember sneaking it into the house when I was 10 and the hidden track scared the shit out of me.
You need to do Mechanical Animals! Ω
I would love to see some videos of you reacting to music videos from the albums you have reviewed. Marilyn Manson is definitely known for having creepy weird videos. I’d love to know what do you think about them.
I keep saying it, but I'm fascinated watching you go through all these albums I grew up with in high school and college. Keep going, it's so much fun to see.
That's awesome, glad you're enjoying them! it's been so fun discovering all of these amazing bands.
BEEN WONDERING IF WE WOULD EVER GET THIS!! LET’S FUCKING GOOOO!!!
One of my favourite albums ever!
(You just gotta do Mechanical Animals & then Holy Wood next - all three of these albums form a triptych)
MECHANICAL ANIMAL, you are gonna love it
Most of Marilyn Manson songs are bangers! (Especially in the early days)
Dried Up Tied and Dead To the World is my favourite off this album!! It’s so underrated usually! Glad that’s a stand out for you! ❤
I saw Manson live back in 1997 in Newport Centre, Wales, UK. I remember he downed a bottle of wine on stage, smashed it and the cut his chest all open so blood was pouring out. Then he went to.the front of the stage and shouted "spit on me" and everyone in the crowd gobbed on him 🤣 I was only 16 and was drunk as hell. I thought for years after did I imagine this. But actual video of the whole concert is on UA-cam and he did do it haha nutter! Great album this was.
This is my most influenced album growing up. To this day still amazing. Im 39 and was 11 when this came out. This shaped my childhood lol
You have got to do Mechanical animals!!! Great video by the way :)
Thanks for watching! I'll definitely have to plan a Mechanical Animals reaction as well.
Amazing album. Really hope to see you react to the following 2 albums Mechanical Animals and Holywood. In my opinion they are some of the best albums ever Back to back
I love seeing you reacting, it's always fun and fresh. This Mason album is a work of art, nice to see that you liked it. But the best Mason album is Mechanical Animals, please, give it a listen, you will love it.
Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction! I'm glad I've finally heard some music from Marilyn Manson and will definitely have to give Mechanical Animals a listen soon as well :)
Amazing reaction. Please "Mechanical Animals" next or "The golden age of grotesque".
Portrait of an American Family.
Scott(aka daisy berkowitz) is integral to both ACSS and PoaAF, and if you enjoyed the chaos of acss, you will find more in MM’s debut record.
The untitled track was a "hidden" track on the album. One of the most played albums in my life. I would have probably started with "Portrait of an American Family" and "Smells Like Children" but "Antichrist" is my favorite. I feel like you will enjoy the more polished "Mechanical Animals" better. Glad you enjoyed this amazing album.
Oh my soul sings watching you react to this album🤘 I remember when this came out and how music was truly changed for me by this album. This was the first time an album spoke to and represented how I felt inside. I would suggest going back and dissecting the lyrics to each song. Seriously genius lyrical writing. Also I recommend his book “The Long hard road out of hell.” Oh and the album Mechanical Animals is a 10/10 and whole different route for them. It grew on me and is I. My top 10 albums of all time. 🤘 keep up the awesome reactions
I thought MM was a joke at first. Then I sat and listenened this whole album. Really dug into it and now it might be my favorite album of all time.
He has his haters but "Beautiful People" will always be a banger in my eyes. He has had some other good albums too. Happy Halloween!
Another Industrial Metal gem that was massively overlooked was ‘Spineshank’ with their album “The Height Of Callousness” with nü-metal coming back within the last 5 years they finally started getting more recognition.
Happy Halloween!
You too! This seemed like the perfect album for spooky season 👻
Another band to check out for Halloween (Besides Slayer and Marylin Manson) Glenn Danzig era Misfits! They are a combination of Horror and Punk, especially during the Glenn Danzig era.
To be honest, best thing to do is to jump right into his next release which is Mechanical Animals
The best album ever made
Mechanical Animals is his absolute best work.
I look forward to hearing that album as well!
This is Manson's best album by far.
The music, the lyrics, the production, their shows at that time, the way Manson and the whole band looked... This was his/their prime, I think they were the best band in the world then and their influence was huge.
No other Manson album sounds as good as this one, Reznor's production was as good as for his NIN's albums of that era, but adapted to Manson's own style.
He didn't really produce their previous album "Portrait Of An American Family", that one was produced by someone else first and Manson didn't like the way it sounded, so he asked Reznor to "fix it" and that's why he is credited as the producer, but ACSS was the first album where Reznor was the producer since day one and the band had much better songs, so it was a really big quality jump, this is when they really got serious to make a true masterpiece.
Their next album without Reznor is very different but it's probably their second best. However there were many people that didn't "get it", the whole glam colourful bowiesque alien stuff, many fans wanted him to go back to the dark stuff and in my opinion he/they never was/were as good as he/they was/were in the ACSS days.
Holy Wood was a poor intent of making ACSS 2.0, trying to link it to the previous better albums with the Triptych excuse that he clearly made up while he was writing it.
It's still a nice album with a few good songs, but not as good as the two previous ones imo.
And he just got stuck forever on this dark goth satanic stuff, he also had too many problems with the abuse of certain substances and booze, and kind of ruined what could have potentially been a much greater career.
Album order from best to worse imo:
1 - Antichrist Superstar
2 - Mechanical Animals
3 - The Pale Emperor/Portrait Of An American Family
4 - The High End Of The Low (I think "I Want to Kill You Like They Do in the Movies" is probably their best 21st century song).
5 - Holly Wood
6 - The rest.
FINALLY THE DAY HAS COME!
Haha, thanks for waiting! :)
@@mollyesanborn great reaction by the way, love the insight! it was worth the wait!
@@alejandromolina2435 thank you so much, I really appreciate that! ❤
I am LOVING that you are speaking of THEM because they were probably the latest real rock 'n roll band in the old sense - the whole band and each one of their elements were on fire... it's a wonderful record with a ton of hidden layers and "easter eggs" thanks to Madonna Wayne Gacy , the keyboard player who made sure to help Manson with the album concept as well, he pulled out some of the weirdest shit you could think of (including the screeching tone on The Beautiful People and the keytar solos all over the album) - make Trent Reznor the producer and be sure these will be inside the album.
The vocals are pure cinema, Manson changed so many registers it is sincerely frightening to hear his versatility.
They were doing some absolutely crazy shit during the recording of this album and it reflects in the music. It's almost like method acting in music form.
Happy Halloween Molly! 🎃
Happy Halloween to you as well! This seemed like a fitting album to do around this time, there's something so dark and creepy about it.
Oh no you did the whole album. Best of luck :)
EDIT: Bahaaha by the time it gets to the unfortunately titled 'worm boy' it has burrowed into your brain
And then yeah when you get to the end it's a cyclical thing. It's horribly beautiful,
FINALLY! HAHAHA. keep going thru his discography to see how he changes
Brilliant album. So glad you did this. Even his new stuff is killer. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Thanks for watching! I'll definitely have to check out more of Marilyn Manson's albums now.
It's now officially the best Halloween ever 👿 Been waiting for a reaction to this album for a very long time, knowing your love for NIN and stuff. Manson is one of the most important and inspiring musicians for me. Once I tried to delve into his work more thoughtfully, putting his scandalous and shocking image aside - and that's when I realized that this man is a goddamn genius. I'm looking forward to your more reactions to MM's music and even a little jealous that you'll be hearing it for the first time 🙃
Great reaction! It would be great to see some Machine Girl on this channel, they are not very famous but they are pretty good, it is a kind of mix of electronic music with hardcore punk,quite strange but interesting, I recommend their most recent album MG ULTRA
Amazing album
Such a fantastically dark album! I look forward to hearing more music from them, that's for sure.
@mollyesanborn Mechanical Animals is the follow up album and it will blow your mind!!!
You should really do "Portrait of an American Family". Its not as heavy. But its my favorite.
I'll definitely plan on checking that album out as well!
My favorite album of all time, I could write and essay about it, but there's a lot of stuff out there explaining everything about it. It's very special to me, I always come back to it once in a while.
I'm jealous that you can hear this for the first time haha. I've listened to this album hundreds of times and it still blows me away. I also suggest checking out the videos to the songs on this album that have one
Portrait of an American Family is the best Manson album. The only one with Daisy Berkowitz on guitar. Who has an awesome tone.
I'll have to give that one a listen as well, can't wait to hear it!
Oh...this is going to be fun. This album was my teenage years. This is his best work, IMO. And probably even more controversial and relevant now than it was when it was released. Irresponsible Hate Anthem is one of my favorites on the album, and while I completely understand why you edited it the way you did, I think it does take away from the point he's trying to make with the lyrics, but I do get that many people don't have the depth to deconstruct the song meaning.
Bringing back good memories, caught them on this tour with my dad. He had connections at the arena and we got backstage, I got a tour t-shirt, backstage pass and a couple guitar picks from Twiggy.
It's been a long time since I've thought about this album. It's probably better than I remember (I never owned it and only remember the hits).
Yeah this album has some really great tracks on it, and they do a great job of sticking to that really eerie, dark tone across this entire album too.
@@mollyesanborn A friend of mine was big into Manson so watching you react to this album just reminds me of hanging out in his room talking about whatever (it was either this album or NIN for a few years). Music is a time machine.
@@voidwraithprime8521 I love hearing that, glad the reaction brought back some good memories :)
Classic, listened to this one too many times.
Happy Halloween Molly! From me and my best friend!
Aw thanks so much! Happy Halloween to both of you as well.
Finally some marilyn!!!