Track Listing

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #152398 in Music
• Released on: 1998-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Import
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

From Amazon.com
There's no question that Marilyn Manson's 1995 album Antichrist Superstar was a great-sounding record. 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. 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

Customer Reviews

Sex, drugs and rock n roll!!!
Marilyn manson said that the albums Antichrist superstar, Mechanical animals and Holywood were a story back to front meaning Holywood is the first. Holywood basically being a typical rock album with great tracks and meaning the title Manson wanting to make it Hollywood. The second album Mechanical animals is Manson being the rockstar and being the celebrity and living the sex, drugs rock n roll lifestyle especially the drugs example songs such as the 'the dope show','i dont like the drugs(but the drugs like me) and Coma white. This whole album is Manson singing about the fame and being a celebrity(New model no 15). This album is very different from Antichrist superstar musically and lyrically that being basically and full on heavy metal album and straight to the point lyrics. Here we find the band writing melodies and even bringing the acoustic guitars and doing ballads 'the speed of pain' and it all works great. The guitar is defiantly and improvment using it at the write times 'the dope show' is a great example of this delaying the guitar until the chorus then on the last chorus bringing lead guitar fills over the top it works brilliantly. A very melodic album and manson seems to deliver his words better giving better vocal hooks and his singing suiting the music better. People rarely talk about this album most people dont mention it at all as you can tell by the amount of reviews written on it, people seem to think Antichrist superstar is his best but i personally think this is his best work. Its comes to the bands time were they need a musical change in direction, a point which all bands come to and dont always pull it off and this is Mansons and its there finest hour!!!

Landmark album
From the growling depths came a fantastic album, that suprised me somewhat! I was expecting a gothic howl of self misery.. but when i listened to this I was overwhelmed with what I can only describe as audio sensory trip!
Made me think of Bowie at his best -mad -glam -rock mixed with dark moody goth rock and clever lyrics!
This is definatly one for any music fans collection.

Amazing
This is the first marilyn manson album that i brought and i love it. all the songs are brilliant. i especially like: 'the dope show', 'rock is dead', i want to disappear','i don't like the drugs', 'coma white'
oh and another thing:BUY IT!!