Timing is everything in pop music, and Marilyn Manson hit a zeitgeist in the mid-'90s with Antichrist Superstar, riding the post-alternative wave to the top of the charts with his dark, arty, industrial metal.
He was a proud shock artist and a great interview, one of the few rockers of his time who stood his own against his attackers by offering articulate, informed counterarguments to their blustering rage.
Like any shock rocker, though, the novelty wears thin fast, and what was once scary turns into self-parody.
Manson, no stranger to rock history, attempted to circumvent this by turning quickly to the left with the glam-soaked Mechanical Animals, but in doing so he lost huge portions of his audience, and by the time he returned to scary industrial metal form on Holy Wood in 2000, he seemed out of date and few critics or fans paid attention.
Three years later, he unleashed his fifth album, The Golden Age of Grotesque, and he still seemed out of step with the times, but there was a difference -- he sounded comfortable with that development.
Also, by 2003, rock, particularly heavy metal, was in desperate need of artists with a grand vision and ambition, which Manson has in spades.
After all, The Golden Age is designed to be a modern update of German art, vaudeville, and decadent Hollywood glamour of the '30s, all given a thudding metallic grind, of course.
In an era when heavy rockers have no idea what happened in the '80s, much less the '30s, it's hard not to warm to this, even if his music isn't your own personal bag.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This Is the New ShitJohn 5, Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 2 | mOBSCENEJohn 5, Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-ZagJohn 5, Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Use Your Fist and Not Your MouthJohn 5, Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | The Golden Age of GrotesqueJohn 5, Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | (s)AINTJohn 5, Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | Ka-Boom Ka-BoomJohn 5, Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | SlutgardenJohn 5, Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 9 | SpadeJohn 5, Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 10 | Para-NoirJohn 5, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 06:01 | 13 MB | 43 MB |
| 11 | The Bright Young ThingsJohn 5, Marilyn Manson | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 12 | Better of Two EvilsJohn 5, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 13 | VodevilJohn 5, Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 14 | Obsequey (The Death of Art)Marilyn Manson, Tim Skold | Marilyn Manson | Play | 01:48 | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| 15 | Theater | Marilyn Manson | Play | 01:14 | 2 MB | 5 MB |
| 16 | Tainted Love | Marilyn Manson | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 17 | Baboon Rape Party | Marilyn Manson | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 10 MB |
| 64 mins | 146 MB | |||||
| 63 mins | 452 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuck Bailey | Assistant Engineer |
| 2 | Tom Baker | Mastering |
| 3 | Jon Blaine | Hair Stylist |
| 4 | Blumpy | Digital Editing |
| 5 | Jeff Burns | Assistant |
| 6 | Ginger Fish | Drums, Rhythm Direction |
| 7 | Madonna Wayne Gacy | Composer, Editing, Electronics, Keyboards, Loops, Melody Arrangement, Synthesizer |
| 8 | Ross Garfield | Drum Technician |
| 9 | Ben Grosse | Digital Editing, Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 10 | John 5 | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Orchestration, Piano |
| 11 | Marilyn Manson | Composer, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals |
| 12 | Tim Skold | Accordion, Artwork, Bass, Beats, Composer, Digital Editing, Drum Programming, Electronics, Guitar, Keyboards, Loops, Producer, Synthesizer Bass |
| 13 | Mark Williams | A&R |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |