k thx 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 Seriously, the album should suck but it works really well. Discuss. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 I remember picking this up as a 13-year-old with zero musical taste. I look back at some of the stuff I was listening to back then and it's embarrassing. This is one of the exceptions to the rule. I don't go around announcing it, but it's still an album I listen to every now and again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 I remember that album being kinda fun and extremely silly. That and a shit-ton of Leonard Cohen were some of the first things I really loaded up on with Napster. I was listening to that album really loud one time, and my mom came into my room to let me know that dinner was ready. It was right in the middle of the song that goes "I'm not in love, but I'm gonna fuck you until something better comes along." Perfect timing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 It's the only album of my teen metal phase that I can still happily listen to. Manson really hit the knack of having two or three choruses in a song. You think you're at a chorus, then anther comes along. Genius. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2006 Only album of his, oddly enough, I can listen to in full without skipping a track or two. Flows perfectly together, and to think: this was his "sellout" album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 Sellout or not, this album is amazing. It still baffles me that I was able to pick up this and Mer De Norms in the 2-4-12 bin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2006 I remember until the weeks leading up to the release of this album, I had always bought into the anti-Marilyn propaganda. I became someone of an advocate of his around the time singles from the album were getting exposure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
converge241 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2006 its a great album and his nice attempt to ape Bowie..while i like the album still prefer AS and HW over it fav songs: mechanical animals and coma white ive seen them play 14 times and the one bad thing about this era was that the live shows were AWFUL Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2006 Sellout or not, this album is amazing. It still baffles me that I was able to pick up this and Mer De Norms in the 2-4-12 bin. that is a fantastic album...kinda short...but fantastic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I listened to Antichrist Superstar for the first time since I was like 14 a while ago, and it wasn't awful. But then I've never really hated him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I grew out of my teenage Marilyn Manson phase with Antichrist Superstar. Convince me to pursue his work after that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2006 I couldn't agree more with the gist of this thread. I got back to this album a month or two ago and it holds up really well. For someone who was considered an image rocker at the time, Manson put out some quality music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2006 I grew out of my teenage Marilyn Manson phase with Antichrist Superstar. Convince me to pursue his work after that. I never did, that album was my phase, plus a 'BEWARE OF GOD' t-shirt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted March 4, 2006 I grew out of my teenage Marilyn Manson phase with Antichrist Superstar. Convince me to pursue his work after that. Mechanical Animals is really the only thing you're missing out on. Give it a d/l. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 5, 2006 I grew out of my teenage Marilyn Manson phase with Antichrist Superstar. Convince me to pursue his work after that. I never did, that album was my phase, plus a 'BEWARE OF GOD' t-shirt. I had the "American by birth: Antichrist by choice" one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 8, 2006 Y'know what, I like this album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted March 8, 2006 I always liked "The Dope Show" because it's a pretty convincing T. Rex knockoff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted March 8, 2006 I'm pretty sure that whole glam sound was his goal here. In all honesty, the record moves well. It's fairly linear, the production is wonderful, and his ideas are pretty clearly stated in terms of the overall feel. Catchy as shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUTT 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2006 That was during the "rock is dead" period, where every mainstream rock band became convinced that in order to survive they had to modernize their sound by infusing it with electronic elements, or in Manson's case, trying to re-create the glam rock of the 1970's. Once nu-metal became the rage, Marilyn reverted back to his old form. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cynicalprofit 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2006 If by good you mean a huge Bowie rip-off then yes. It's an ok album at best, no where near as fun as Antichrist was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cynicalprofit 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2006 If by good you mean a huge Bowie rip-off then yes. It's an ok album at best, no where near as fun as Antichrist was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cynicalprofit 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2006 If by good you mean a huge Bowie rip-off then yes. It's an ok album at best, no where near as fun as Antichrist was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cynicalprofit 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2006 If by good you mean a huge Bowie rip-off then yes. It's an ok album at best, no where near as fun as Antichrist was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
