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The Golden Age Of Grotesque [Explicit Lyrics] [Extra tracks]

~ Marilyn Manson
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  • Audio CD (12 May 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics, Extra tracks
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B00009EPWZ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,157 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Listen  2. This Is The New Shit [Explicit] 4:19£0.89
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Listen  4. Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag [Explicit] 4:11£0.69
Listen  5. Use Your Fist And Not Your Mouth [Explicit] 3:34£0.69
Listen  6. The Golden Age Of Grotesque [Explicit] 4:05£0.69
Listen  7. (S)Aint [Explicit] 3:42£0.89
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Listen10. Spade [Explicit] 4:34£0.69
Listen11. Para-noir [Explicit] 6:01£0.69
Listen12. The Bright Young Things [Explicit] 4:19£0.69
Listen13. Better Of Two Evils [Explicit] 3:48£0.69
Listen14. Vodevil [Explicit] 4:39£0.69
Listen15. Obsequey (The Death Of Art) 1:33£0.69
Listen16. Tainted Love 3:20£0.89
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Marilyn Manson's The Golden Age of Grotesque was inspired, in part at least, by the seamy underside of Weimar Berlin, circa 1930. The album is constructed along the lines of Alice Cooper's 1975 gem, Welcome to My Nightmare, dipping in to the same cabaret of Cooper's "Some Folks."

Unlike Cooper, however, this is no comic nightmare. "This isn't a show / This is my fucking life / I'm not ashamed / You're entertained," Manson snarls in "Vodevil," making it abundantly clear that the singer was born in the wrong time and place and is more at home among the absinthe-drinking revellers in pre-Nazi Germany. The album possesses a dark, accessible beauty rather than the twisted industrial dissonance that pervades much of his earlier stuff. "mOBSCENE" is a thumping rocker that features a deranged cheerleading squad. "Ka-Boom Ka-Boom" is a rousing stomper that Manson penned in response to an exec's complaint that the new songs didn't rock. Its simple yet seditious chorus decries, "I like a big car, 'cause I'm a big star / I'll make a big rock & roll hit." Since 1998's Mechanical Animals, Manson's albums have become progressively more tuneful, and Grotesque continues the trend. --Jaan Uhelszki

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Fifth full-length studio album from Marilyn Manson and the follow-up to 'Holy Wood' which was released in 2000. 'The Golden Age Of Grotesque' is a return to the filth and gloom ofhis early work, with inspiration for the album coming from a broad range of sources such as 1930's Hollwood, Vaudevilleand the extreme height of cabaret decadence and so-called 'degenerate art' in Weimar, Berlin.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Golden Age of Grotesque, 24 July 2004
By Matt Ison (Coventry, England) - See all my reviews
Right, I've had this album for over a year now and it's still amazing! I've given this album 5 stars, however I still don't think that it is as strong as Antichrist Superstar or Mechanical Animals, not lyrically anyway. Any listeners who listened to this and thought that Manson had sold out, just bear in mind that it has always been his intention to infect the mainstream and that's what has had so many American religious fanatics stressed. He has been succeeding for years and fighting back at their attempts to censor him. This album has some massively infectious pop choruses and beats, courtesy of Tim Skold, formerly of KMFDM. This is musical expression at its finest as the listener truly gets a sense that Manson is singing, not to prove a point, but simply because of his love of making music. If there is such a thing, this is Manson's feelgood album and one can only wonder where he's going to go from here. Album highlights include 'This is the New Sh*t', the bizarre 'The Golden Age of Grotesque', 'The Bright Young Things' and 'Vodevil'. This is an essential purchase for any hard rock fan.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A thumpingly good album, 30 Mar 2004
By Mr. S. Dennis "stevedee77" (Swansea) - See all my reviews
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Out of all the Marilyn Manson albums, I personally think this is by far the best and recommend it highly.

I think this is mainly because I started getting into his music post "Holywood". It doesn't surprise me that many of the Marilyn Manson purists don't like this album. It is more mainstream than his other albums, with less of the bizarre and disturbing "sound effects" tracks that have featured in earlier offerings.
To be honest I think those tracks are rubbish and serve no purpose other than to have as background noise in a darkened room during a satanic ritual. For me, this album is more about thumping hard rock tracks that really do kick some serious ass, not about padding out an album with experimental nonsense.

If this is your first Marilyn Manson album, I would suggest you buy it. I think this is the most structured, well put together of all his albums musically speaking. I haven't listened to a new album so much for a long time, its a long term favourite in the car CD player.
If you like good, hard, angry rock music that you can play at ear-bleeding volumes, then you'll like this. It has thumping pounding beats, the occasional catchy guitar riffs and heavy basslines (Slutgarden, Para-noir, (s)AINT)) and plenty of good Marilyn Manson noise. The other great thing are the lyrics in so many of the songs, but this has always been something that Manson does well.

There really are a whole host of great tracks on this album, some will take a while to get into, others will immediately set you off. If you've heard one or two tracks you've liked, then you won't be disappointed with the rest that are on here.

My favourite tracks are The New Sh*t, mOBSCENE, (s)AINT, Slutgarden, Para-noir, The Bright Young Things, Better of Two Evils, Vodevil (must be played loud!).
Ok, so maybe I've been drugged with the commercialisation of his new stuff and don't hold the same view as the Marilyn Manson purists, but who cares? As a stand alone album this ROCKS!

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Mechanical Animals This Aint, 16 Feb 2004
Now my favourite MM release is without doubt Mechanical Animals, largely because Antichrist superstar was over rated and couldnt decide whether to be industrial or thrash. Holy Wood was good and encompassed many different musical styles but lacked any real lyrical or vocal progresion and felt over pretentious in a way, Mechanical Animals was a great album ulike anything since Nirvana Glam Rock is back! Then to the GAOG its a good album no doubt, the emotions and shocks hae definitely gone for this one, with only Para-noir really showing any of either. Stil this is a good standard rock n roll album, it steps back in a way to the days of ACSS particularly with the opening This Is The New Sh*t sounding like a watered down Irresponsible Hate Anthem. That's the problem a lot of this album has: It's all been done before and better. Manson's promise to change the face of music and art will go unfulfilled this is a more comercial and produced record than anything hes made before and it will probably sell bettter than the flop of Holywood, but it isnt a particularly great record. 2003 was the year of dissapointing records, and the year that marilyn manson well and truly ran out of things to say.
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5.0 out of 5 stars His best album ever? Maybe
Until now MM's best album by far has been, for me and many, Mechanical Animals. Golden Age of Grotesque comes pretty close to knocking it off the top spot. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Nobody Famous

5.0 out of 5 stars Platnium age of Grotesque!
Despite what people say I think this is a great album, probably his most commercial yes but still great. The guitar is very origional. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2007 by D. Howells

3.0 out of 5 stars hrm....
this is not one of mansons best but if you are a fan its a must have
Published on 3 Sep 2007 by fast review

3.0 out of 5 stars Not one of his best...
When this album first came out back in 2003, it sounded like a thrilling return to the more playful malice of the first two albums ("Portrait Of An American Family" and "Smells... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2007 by Matt_K

5.0 out of 5 stars wow - just simple wow
ladies and gentlemen can i have your attention please. This album deserves respect. it is as we call it the muttz nuttz. Read more
Published on 20 July 2004 by Mr. C. J. Bunyan

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
Anybody that says they don't like this album because it is "too commercial" is an idiot and a big one at that. Any Manson fans that say that, you are even worse idiots. Read more
Published on 5 May 2004 by Ross D. Lovie

5.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT a rubbish album
This is a great album full stop. Most people are only sayin this album is rubbish because they dont the reason why The band made this record. Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2003 by wotzitz1234

4.0 out of 5 stars High Replay Value Despite A Few Flaws (4.5 stars)
Marilyn Manson's new album "The Golden Age of Grotesque" isn't his strongest album, but it proves to be a really good listen. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2003 by Michael Crane

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
This album has come under a lot of stick by the media, saying how "MM has lost his vision" and "The God of F*ck is dead", but I think it's one of his best albums yet. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2003

1.0 out of 5 stars Its all about the money
My mom once said to me that Marilyn manson is someone who is really p****d. No chance he is just money grabbing his earlier stuff is good such as fightsong and beautiful people... Read more
Published on 13 Sep 2003 by max

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