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All Music Guide

It feels as if Manson now feels liberated from not being consistently in the spotlight, and his music has opened up as well.

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Alternative Press

The army of noise behind his bitterness is at once massive and impressive. [Jul 2003, p.117]

E! Online

If you aren't down with Manson, this won't change you one bit. But for Manson fans, Grotesque is beautiful.

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Entertainment Weekly

Inventive and powerful enough to merit intermittent attention, but ultimately crushed by the weight of its hoary pretensions.

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Q Magazine

The good news is that Grotesque rocks like a bastard.... Not so good news is that Manson's shock shtick still lacks real substance. [Jun 2003, p.103]

Mojo

Better than the conceptual barf of its predecessor Holy Wood, but not as sharp as his best record to date, '98's glammy Mechanical Animals. [Jun 2003, p.100]

Dot Music

It's an inferior re-run of the Marilyn Manson hammer horror panto that's been showing since '96.

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Rolling Stone

What's surprising is that there's still so much life in what Manson is rehashing.

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Playlouder

There's nothing that catchy here - Manson seems to have used all his best hooks already. But it's not terrible, and it sounds good LOUD.

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Uncut

Seems to be his regular melange of jackboot glam and electro-metal spiced up with those endearingly juvenile stabs at pretension and subversion. [Jun 2003, p.94]

Blender

His campiest, and skimpiest, since his debut. [#17, p.138]

PopMatters

Even with several excellent songs... it's the lyrical inanity that makes the most lasting impression.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 73 User Votes

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Kendo J gave it a10:
Simply incredible album. Everything about it screams awesome. Second only to Mechanical Animals but still gets a 10 because MA deserves an 11.

Cynthia V gave it a10:
Manson does not disappoint. My favorite songs are ''spade'', ''[s]aint'', ''Mobscene'' and...pretty much all of them.

Dan C gave it a10:
This was my first MM album at the age of 11 and I thought it was amazing. Listening to it now brings back so many memories. My particular favourite songs are: (S)aint Spade Doll - Digga - Buzz - Buzz - Ziggety - Zag.

B L gave it a6:
This album suffers from trying to recreate the "classic" Manson sound. The thing is a lot of the songs just aren't that good. mOBSCENE is one of the best and a obvious choice for the single. Golden Age of Grotesque (the song), (s)aint and Para-noir are the other stand-out tracks. The album isn't awful but other than a few tracks it's nothing special.

Cameron D gave it a7:
Not my favorite manson album, but still worth listening too. There are few very good songs on here.

Jake W gave it a10:
Good catchy hooks, awesome guitar riffs, some original drumming, some cool electronic, a well rounded album that you don't want to stop listening to.

[Anonymous] gave it an8:
my favourite album of Marilyn Manson.

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