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The Golden Age Of Grotesque
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Manson's fifth album finds the shock-rocker turning to the glory days of vaudeville and burlesque for inspiration.
| LABEL: | Interscope |
| RELEASE DATE: | 13 May 2003 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Alternative, Rock |
NOTES: Limited edition CD release comes with bonus DVD.
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The average user rating for this album is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 72 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
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.
Kosta Y gave it a9:
Ok, I agree that Marilyn Manson didn't put much effort into his lyrics writing, but this album is unique- you will not see anything as sexually grotesque in any other MM albums. That's what I really like about MM- awlays comes up with something new, different and shocking.
Ryan gave it a0:
Terrible music. Boring, old and rushed. DONT WASTE YOURTIME OR MONEY on this trash!!! Please, just stay away from this junk.
Randy B gave it a7:
I really would like to give this a 7.5, but that's unfortunately not an option.... Using trashy burlesque theatre as the inspiration for his fifth album, Marilyn Manson creates a decadent new addition to his body of work. The Golden Age of Grotesque finds twisted beauty in the overall dark-whorehouse theme that lies in its tracks. It opens with ‘Thaetre’, which might as well be the intro music to a show at the Goth version of the Moulin Rouge, and leads into one of the album’s undeniable high water marks and second single, ‘This is the New Shit’. Here you won’t find the extreme darkness of Holy Wood or lipstick glam of Mechanical Animals, but a sexual powerhouse, as is blatantly displayed by the song ‘Vodevil’ later in the disc. Sometimes lyrically ridiculous and less musically developed than his last two works, but Grotesque is still awesome.
m j gave it a9:
Good, more "rock" than industrial or experimental or acoustic, less of a war on religion, more on perceptions of sex, pain, love, ect ect.. More like jaded-romantic goth than his last couple cds of appolypse-rock. Miss the antichrist absolutely shocking antics, but this is still very very good+high quality in a different sort of flavor, namely quality vs. experimental.
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