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The Golden Age Of Grotesque Image
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 118 Ratings

  • Summary: Manson's fifth album finds the shock-rocker turning to the glory days of vaudeville and burlesque for inspiration.

Top Track

This Is The New Shit
Everything has been said before, There's nothing left to say anymore; When it's all the same, you can ask for it by name. Babble, babble, bitch,... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. It feels as if Manson now feels liberated from not being consistently in the spotlight, and his music has opened up as well.
  2. Alternative Press
    80
    The army of noise behind his bitterness is at once massive and impressive. [Jul 2003, p.117]
  3. If you aren't down with Manson, this won't change you one bit. But for Manson fans, Grotesque is beautiful.
  4. What's surprising is that there's still so much life in what Manson is rehashing.
  5. It's an inferior re-run of the Marilyn Manson hammer horror panto that's been showing since '96.
  6. 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.
  7. Even with several excellent songs... it's the lyrical inanity that makes the most lasting impression.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 45
  2. Negative: 3 out of 45
  1. CynthiaV
    Aug 27, 2008
    10
    Manson does not disappoint. My favorite songs are ''spade'', ''[s]aint'', Manson does not disappoint. My favorite songs are ''spade'', ''[s]aint'', ''Mobscene'' and...pretty much all of them. Expand
  2. LuísB
    Apr 16, 2004
    10
    It's perfect. Grotesque it's wonderful. It reach the perfection between the madness and reality.
  3. HerebeorhtH-B
    May 21, 2003
    10
    fun fun
  4. MirandaR
    Jan 21, 2005
    10
    Awesome!
  5. mj
    Mar 26, 2005
    9
    Good, more "rock" than industrial or experimental or acoustic, less of a war on religion, more on perceptions of sex, pain, love, ect ect.. 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. Expand
  6. Dec 12, 2019
    8
    Marilyn Mansons's best snd worst. Has both some of Marilyn Manson's best songs and some of his worst.
  7. Ryan
    Nov 21, 2005
    0
    Terrible music. Boring, old and rushed. DONT WASTE YOURTIME OR MONEY on this trash!!! Please, just stay away from this junk.

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