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The High End Of Low - Marilyn Manson
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58 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 57 Ratings

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  • Summary: Twiggy Ramirez returns to the band on its seventh studio album, produced with Sean Beavan and Chris Vrenna.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Spin
    80
    While it's still easy to dismiss his shock tactics as puerile and insensitive (if you're gonna sing about someone "pretty as a swastika," they'd better be really ugly), he hasn't sounded this vital--and tuneful--since "Mechanical Animals."
  2. All Music Guide
    60
    This album marks the return of former bassist Twiggy Ramirez to the band, but as ever the Manson personality/persona towers over everything else, and his two or three musical ideas are repeated throughout the disc, with only a few exceptions.
  3. The Guardian
    20
    The Marilyn Manson blueprint holds fast, and all the familiar elements are here. The difference is that even Manson sounds unconvinced by his "antichrist superstar" persona; maybe because his target demographic have grown up and moved on.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 34
  3. Negative: 5 out of 34
  1. BrandonT.
    10
    This album is one of the best. but you people are so negative about it. you alll fail.
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  2. AgonystesB
    5
    Better than Eat me, Drink me, but hardly a good/great album. The lyrics are juvenile, do not provoke thought, and feel tired and recycled. In the end there are maybe 3-4 enjoyable songs, but the rest is lost on a poor attempt to rekindle past success and shock factor.… Expand
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  3. MeiT
    2
    I can't focus on listening to this album to save my life. Song after song is wasted on obnoxious, unimaginative guitar and Manson's scratchy voice that willingly alternates between whispering and screaming, though rarely leaves the vocal range of maybe 6 half steps. If you listen to the first 20 seconds of a few songs on the album, take, for example, "Blank and White", "I Want To Kill You Like They Do In Movies", or "Leave A Scar", you might think they were pretty catchy. It's a quaint little guitar riff, despite Manson plowing through it with his obstinately monotone voice. But after the first minute, that catchy little guitar riff starts to get pretty damn old, even more so through the rock n' roll song formatting used for every single song (Verse 1, Chorus, Verse 2, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus x2, Abrupt Ending). To put it simply, Manson is devoid of the originality and shock factor he once had. He should have quit while he was ahead.… Expand
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