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The High End Of Low
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 114 Ratings

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

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Running To The Edge Of The World
Remember when I took you up to the top of the hill? We had our knives drawn, they were as sharp as we were in love If God crossed us we'd take all... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Hot Press
    80
    Assuming they haven’t all grown up by now, Manson fans will adore every dark, juvenile flourish. For the rest of us, The High End Of Low serves as a cautionary tale of artistic regression.
  2. 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."
  3. Los Angeles Times
    75
    'High End' makes a deeper impression as a result of Manson’s reunion with longtime guitarist-bassist Twiggy Ramirez; together with producers Sean Beavan and Chris Vrenna, they sculpted a sound both harder-hitting and more finely detailed than on any previous Marilyn Manson record.
  4. AllMusic
    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.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    Musically, the new tunes mostly evoke warmed-over Nine Inch Nails crossed with mediocre '70s metal, and occasionally, the results can be fairly satisfying.
  6. Rolling Stone
    50
    The best moments come in the ballads like the blues-tinged 'Four Rusted Horses.' In such songs Manson is almost endearing, just a big melancholy dude with face paint. It's a less glamourous job title than Anticrist Superstar, but these days it suits him better.
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  7. 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: 28 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 40
  3. Negative: 5 out of 40
  1. KatrinaS.
    Jul 6, 2009
    10
    This album incorporates all of Manson's complex and diverse talents. In my opinion, this is the best album Manson has released in years.
  2. RonnieS
    May 31, 2009
    10
    Critics once again miss the spot. This by far manson at his best. A well balanced album I think it is the best album since Mechanical Animals Critics once again miss the spot. This by far manson at his best. A well balanced album I think it is the best album since Mechanical Animals but in a way better. This album is a complete 180 from Eat Me Drink Me I don't know how anyone could compare the two.… Expand
  4. DrRetard
    Jun 1, 2009
    9
    Very good and a bloody good grower too. Actively worth finding and buying. Standout is devour. For me at least!
  5. JeffreyH
    May 29, 2009
    8
    The negative reviews are inevitable with an artist like Manson, with the image often taking the precedent over the artist
  6. GholemS
    Sep 8, 2009
    7
    It's alright though not so good as M.A or Hollywood.
  7. XxNightvHawkxX
    Feb 3, 2015
    5
    This album was an interesting one. It stands out from the rest completely. It has a sadder, more serious tone to it than Manson's other work.This album was an interesting one. It stands out from the rest completely. It has a sadder, more serious tone to it than Manson's other work. At first, this album disappointed me, as it was not what I expected from Manson, but after another listen, the album grew on me. I began to look at it from a much different angle. This in my opinion is one of Manson's best works. So much emotion was put into this album, and it winded up being an enjoyable one. I feel like it was unjustly criticized.
    Top 5 songs from this Album:
    1.We're from America
    2. Arma-godd**m-motherf**king-geddon
    3. Devour
    4. I Have to Look Up Just to See hell
    5. Four Rusted Horses    … Expand
  8. JhonatanY
    May 28, 2009
    0
    Well, that's a really boring album, with mediocre copy of 70's hard rockers, one of the worst albums that I've listened in this year.

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