Heaven Upside Down
by Marilyn Manson
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 104 Ratings

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  1. Fartsforfree
    Oct 10, 2017
    9
    This is a further return to form form Manson after the stellar Pale Emperor, and his best album since Holywood by a mile. Revelation #12, Tattooed In Reverse, Say10 and Blood Honey are some of the best songs he's written this century, and feel like classic MM, without feeling forced, or hoaky. It would seem that he's out to shock again, and maybe, just maybe we are ready to pay attention again.
  2. Szen
    Oct 9, 2017
    10
    Heaven Upside Down is the perfect follow up to the Pale Emperor. It has the cloudy mood of its predecessor but also has the strength and nerve of Manson's earlier works. Almost every song on this album will catch your attention and proves that the rebirth of Marilyn Manson is on the right way.
  3. italo_bau
    Oct 9, 2017
    10
    Heaven Upside Down es lo mejor que he escuchado este año, sé que muchos dirán que no es el mismo tipo de música de antes, ¿pero cómo quieren que progrese si se queda en lo mismo?
    Muchas gracias por regresar cuando más hacías falta. ♥
  4. tonysopranoz
    Oct 10, 2017
    9
    I love this album, its one of his best in my opinion. "Heaven Upside Down" is my favourite track. All the other songs on the album are also consistently great. The album is full of unique and profound lyrics, and the music and vocals all sound top quality.
  5. O-b1
    Oct 14, 2017
    8
    This album reminds the quality of the early works! It has great riffs, good vocal melodies, brings back the electronic/industrial elements and has (at last) clever lyrics and good production as well. The result is a powerfull and ambitious album with horror rage paranoia and the beautiful darkness of MM. Amen !
  6. HUD15
    Oct 14, 2017
    10
    I have been a fan for a long time. Since 1996 and this album along with The Pale Emperor are his best albums. This album is on a different level then Golden Age up until Born Villain, Those albums besides Golden Age lacked production quality and vocal delivery. Not this new album. Holy **** is it good. The album is way more deep then what is on the surface.
  7. Nbecarri
    Oct 6, 2017
    10
    A worthy competitor in the Manson discography and one of his best, most definitely.
    If you liked his previous album, The Pale Emperor, then i'm sure you'll like this one as well.
    It is aggressive, strange, eerie, loud, witty and entertaining. Favorite tracks: Revelation #12, Tattooed in Reverse, We Know Where You **** Live, Kill4Me, Saturnalia, Je$u$ Cri$i$. Least favorite track:    A worthy competitor in the Manson discography and one of his best, most definitely.
    If you liked his previous album, The Pale Emperor, then i'm sure you'll like this one as well.
    It is aggressive, strange, eerie, loud, witty and entertaining.

    Favorite tracks: Revelation #12, Tattooed in Reverse, We Know Where You **** Live, Kill4Me, Saturnalia, Je$u$ Cri$i$.

    Least favorite track: Blood Honey.    … Expand
  8. raciocinio
    Oct 7, 2017
    9
    A Great follow-up to the great The Pale Emperor, i really think that Marilyn Manson never made a bad album.

    For note the worst album that he did was the first one "Portrait of a american family"even have some good tracks, and of course have Eat me, drink me & The High end of low that are only good or very good albums. The rest is masterpieces Heaven Upside Down is full of great    A Great follow-up to the great The Pale Emperor, i really think that Marilyn Manson never made a bad album.

    For note the worst album that he did was the first one "Portrait of a american family"even have some good tracks, and of course have Eat me, drink me & The High end of low that are only good or very good albums.

    The rest is masterpieces

    Heaven Upside Down is full of great songs like the title track Blood honey, Kill4me, Say10, Revelation#12, Tattooed in reverse, **** & Threats of romance

    WHOA!!!!    … Expand
  9. Joss-
    Oct 6, 2017
    9
    This album is a masterpiece. Great sound combination and a good style with a lot of his previous albums like TPE, AS, MA and BV. It's strong, tough and aggresive but sometimes it's sexy and soft as well. My favs: Say10 (probably the best of the album) Tattooed in reverse, Threats of romance and Heaven upside Down.
  10. TheMVGM
    Oct 6, 2017
    9
    This album totally blew me away, I was expecting a toned down 'The Pale Emperor' and that is not what we got. Ultra satisfied, it's my favorite since Mechanical Animals
  11. Fitzpatrick
    Oct 12, 2017
    3
    I was excited to spin this CD as the hype last year really hooked me - I was glad Twiggy had returned to the scene, and the last few albums had been of rather good quality.
    A few songs in, I just wasn't feeling it, thinking perhaps this record was back-loaded, but it completely failed to deliver.
    Again, Twiggy is nowhere to be found, which severely hobbles the quality of the Manson    I was excited to spin this CD as the hype last year really hooked me - I was glad Twiggy had returned to the scene, and the last few albums had been of rather good quality.
    A few songs in, I just wasn't feeling it, thinking perhaps this record was back-loaded, but it completely failed to deliver.
    Again, Twiggy is nowhere to be found, which severely hobbles the quality of the Manson sound. Brian Warner is the only remaining original member of Manson, and it shows: the atmosphere is flat and two-dimensional...I fail to see this as any sort of 'Masterpiece.'
    Additionally, the lyrical content and vocal inflections had me cringing; like he is trying WAY too hard - it came off to me as very juvenile, which sucks because Manson has always had a knack for articulation and capturing meaning in a raw, but mature manner. With that said, the over use of the word F**K is just lame - it does the converse of accenting the mood, having me rolling my eyes as I try to make it through another song. Most fans are now in our 30's: so by over using and over inflecting curse words to appeal to the angsty youth of today comes off as silly.
    There is no subtlety anywhere to be found in this record; more a 'In-your-face-look-at-me-I'm-back' which again, tries way too hard to celebrate Manson's return to media, or relevance or whatever.
    There is little melody, and few hooks; just an overall a very loud, but very 'flat' musical narration accompanying textured and pulsing electronic beats. I don't see how this is 'the most thematic and over-complicated' record Manson has produced...he always overdubs multiple tracks of his vocals.
    Perhaps it takes a while. If I catch a greater essence of what this record is about I'll be back.    … Expand
  12. cliffpotter
    Oct 8, 2017
    10
    It's not that we should like this album, as sacrilegious as any in the portfolios of Satan worshippers. It's ugly as anyone who has the slightest leaning in favor of good rather than evil. This said, Marilyn is in hot tempo, with as good as any lyrics and as sharp a production as he has ever had. This combination is worth an adventure, like going to a movie like Rosemary's Baby. You mayIt's not that we should like this album, as sacrilegious as any in the portfolios of Satan worshippers. It's ugly as anyone who has the slightest leaning in favor of good rather than evil. This said, Marilyn is in hot tempo, with as good as any lyrics and as sharp a production as he has ever had. This combination is worth an adventure, like going to a movie like Rosemary's Baby. You may stare in horror. But you remain sufficiently fascinated to listen through the entire enterprise.… Expand
  13. KrysTantra
    Oct 6, 2017
    3
    An unexpected failure in contrast to the very authentic and dark predecessor "The Pale Emperor". This new album is underwhelming and less imaginative. Cheesy guitar licks filled in with synthesizer loops. Noise and fury, signifying nothing. This should have been released as an LP, as only a few tracks are half-decent. Tyler Bates & Brian Warner should have kept riding that PaleAn unexpected failure in contrast to the very authentic and dark predecessor "The Pale Emperor". This new album is underwhelming and less imaginative. Cheesy guitar licks filled in with synthesizer loops. Noise and fury, signifying nothing. This should have been released as an LP, as only a few tracks are half-decent. Tyler Bates & Brian Warner should have kept riding that Pale Emperor horse, there was much more substance in that presentation. 3/10.… Expand
  14. sicrano
    Oct 7, 2017
    9
    ........................................................Excellent album once MM Congratulations you never disappoint.

    The title track is one of most amazing rock songs in the album, Blood honey is beautiful, Revelation #12 Say10 WKWYL, Tattooed in reverse Kill4me & Threats of romance are great rock metal songs
  15. NeutralMilkH
    Oct 12, 2017
    7
    Holy **** are my **** ears bleeding? Oh no, my ears just feel deaf now... usually I write track-by-track reviews for albums... I'm not sure if I can even consider this to be an album rather than a way to lose all of my hearing... I'm going to turn down the volume on my headphones so I may have a more positive opinion.
    Revelation #12 is actually quite awesome once you get past the start.    Holy **** are my **** ears bleeding? Oh no, my ears just feel deaf now... usually I write track-by-track reviews for albums... I'm not sure if I can even consider this to be an album rather than a way to lose all of my hearing... I'm going to turn down the volume on my headphones so I may have a more positive opinion.
    Revelation #12 is actually quite awesome once you get past the start. Marilyn's vocals have aged into something that is weirdly more enjoyable than when he was just weird... this song is still weird though, but for the most part, I'm able to embrace it. (8/10)
    Tattooed in Reverse: Pretty cool track actually... I have nothing else to say (9/10)
    WE KNOW WHERE YOU **** LIVE is a weird title, and a weird song in comparison to the last two, and although it's supposed to come off as creepy, it somehow comes off as underwhelming, and this isn't the best I've heard of Manson's screaming. (5/10)
    Say10 is quite ambient and melodic at the beginning and really tries to creep out the listener, and actually is pretty cool in that regard, and the ultimate breakdown is pretty satisfactory. Of course, the lyrics never make sense, so that's why the rating is so low, (7/10)
    Kill4Me is actually quite poppy, but anytime a song starts to appeal to the mainstream, it better back it up with some interesting **** it barely succeeds in that regard really. (6/10)
    Saturnalia actually has quite the groovy bass and is a track that I can actually just listen to (8/10)
    Jesus Crisis (but s's with dollar signs) is trying to be edgy and political... and then snow white powder comes in... I just can't take this one seriously. (3/10)
    Blood Honey is a much more intriguing track with energetic vocals contrasting with a slow moving instrumental piece. Also, less creepy. (9/10)
    Heaven Upside Down oddly sounds like some angsty teen song at the beginning... and strangely doesn't stray far from that point, thus making this one of the memorable tracks on this album. (9/10)
    Threats of Romance is good... weirdly this album was more rock-ish than I thought it'd be. (8/10)
    Final Score: 72/100 or 7/10 for Metacritic purposes.
    Better than I expected, and is a good listen towards the end as it pulls off three great songs in a row during that part. I don't recommend listening to this with headphones, and if you do listen to it with headphones, don't have it turned up all the way during the first song... the others aren't too bad actually.    … Expand
  16. Abusement76
    Oct 9, 2017
    3
    Heaven Upside Downer! Nowhere near as solid as some of his previous works. Mid/Slow tempo songs infect what could of been a great album. I'm really struggling to find the gems and can't believe the majority reviews giving this album a "masterpiece" status among his other works. The lyrics at times are juvenile & the vocal hooks are not strong. There are bits of the past that tease you butHeaven Upside Downer! Nowhere near as solid as some of his previous works. Mid/Slow tempo songs infect what could of been a great album. I'm really struggling to find the gems and can't believe the majority reviews giving this album a "masterpiece" status among his other works. The lyrics at times are juvenile & the vocal hooks are not strong. There are bits of the past that tease you but unfortunately go nowhere, while the rest of the record doesn't have that violent ear addicting cocaine quality that it needs. I will be curious to see how many songs he plays of this live and if they are just as lifeless & dead.… Expand
  17. hurtlocker84
    Oct 7, 2017
    6
    "Pale Emperor" was such a surprise after several lackluster albums in a row. Manson came out of nowhere and released a solid album that held up to any of his classic albums. Every song was catchy and immediate on that album. Unfortunately "Heaven Upside Down" doesn't quite live up to that level of quality. The production and lyrical content is similar, it essentially sounds like disc 2 of"Pale Emperor" was such a surprise after several lackluster albums in a row. Manson came out of nowhere and released a solid album that held up to any of his classic albums. Every song was catchy and immediate on that album. Unfortunately "Heaven Upside Down" doesn't quite live up to that level of quality. The production and lyrical content is similar, it essentially sounds like disc 2 of Pale Emperor, but the songs don't grab you the same way. There are a lot of slow plodding electronic beats and a lack of real acoustic drums. Some songs stand out like "Say10" and "We Know Where You F###in Live", "Blood Honey", but there is more filler on this album overall. Pale Emperor was a 9/10, Heaven Upside Down is more like a 6/10. It seems to be more of a grower.… Expand
  18. TheRealMcLean
    Oct 7, 2017
    8
    After The Pale Emperor, Manson would have been insane to not make HUD sound like it does. The perfect balance of regurgitating from his recent success and tweaking that sound just enough to make this album stand-up by itself, rather be remembered as, "The Pale Emperor, Vol. 2".

    Is it as good? Maybe. Is it better? "Tattooed in Reverse", "KILL4ME" and "Threats of Romance", argue it just    After The Pale Emperor, Manson would have been insane to not make HUD sound like it does. The perfect balance of regurgitating from his recent success and tweaking that sound just enough to make this album stand-up by itself, rather be remembered as, "The Pale Emperor, Vol. 2".

    Is it as good? Maybe.
    Is it better? "Tattooed in Reverse", "KILL4ME" and "Threats of Romance", argue it just might be.    … Expand
  19. DavidWasHere
    Oct 20, 2017
    6
    I've never been huge on Marilyn Manson, but I gotta admit this is a tad bit disappointing. While the album is well produced, even if it is a tad bit polished, there really is no teeth to it. Nothing all that biting about Manson's sound and even his lyrics, which is supposed to be more political but doesn't get as far as his older songs like the Beautiful People, just seems more like aI've never been huge on Marilyn Manson, but I gotta admit this is a tad bit disappointing. While the album is well produced, even if it is a tad bit polished, there really is no teeth to it. Nothing all that biting about Manson's sound and even his lyrics, which is supposed to be more political but doesn't get as far as his older songs like the Beautiful People, just seems more like a super safe and tame approach at his sound, especially considering that so many other artists are doing what he is doing, both now and even before. I wouldn't say that this is bad, there are a few songs here that work for me like WE KNOW WHERE YOU **** LIVE and Saturnalia, but honestly there isn't a lot for me to return to.… Expand
  20. coldpez99
    Oct 6, 2017
    10
    HUD is good disc, but no more how others albums is transgesor is rock alternative pure esenciales song revelation number 12 kill4me saturnalia and where were **** libe
  21. Darkosauvageau
    Oct 22, 2017
    8
    Its a really good album, i didnt expect this, finally some good gothic rock in 2017. Its much better then his 2 last albums, the album is also much better then the lead single. Enjoy
  22. SKSK
    Jul 23, 2018
    5
    Manson at his worst. The instrumentals are great but the songwriting is really bad in tracks like Tattooed In Reverse and SAY10 (just to name a few), and sometimes it gets immature - e.g.g. KILL4ME.
  23. nscharn55
    Oct 8, 2019
    5
    Although there are a couple forever classic tracks on Heaven Upside Down, the other eight mostly fail to deliver Marilyn Manson's old rock vibes and instead just give out black noise.
  24. LoRevisor
    Nov 10, 2017
    9
    O "God of **** está de volta, mais uma vez com álbum coeso e excelente de novo, a Faixa-Titúlo Heaven Upside Down é sem dúvidas uma das melhores músicas de Marilyn Manson. Blood Honey é uma das mais belas baladas do Marilyn Manson com boas pitadas de rock n' roll e com um solo destruidor, e Threats of Romance uma balada de metal fantástica que lembra o eterno Bowie.

    Revelation 12#,    O "God of **** está de volta, mais uma vez com álbum coeso e excelente de novo, a Faixa-Titúlo Heaven Upside Down é sem dúvidas uma das melhores músicas de Marilyn Manson. Blood Honey é uma das mais belas baladas do Marilyn Manson com boas pitadas de rock n' roll e com um solo destruidor, e Threats of Romance uma balada de metal fantástica que lembra o eterno Bowie.

    Revelation 12#, Say10, Kill4Me, Tattoed In Reverse são ótimas também...

    Um dos melhores álbums de 2017... Manson é o cara!!!    … Expand
  25. Divergente
    Oct 9, 2017
    8
    No sé si su mejor album pero, me gustó más que el anterior. KILL4ME y SAY10 son mis favoritas hasta ahora. No me gustó Revelation #12. Muy bien por la banda, siguen demostrando que aun pueden ser revelantes.
  26. godeatgodworld
    Aug 22, 2018
    9
    My only complaint is that the record is rather short. In fact Heaven Upside Down is Marilyn Manson's shortest studio album to ever release. Heaven Upside Down feels like a history lesson throughout the many eras of Marilyn Manson. Starting off heavy, it becomes more melodic and throughout the entirety of the record there has a pop feel to it, even on the heavier tracks earlier on. As IMy only complaint is that the record is rather short. In fact Heaven Upside Down is Marilyn Manson's shortest studio album to ever release. Heaven Upside Down feels like a history lesson throughout the many eras of Marilyn Manson. Starting off heavy, it becomes more melodic and throughout the entirety of the record there has a pop feel to it, even on the heavier tracks earlier on. As I mentioned earlier, my only complaint is the length of Heaven Upside Down as it rivals that of Marilyn Manson's earlier works with aggression though has the more human Marilyn Manson towards the end.… Expand
  27. lovro4501
    Mar 20, 2021
    10
    Solid record, The Pale Emperor was better for me, but I love Heaven Upside Down too, all songs are good expect Tattooed In Reverse and Je$u$ Cri$i$, they are just "meh". Although, when I listen album as a whole Je$u$ Cri$i$ really works and fits in there for me.
  28. Geffen
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    Fantastic record with great variety. Manson continues to show he's as entertaining as ever.

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 27, 2017
    70
    Manson’s nihilistic take on 2017 is interwoven with glimpses of personal darkness, wrapped up in mutually constrictive and damaging relationships on epic dirge Blood Honey and the closing Threats Of Romance, ordering a partner to do his murderous bidding on the Muse disco blues Kill4Me, and mourning the loss of his father on the seven-minute centrepiece Saturnalia. But even here there’s a renewed crackle to Manson’s attack--a viper regaining its bite.
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  2. Kerrang!
    Oct 11, 2017
    80
    Heaven Upside Down betters that record [2015's The Pale Emperor]. [14 Oct 2017, p.50]
  3. Pitchfork
    Oct 11, 2017
    59
    On Heaven Upside Down, his 10th album, Manson embraces the tropes that made him a menace and a rock star and a stalwart of goth.
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