- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
It feels as if Manson now feels liberated from not being consistently in the spotlight, and his music has opened up as well.
-
Alternative PressThe army of noise behind his bitterness is at once massive and impressive. [Jul 2003, p.117]
-
If you aren't down with Manson, this won't change you one bit. But for Manson fans, Grotesque is beautiful.
-
Inventive and powerful enough to merit intermittent attention, but ultimately crushed by the weight of its hoary pretensions.
-
MojoBetter than the conceptual barf of its predecessor Holy Wood, but not as sharp as his best record to date, '98's glammy Mechanical Animals. [Jun 2003, p.100]
-
Q MagazineThe good news is that Grotesque rocks like a bastard.... Not so good news is that Manson's shock shtick still lacks real substance. [Jun 2003, p.103]
-
It's an inferior re-run of the Marilyn Manson hammer horror panto that's been showing since '96.
-
What's surprising is that there's still so much life in what Manson is rehashing.
-
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.
-
UncutSeems to be his regular melange of jackboot glam and electro-metal spiced up with those endearingly juvenile stabs at pretension and subversion. [Jun 2003, p.94]
-
BlenderHis campiest, and skimpiest, since his debut. [#17, p.138]
-
Even with several excellent songs... it's the lyrical inanity that makes the most lasting impression.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 95 out of 118
-
Mixed: 14 out of 118
-
Negative: 9 out of 118
-
CynthiaVAug 27, 2008
-
DanCFeb 19, 2008
-
tobylJun 21, 2004