Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low
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Artist: Marilyn MansonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-05-26
Music Label: Nothing
Soundtracks:
- Devour
- Pretty as a ($)
- Leave a Scar
- Four Rusted Horses
- Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon
- Blank and White
- Running to the Edge of the World
- I Want to Kill You Like They Do In the Movies
- WOW
- Wight Spider
- Unkillable Monster
- We're From America
- I Have to Look Up Just to See Hell
- Into the Fire
- 15
Music reviews of The High End of Low
Music Review: "I Wanna celebrate Today's the day you're gonna f***** die"-Blank And White
Rating: 4 Stars
The controversial man known to shock people since the 1990s has released a few albums and has remained present throughout his acts, many rumours and the protests against him. He has endured and is still around today, shocking people helps but I think that if his music wasn't strong enough he wouldn't be around anymore. What's my point? Well, yes, Marilyn Manson is back with another album. After what was thought by many as a disappointment, 2007's "Eat Me. Drink Me", Manson releases "The High End Of Low". Interestingly, former band members Twiggy Ramirez and Ginger Fish return and perhaps this album will please fans more. Manson, like on the last album continues his more personal approach, it's not selling-out I mean he's been around for more than a decade and is maturing as he becomes an older person so he's more reflective but defiantly not boring.
First thought I had about the album was that it sounded like one of his older albums mixed with something more current, making it a very interesting mix to the listener. Some say he sounds uninspired and tired. Let's face it his best days are behind him but he's still capable of doing great music, no he probably won't do another "Antichrist Superstar" because he's passed that point even if that's what some fans would want him to do. I'd think he would be boring if he would just release something he had already done, I think he's right by moving forward. Listen to "Four Rusted Horses" and tell me he's not inspired, in fact I think he still sounds good and into what he's doing. Here you're listening to an artist who is now comfortable as he has experience, knows what he's doing as an artist, and isn't afraid to give fans something different (15 and Four Rusted Horses are good examples of this).
"Devour" is quite simply one of the best album openers Manson has done. "Pretty As $" is good but nothing really special, to me it's pretty much just there, nice ending thought. "Leave A Scar" is an up-tempo song with clever lyrics, I really enjoy this song. "Four Rusted Horses" is one my favourite tracks, it's so personal and very few can relate to it, I feel it's one of the best things he's done. It's a slow bluesy type of song to that may not appeal to all but i can appreciate it. I can see why the single "Arma-Godd**n-Motherf***in-Geddon" was chosen as the first single for the album. It's catchy and the chorus is repeated often but it's still mostly a single released almost exclusively for Manson's fans. I mean not many people will play a song with censured words in the title or in the song (he doesn't censure them in the song don't worry) so it's sort of an anti-single. But to me the song is bouncing with energy, dark one of course but it's a great very catchy song, some describe it as lame but I disagree its powerful. "Blank And White" one of the best songs here for me, it's strong. It starts out slow and progresses into the monster of a song it is. I particularly like the chorus "I Wanna Celebrate Today's The day You're Gonna F***in' Die" it's joyously haunting as the rest of the song. "Running To The Edge Of The World" is a slower more "You and me against the world" type of song. I really like it, Manson screams his way trough the song, good work.
"I Want To kill You Like They Do In The Movies" is a very interesting song that may not appeal to a new fan or the casual listener but to his old and true fans it will. It's also the longest song of the album at over 9 minutes. It's very much worth hearing. "WOW" is a more commercial song, I mean the "Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow..." sounds like something that could be heard in hip-hop, and it's interesting less Manson but still good, a hardcore fan however may take it seriously and hate it. "We're From America" bounces with energy; the song is great, it's sort of an anthem for them. "Wight Spider" is more or less filler; it drags on and never really comes to any point, it's just boring. "Unkillable Monster" is a ballad? Yeah it seems like; it's defiantly got the criteria but its good thought. "I Have To Look up Just To See Hell" begins with a scream then kicks in, I found the lyrics were interesting and it's another good song."Into The Fire" is another ballad, I like "Unkillable Monster" better but this one is decent. "15" is a good closer, not much to add I just found this was a good way to end THEOL.
Overall I feel "The High End Of Low" is a solid album done by Manson in the current time, I feel it's much better than "Eat Me, Drink Me" because it's got strong energy and presence(maybe the line-up for THEOL helped) something EMDM lacked(It was too depressive). It's also more varied than the last album which seemed to be nearly all love songs, not here. THEOL has good energy but it's still very dark, It certainly isn't Antichrist or even Mechanical Animals but I've been listening to it a lot since I've had it and very much enjoy it. There are many who say he's lost it, I don't think so he's been around for some and the fact that he released an album this good is amazing to me. There are certainly a few songs here that if another compilation is released, I'd see on it. Not a fantastic album but a very good one. I think many of the songs here will still sound good in a few years because they are sort of current but not too much. Four out of five.
Description of The High End of Low
Marilyn Manson's anticipated reunion with longtime friend and foil Twiggy Ramirez inches closer with the release of "We're From America," the first listen from the forthcoming The High End of Low. The album's official first single "Arma... geddon" will arrive at radio Spring 2009. Manson's new lineup including Ramirez (for the first time in close to a decade), plus keyboardist Chris Vrenna, and dummer Ginger Fish, will close the main stage at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, this July through August. Manson will also kick off his world tour with a headline festival run this June in EuropeProduced by Manson ,Vrenna,and Twiggy, The High End of Low was recorded in his Hollywood Hills studio and also features the track, "I Want to Kill You Like They Do In The Movies." Manson says of the new album, "I think my life definitely ended and began. The record sounds very final, but it's almost optimistic - though that feels like a strange word to use. It's a phoenix from the fire and a redemption resurrection."
Since emerging from South Florida (in the early 1990s), Marilyn Manson has continued to upend the mainstream with each new release. The tumultuous relationship Manson has cultivated with the public worldwide has resulted in multi-million records sales, sold-out tours, protests, legal battles, hate, adoration, award-winning distilled spirits (Mansinthe) and most importantly, a long list of some of the most enduring and genre-defying music in the rock era ("Lunchbox," "Sweet Dreams," "The Beautiful People," "Tourniquet," "The Dope Show," "This Is The New Shit," "Mobscene," "Heart-Shaped Glasses,"etc.) The new era of Marilyn Manson and The High End of Low begins now.
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