I really liked
Eat Me, Drink Me, which Manson released in 2007. I think it's probably my favorite Manson album besides
Mechanical Animals, so I was excited when I found out about his latest release,
The High End of Low. Despite the negativity I have heard about this release, I downloaded it from
AmazonMP3 anyway.
Review: Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low
This effort shows Manson drifting back to his industrial-esque, glamorous sound, away from the under produced and dirty sound of
Eat Me, Drink Me. The venture back to familiar territory is not without innovation, though; the best tracks include a mixture of acoustics and electronic samples, played over dark and depressed lyrics.
Manson is at his best when he hates himself and his lover, rather than when he is just trying to be shocking.
There are a few very enjoyable songs with good promise, such as the opening track "Devour" and others including "Four Rusted Horses", "Into the Fire", and the final track, "15".
I really liked these tracks, especially "15".
The rest of the CD seems to be a
confused mix of repetition and distortion, however... I'm not really sure what he was going for on some of the tracks, such as "I want to kill you like they do in the Movies", which runs on for 9+ minutes and
never really goes anywhere...Perhaps I just haven't adjusted to this style yet, I'm not sure. I know that
Eat Me, Drink Me caught my ear immediately, though, despite the fact that the album was spurned by a lot of people for reasons that I can't begin to guess at... I've never been able to figure out why since it is clearly one of his best and most adventurous albums.
Nonetheless, I can't say that
The High End of Low is a bad album, it's just not particularly good either.
The album has some real gems on it--they're just buried underneath too many songs that shouldn't have made the final cut. If this was an 8 or 9 song album instead of a 15 song album, I might have
loved it. In the end, it's just enough to keep me interested in whatever Manson decides to do next.
Marilyn Manson - 15
If you can hear this don't assume that I'm talking to ya
Yesterday everything I thought I believed in died but today is my birthday
Today is my birthday
I don't need you, I'll say it to myself
It doesn't mean I won't need somebody
Anyone with half a soul will hear this and will never leave me
If you don't know what forever feels like
I'll show you what it feels like with out it
This time I won't hesitate to kill to protect what I believe in
This time I won't hesitate to kill to protect what I believe in
I get by now I'm not really dead
but i really needed someone to save me
leaving me alone to die
is worse than having the guts to kill me
If you don't know what forever feels like
I'll show you what it feels like with out it
I'll show you what it feels like without it
This time I won't hesitate to kill to protect what I believe in
This time I won't hesitate to kill to protect what I believe in
Not letting you in
Won't satisfy me I'll teach you about loss
