Mechanical Animals
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September 15, 1998 |
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14th |
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62:38 |
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Mechanical Animals is the third studio album by the rock band Marilyn Manson, released in 1998.
In the United States , Marilyn Manson made it to the top of the charts with the album .
Singles & Videos
Four singles were released from the album . For the music video of the first single The Dope Show led Paul Hunter directed. The second single, I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me), features a guitar solo by Dave Navarro . The third single, Rock Is Dead , is included in the soundtrack to the award-winning film Matrix by the Wachowskis from 1999. A music video was also produced for the fourth single Coma White .
Concept, style & cover artwork
Mechanical Animals is a concept album , similar to the previous and also the follow-up album and as such belongs to the conceptual trio of Antichrist Superstar - Mechanical Animals - Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Dead) . As part of this concept, the pieces on the album are each assigned to a “half” - called Alpha and Omēga .
Marilyn Manson made use of numerous stylistic elements and influences for the elaboration of the album, including music and appearance by David Bowie .
The cover designed by Joseph Cultice shows an androgynous Marilyn Manson who is completely white except for his red hair. Breast prostheses and white latex paint from Industrial Light & Magic were used for the photo . The cardboard slipcase in which the CD case is set is also printed with the cover image.
In an interview with the British radio program BBC - Rock Show with Daniel P. Carter , Marilyn Manson said in relation to the song The Speed of Pain in June 2018: "The text is a poem of mine that I wrote on an airplane I read an article in Time Magazine about how long it takes for a pain pulse from the body to reach the brain. That inspired me to write about something completely different. "
production
Unlike the two previous publications Portrait of an American Family and Antichrist Superstar was Nine Inch Nails - frontman Trent Reznor not involved in the production of the album. Instead, Manson worked with Michael Beinhorn , who was already responsible for the album production of rock bands such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden .
Track list
- Great Big White World - 5:01
- The Dope Show - 3:46
- Mechanical Animals - 4:33
- Rock Is Dead - 3:09
- Disassociative - 4:50
- The Speed of Pain - 5:30
- Posthuman - 4:17
- I Want to Disappear - 2:56
- I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) - 5:03
- New Model No. 15-3 :40
- User Friendly - 4:17
- Fundamentally Loathsome - 4:49
- The Last Day on Earth - 5:01 am
- Coma White - 5:38
Enhanced CD
- Untitled multimedia track on the Enhanced CD - 1:22
B sides
The following titles were recorded as part of the Mechanical Animals recording process, but not released as part of it:
- A Rose and a Baby Ruth - 2:17 ( George Hamilton IV. - Cover )
- Coma White ( acoustic version ) - 5:33
- Get My Rocks Off - 3:06 ( Dr.-Hook cover)
These three pieces were released in 1999 on a separate bonus CD for the live album The Last Tour on Earth .
further editions
The Swedish version of the album came with a bonus CD containing the music videos for The Dope Show , Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and The Beautiful People .
Individual evidence
- ^ Francesco Campagner: Manson: Mechanical Animals - Nikolo to Krampus . Wiener Zeitung , December 4, 1998 edition, accessed on February 16, 2012.
- ^ Mechanical Animals> Overview , Allmusic , accessed July 26, 2010
- ↑ Marilyn Manson: "My favorite song of mine is ..." in the news on www.metal-hammer.de, June 13, 2018
- ^ Mechanical Animals> Overview . Allmusic, accessed July 26, 2010
- ↑ The Last Tour on Earth (UK Bonus CD)> Overview . Allmusic, accessed July 26, 2010
- ↑ Release: The Last Tour on Earth (bonus disc) . MusicBrainz , accessed July 26, 2010
- ↑ Mechanical Animals (Sweden Limited Edition) . Allmusic, accessed July 26, 2010
Web links
- Mechanical Animals at Allmusic (English)
- Mechanical Animals at Discogs (English)
- Mechanical Animals at MusicBrainz (English)
- Album review at NME.com (English)
- Album review at sputnikmusic.com (English)
- Discussion of the cover on sleevage.com (English)