Marilyn Manson-Eat Me, Drink Me

Year: 2007
Track Listing:
01. If I Was Your Vampire
02. Putting Holes in Happiness
03. The Red Carpet Grave
04. They Said That Hell’s Not Hot
05. Just A Car Crash Away
06. Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)
07. Evidence
08. Are You The Rabbit?
09. Mutilation Is The Sincerest Form of Flattery
10. You And Me And The Devil Makes 3
11. Eat Me, Drink Me
12. Heart Shaped Glasses (Inhuman Remix)
13. Heart Shaped Glasses (Space Cowboy Remix)

Marilyn Manson has been in the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons. A divorce, a relationship with the much younger actress-Evan Rachel Wood, and an art opening set the scene for the release of Eat Me, Drink Me, his first studio album in four years.

How times have changed for the singer who once was headline news for his controversial behavior, outrageous comments, and live performances. After the success of Mechanical Animals everything seemed to go downhill for Manson. The music became predictable, and he became a tad cliched.

Eat Me, Drink Me sees Manson steering away from the over-produced, highly-glossed studio albums and back to basics. Recorded in his home studio with only bassist Tim Skold, Manson delivers his most personal statement yet with Eat Me, Drink Me.

Completely stripped down, each track is so raw that there is almost an unplugged feel to the album.

While his previous attempts since Mechanical Animals have had more filler than substance, each track on Eat Me, Drink Me stands alone.

Manson is well known for his outstanding covers such as “Sweet Dreams” and “Tainted Love”, but one thing that can never be doubted is his own lyrical talents.

Whether it is Manson infusing his own feelings of pain, anger, hurt, love, or hatred into his songs, or just the uncanny ability to write extremely well on these topics, it has saved him from being seen as another cliched has-been.

Whether it is the militant-rhythmic “The Red Carpet Grave”, the blustering guitar-leaden “You And Me And The Devil Makes 3” , the Lolita-Style “Heart-Shaped Glasses” or the heart-felt “If I was your vampire”, they are all songs that are worthy.

Add guitar-soaring solos, catchy hooks, and a consistency and earnestness that has been lacking on previous albums, and you have Marilyn Manson in top form.

A Bonus for Australian fans are two heart-thumping remixes of his first single, “Heart-Shaped Glasses”.

I give this HHHH

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