Heavy 1001 is Heavy Reviews
megalist
Hard to separate how I feel about this album now with how I felt about it in high school (loved it, played it all the time). Almost every song is peak edge-lord energy, but it's all still delivered in a polished and powerful recording, and Manson excels at delivering over the top cheesy melodies and themes with really good composition that comes off as legitimately spooky. Most of this playthrough was waxing nostalgia, but because of that I enjoyed it and will almost certainly listen again in the distant future.
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rattboi1001
Hard album to rate. I've listened to this one quite a few times and really enjoyed it. Dude fucking sucks as a person, but does that really affect the quality of the music? I dunno.
The bangers on here still bang, so I'm gonna rate it thusly.
4/5
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avaitor
There have been more than a couple of artists featured in this series that I am not a fan of, but my distaste is largely subjective. But if I can be absolutely objective- what is Marilyn Manson still doing here?
I can’t pretend that I don’t feel some fondness for his work. Like many edgelord youths who came of age during the mid 90s-late 00s, I had a bit of a Manson phase. But even ignoring his disgusting behavior towards his partners, what does his music add to the music industry that you couldn’t get from other contemporary industrial acts like Fear Factory or even his mentor, Trent Reznor? Because while “The Beautiful People” may still slap, there’s a lot of filler here. That’s largely because this is an album from the peak CD era, where more was more and filling a disc to its limit was the name of the game. But I just don’t see this as essential.
Also, guy’s a creep and always has been.
D… maybe a plus for nostalgia’s sake
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