Reviewed by: Kris

Artist: Manson, Marilyn

Album: Lest We Forget the Best of

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1. The Love Song
2. Personal Jesus
3. mOBSCENE
4. The Fight Song
5. Tainted Love
6. The Dope Show
7. This is the New Shit
8. Disposable Teens
9. Sweet Dreams (are made of this)
10. Lunchbox
11. Tourniquet
12. Rock is Dead
13. Get Your Gunn
14. The Nobodies
15. Long Hard Road Out of Hell
16. The Beautiful People
17. The Reflecting God

I didn’t become a fan of Marilyn Manson until his last album, The Golden Age of Grotesque. Before his last album, I just thought his music was too hard and didn’t really carry a good message. However, I did have a change of heart and I have become a fairly big fan. After actually listening to his music, I find that it does often carry a good message if people will just pay attention to it. When I heard he had a greatest hits album coming out, I knew I had to buy it.

I have to tell you that I love this album. It’s been in my stereo since the day I bought it and it’s probably not being taken out for a while. Every song on this CD is great in its own way, and I’m kind of mad at myself for not liking Manson’s music earlier. He has a way with words and he surely can put his lyrics to a catchy beat.

I like every track on the album but I guess I like a select few more than others. Personal Jesus is a great song. It’s a cover of the Depeche Mode song, and it’s odd that Manson would do a cover only a little while after Johnny Cash released a cover of it. It’s fun to listen to the two versions back to back; let’s just say that they are a little different from each other. I also enjoy The Fight Song, mainly because it’s so loud and it’s fun to play at a loud volume to annoy the neighbors. It also happens to carry a good message to me, but it might not carry that same message to you so I’ll let you figure out what the meaning is for you. The other songs I like, for no particular reason, are The Dope Show, Long Hard Road out of Hell, and Tainted Love.

This is a great album and I highly recommend that you pick it up if you are a Manson fan, or if you just like hard rock. Definitely give it a chance if you haven’t listened to much Manson before. It’s his greatest hits for a reason, and it deserves a listen from non fans.