Mechanical Animals
by Marilyn Manson
- Type: Album
- Released: 15 September 1998
- Label: Nothing
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:02:36
- Community rating: 3.61/5 from 9 ratings
Artists on this release: Michael Parnin, Charity Lomax, Jan Fairchild, Gordon Fordyce, Wesley Seidman, Ted Jensen
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Mechanical Animals' is a glossy, futuristic concept album that swaps abrasive industrial textures for high-concept glam rock. Manson adopts a dual persona to explore themes of fame, drug addiction, and sexual alienation, resulting in a dark, mechanical, and nihilistic deconstruction of pop culture stardom.
Genres
Descriptors: drugs, conceptual, theatrical, androgynous-vocals, fashion
Tracklist
- 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)
- Coma White (5:38)
Credits
- Paul Brown - art direction, graphic design
- Sean Beavan - editor, engineer, additional producer, programming
- Rob Brill - co engineer
- Barry Goldberg - engineer
- Ted Jensen - mastering
- Tony Ciulla - misc
- Alex Dizon - misc
- Jason Farrer - misc
- Angela Garcia - misc
- Devra Kinery - misc
- John Malm, Jr. - misc
- Tom Lord鈥怉lge - mix
- Joseph Cultice - photography
- Marilyn Manson - photography, producer
- Michael Beinhorn - producer
- Jan Fairchild - recording
- Gordon Fordyce - recording
- Charity Lomax - recording
- Michael Parnin - recording
- Wesley Seidman - recording