Portrait of an American Family [Explicit Lyrics]

Marilyn Manson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 1994)
• Original Release Date: July 19, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Nothing
• ASIN: B000001Y5X
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (144 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,567 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Alternative Rock > Goth & Industrial > Industrial

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Manson's brilliant major label debut, September 18, 2002

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portrait of an American Family (Audio CD)

Before "Antichrist Superstar" made Marilyn Manson a household name, this 1994 major label debut album was the beginning of he and his band invading mainstream America. After shortening the name of the band from Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids to just Marilyn Manson, they signed with Interscope Records and Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor produced this brilliant album; which showcases the social and moral decay of average Amercian family life. Song like "Organ Grinder", "Cake & Sodomy", "Dogma", "Get Your Gunn", "Sweet Tooth", "My Monkey", "Misery Machine", and the chilling "Lunchbox" are all thought provoking songs that really do make the listener think. Forget "Antichrist Superstar", "Mechanical Animals", and "Holy Wood", if there is one Marilyn Manson album to get, make it "Portrait of An American Family", and you will hear that the reason he is the man so many die hard Christian fanatics love to hate, is because he could be right about what he is saying.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The saga begins, December 15, 2000

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Eric Edelin (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portrait of an American Family (Audio CD)

Most of these songs were written by Marilyn Manson And The Spooky Kids, a long while back. Before The Fallen Angel, before Omega and the Mechanical Animals, before Adam and the revolution. These are songs which tell society as it is, while making fun of it. The bumpy ride beings on Prelude, a demented Willy Wonka rip-off. The singles: Lunchbox, and Get Your Gunn speak of a young boy being picked on and a woman suffering abuse from her husband. Other songs talk about how our youth will follow anything and the "average" family. It really is a Portrait Of An American Family. The strongest tracks are Lunchbox, Get Your Gunn, Dope Hat, and Misery Machine. If you want the glam of Mechanical Animals, or the industrial Hell of Antichrist Superstar, this album is NOT for you. This has a fresh and unique sound not duplicated on any other Manson album. This is truely where the saga began.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essay on Today's Society Values by Marilyn Manson, April 23, 2000

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"nonicksucker" (Mexico City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Portrait of an American Family (Audio CD)

If you think KoRn has something to say, you never really listened to Marilyn Manson's debut. Instead of bashing him for not making another Beautiful People kind of riff, go to your nearest cd store and buy this thing. Manson doesn't hate women, or cops, or children, he simply describes the world as it really is and was when he was a kid. This CD has a really bashing sound to it and the lyrics are like targeting a bullet to light-minded persons. Portrait is just what the title suggests and it's one of the best hard rock albums made in the 90s. While KoRn and other i-just-hate-everything-'cause-it's-fashionable losers are enjoying their ADIDAS and NIKE outfits, Manson attacks for the sake of intelligence.