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We Are Chaos

Marilyn Manson

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It's been nearly two decades since Marilyn Manson was the transgressive cultural figure he built his brand on. The 51-year-old rocker hasn't been shocking since MTV ruled the airwaves, and his stubborn reluctance to accept his waning position as America's metallic scapegoat led to some clunkers in the early 2010s. However, on his 11th album We Are Chaos, Manson sounds liberated from the notion that his music must offend or challenge his listener to be worthwhile. On the contrary, it sees Manson spending more time looking inward, reflecting on his own identity, and even engaging in self-criticism.

Initially billed as his country album once outlaw icon Shooter Jennings was brought on to co-write and co-produce the 10-song affair (Manson had been dabbling with roots music since 2015's blues-leaning The Pale Emperor and also dropped a terrific cover of the Johnny Cash staple "God's Gonna Cut You Down" in 2019), in execution, We Are Chaos is only country in the sense that there are a few twangy lead guitar licks and a fiddle in the credits. Musically, the record is a hodge-podge of Manson's last decade of exploring slower, more musically rich, and less industrialized sounds. Most of the songs are power ballads that are melodic by his standards, and the ones that do kick up the dirt ("Red Black and Blue", "Perfume") are more hard rock than metal.

Casual Manson listeners looking for the grit of his earlier work might be better off revisiting the classics, but loyal fans will be intrigued by his, dare I say wise, lyrical pennings. On "Keep My Head Together," he offers the advice, "Don't try to change for someone else, you'll just end up changing yourself," an eyebrow-raising suggestion to hear from someone who's been in the business of shaping teenage identities for nearly 30 years. On "Solve Coagula" he revokes his public identity and exposes his own perceived flaws: "I'm not special, I'm just broken/ And I don't want to be fixed." And lastly, on closer "Broken Needle," the best and most passionately delivered power ballad on the record, Manson sings with pained regret: "I am a needle/ Dig in your grooves / Scratching you up then I'll put you away."

It's arguably the closest Manson has gotten to truly excavating the man behind the moniker, and it's moments like those that indicate that even without the anti-Christ pageantry, the Superstar himself still has compelling tales to tell. © Eli Enis/Qobuz

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1
RED BLACK AND BLUE Explicit
00:05:03

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

2
WE ARE CHAOS Explicit
00:04:00

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

3
DON'T CHASE THE DEAD
00:04:17

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

4
PAINT YOU WITH MY LOVE
00:04:29

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

5
HALF-WAY & ONE STEP FORWARD
00:03:16

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

6
INFINITE DARKNESS
00:04:15

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

7
PERFUME
00:03:33

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

8
KEEP MY HEAD TOGETHER Explicit
00:03:49

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

9
SOLVE COAGULA
00:04:22

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

10
BROKEN NEEDLE
00:05:23

Paul Wiley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Rains, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marilyn Manson, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Spreng, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shooter Jennings, Producer, Guitar, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ted Russell Kamp, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Alderete, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Aubrey Richmond, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Schreffler, Guitar, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Douglass, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Perzborn, Drums, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2020 Marilyn Manson.

Album review

It's been nearly two decades since Marilyn Manson was the transgressive cultural figure he built his brand on. The 51-year-old rocker hasn't been shocking since MTV ruled the airwaves, and his stubborn reluctance to accept his waning position as America's metallic scapegoat led to some clunkers in the early 2010s. However, on his 11th album We Are Chaos, Manson sounds liberated from the notion that his music must offend or challenge his listener to be worthwhile. On the contrary, it sees Manson spending more time looking inward, reflecting on his own identity, and even engaging in self-criticism.

Initially billed as his country album once outlaw icon Shooter Jennings was brought on to co-write and co-produce the 10-song affair (Manson had been dabbling with roots music since 2015's blues-leaning The Pale Emperor and also dropped a terrific cover of the Johnny Cash staple "God's Gonna Cut You Down" in 2019), in execution, We Are Chaos is only country in the sense that there are a few twangy lead guitar licks and a fiddle in the credits. Musically, the record is a hodge-podge of Manson's last decade of exploring slower, more musically rich, and less industrialized sounds. Most of the songs are power ballads that are melodic by his standards, and the ones that do kick up the dirt ("Red Black and Blue", "Perfume") are more hard rock than metal.

Casual Manson listeners looking for the grit of his earlier work might be better off revisiting the classics, but loyal fans will be intrigued by his, dare I say wise, lyrical pennings. On "Keep My Head Together," he offers the advice, "Don't try to change for someone else, you'll just end up changing yourself," an eyebrow-raising suggestion to hear from someone who's been in the business of shaping teenage identities for nearly 30 years. On "Solve Coagula" he revokes his public identity and exposes his own perceived flaws: "I'm not special, I'm just broken/ And I don't want to be fixed." And lastly, on closer "Broken Needle," the best and most passionately delivered power ballad on the record, Manson sings with pained regret: "I am a needle/ Dig in your grooves / Scratching you up then I'll put you away."

It's arguably the closest Manson has gotten to truly excavating the man behind the moniker, and it's moments like those that indicate that even without the anti-Christ pageantry, the Superstar himself still has compelling tales to tell. © Eli Enis/Qobuz

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