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Mechanical Animals is Marilyn Manson's third studio album, released in 1998.This album is the second part of a trilogy/"triptych" that started off with Antichrist Superstar (1996) and would be concluded with Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) (2000); much like those albums, this is a Rock Opera/Concept Album. However, since the triptych's narrative is told in reverse order, Mechanical Animals bridges the gap from Holy Wood to Antichrist Superstar.Mechanical Animals is the only album in the triptych to revolve around two characters instead of one, who each have seven songs (half of the album) told from their perspective: Omega, a gender-ambiguous alien that falls down to Earth and is captured and turned into a rock star in a band called the Mechanical Animals, soon turning to excessive drug use to cope with their reality as a product of a corporation Alpha, who acts as Omega's foil as well as an Author Avatar for Manson and is beginning to grasp the idea of emotion, growing distraught with how few emotions humans (or, as he sees them, mechanical animals) feelThe album was unique since it showcased the band briefly foraying into Glam Rock and straying away from their Industrial Metal roots; this was a move that wasn't greeted with ample enthusiasm, leading the band to return to their original sound in future works.It was the band's first #1 debut on the Billboard 200, and spawned several hit singles: "The Dope Show," "Rock is Dead," "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)," and "Coma White."It is in no way related to the children's cartoon Animal Mechanicals or the trope Mechanical Animals. |
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15 Minutes of Fame |
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15 Minutes of Fame: A reoccurring theme throughout the album, but it appears most in "Dope Show" and "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)". |
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Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll |
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Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: This is the hedonistic lifestyle of the Antichrist Superstar. |
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Self-Parody |
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Self-Parody: Manson parodied his own demonic public image on this album. |
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Face on the Cover |
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Face on the Cover: Manson as Omega in the center of the image. |
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Deal with the Devil |
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Deal with the Devil: "I Want To Disappear". |
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Crapsack World |
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Crapsack World: "Great Big White World" describes Manson as looking down on Earth, which is a destroyed world and everybody is hollow, empty and "mechanical" and instead of doing something about it, they wait for someone (god?) to change everything. Also the themes of race and drugs ("white" as cocaine) seem to be present: |
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New Sound Album |
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New Sound Album: With 'Antichrist Superstar' being more industrial, this album has a strong leaning to glam rock. |
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If It Bleeds, It Leads |
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If It Bleeds, It Leads: One of the themes of the album is the media's obsession with violence. The music video of "Coma White" re-enacted the John F. Kennedy assassination, albeit in a stylized manner to bring the point home. Manson's criticism became even more true when one year after the release the Columbine High School shootings and death of JFK Jr. took place, which caused a similar media frenzy. |
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Title Track |
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Title Track: "Mechanical Animals", though the title isn't mentioned in the lyrics. The hidden track does provide an Album Title Drop. |
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Only Sane Man |
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Only Sane Man: Manson is this in the "I Don't Like The Drugs" music video. And he's not even that sane... |
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Counting to Potato |
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Counting to Potato: Invoked in 'Posthuman': |
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Special Guest |
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Special Guest: Billy Zane has a cameo appearance in the music video of "The Dope Show". |
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Hurricane of Puns |
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Hurricane of Puns: "New Model, No. 15" |
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Ode to Intoxication |
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Ode to Intoxication: Many of the drug-related songs. |
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Concept Album |
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Concept Album: It continues the story of the antichrist superstar from Antichrist Superstar. |
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Vocal Dissonance |
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Vocal Dissonance: Manson uses distorted voices in 'The Last Day on Earth' for dramatic effect, just like in 'Cryptorchid' (Antichrist Superstar). |
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Ambiguous Gender |
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Ambiguous Gender: Omega, who is seen on the cover and in the music video for "The Dope Show" with a naked body containing breasts and androgynous genitalia. |
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Downer Ending |
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Downer Ending: Given the hidden track is only heard on computers, the album closes on "Coma White", an incredibly sad song about trying to attain a feeling of perfection through drug abuse and always failing due to being your own worst enemy. |
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BSoD Song |
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BSoD Song: The entire album follows the decay of the antichrist superstar. |
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Orphaned Etymology |
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Orphaned Etymology: In 'Mechanical Animals' Manson uses the word "neurophobic". While this is not a Neologism, it's used completely differently than what the dictionary says as being phobic against all brain functions and is applied to a world where people are "mechanical". |
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Extra Digits |
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Extra Digits: Omega has six fingers on each hand, according to the cover. |
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Gratuitous Panning |
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Gratuitous Panning: In contrast to the rest of the album, "Fundamentally Loathsome" pans pretty much every instrument entirely to the left or to the right. |
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Non-Appearing Title |
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Non-Appearing Title: 'Coma White', the title doesn't appear anywhere in the song and can be seen as metaphor. It has also been suggested that this is the name of the girl in the song. |
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Driven to Suicide |
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Driven to Suicide: "Fundamentally Loathsome". |
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Fake Band |
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Fake Band: The album concept revolves around the band led by Omega, which even got its own album cover◊. |
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Four-Fingered Hands |
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Six Fingered Hands: Manson has six fingers on each hand on the album cover. |
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Anti-Love Song |
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Anti-Love Song: "User Friendly" |
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Belief Makes You Stupid |
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Belief Makes You Stupid: "Posthuman" |
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Dead Artists Are Better |
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Dead Artists Are Better: Most evident in 'Coma White', where the assassination of JFK plays a big role. Manson assumes that part of the legend around JFK is because JFK was shot on camera. |
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Mechanical Abomination |
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Mechanical Abomination: 'Mechanical Animals' pictures human beings as this - mechanical in every way. |
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"I Want" Song |
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"I Want" Song: "I Want To Disappear" is about, well, wanting to disappear. |
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Stepford Smiler |
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Stepford Smiler: "Coma White" |
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Capitalism Is Bad |
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Capitalism Is Bad: "The Dope Show" |
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Good Angel, Bad Angel |
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Good Angel, Bad Angel: Alpha and Omega. |
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"Untitled" Title |
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"Untitled" Title: "Untitled" |
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Arc Number |
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Arc Number: 15. Manson's name is altered on the cover to swap some letters out for numbers; specifically, the numbers 1 and 5 are added. The Omega-head logo contains 15 squares on the forehead. The track "New Model No. 15". In the pre-verse of "User Friendly", Manson harmonizes with exactly fifteen "doo's" each time it is sung. Marilyn Manson's birthday is January 5 (1/5) Counting the computer-only hidden track, the album has 15 tracks. The Devil's tarot card is XV (15). The album's release date was September 15 (or 9/15, which is 9+1+5=15). As noted above, "15 minutes of fame" is a phrase which is said at one point on the album. 15 appears a few times in the liner art of the album (at one point appearing as "3x5"). |
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Humans Are Cthulhu |
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Humans Are Cthulhu: Omega the alien sees humans as "mechanical animals", unable to show emotion to other people's feelings. |
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Barbie Doll Anatomy |
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Barbie Doll Anatomy: Manson's genitalia on the album cover. |
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Parental Obliviousness |
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Parental Obliviousness/Sucky School: "I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)" |
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Heavy Meta |
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Heavy Meta: "Rock Is Dead". |
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Added Alliterative Appeal |
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Added Alliterative Appeal: "Fundamentally Loathsome" "Great Big White World" "New Model No. 15" "Rock Is Dead" "Posthuman" |
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Watch the World Die |
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Watch the World Die: In 'Last day on earth': |
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Alter-Ego Acting |
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Alter-Ego Acting: Manson plays a gender-ambiguous alien named "Omega" and his evil counterpart "Alpha". |
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Playing Card Motifs |
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Playing Card Motifs: In 'Mechanical Animals', the "suicide king" is the king of hearts. |
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Shout-Out |
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Shout-Out: The music video of "Coma White" is a shout-out to John F. Kennedy's assassination with the band assuming the people involved, very much following the Zapruder film. |
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Hollywood Hype Machine |
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Hollywood Hype Machine: Parodied throughout the whole album but especially in "The Dope Show": |
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Lighter and Softer |
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Lighter and Softer: It's less dark than Manson's previous works, being influenced mostly by David Bowie-esque glam rock, although the lyrics are still just as dark. |
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Nightmare Face |
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Nightmare Face: Omega's stare to the viewer on the cover. |
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Lyrics/Video Mismatch |
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Lyrics/Video Mismatch: Notably 'Coma White' - the song is about drugs and how they can or cannot save you from yourself, the video is a reenactment of the Kennedy Assassination. There are many theories how this will go together but neither the lyrics nor the video give a clear answer. |
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One-Word Title |
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One-Word Title: "Disassociative", "Posthuman", "Untitled". |
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Blasphemous Boast |
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Blasphemous Boast: "I Want To Disappear". |
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Obsessively Normal |
| | Mechanical Animals (Music) / int_d5501cc2 |
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Obsessively Normal: Deconstructed in 'I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)': |
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The End of the World as We Know It |
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The End of the World as We Know It: "Last Day On Earth". |
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Chemical Messiah |
| | Mechanical Animals (Music) / int_d854461 |
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Chemical Messiah: Very much the theme of 'The Dope Show', drugs and celebrity go together to religious levels. |
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| | Mechanical Animals (Music) / int_d88afb2b |
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Sublime Rhyme |
| | Mechanical Animals (Music) / int_d88afb2b |
comment |
Sublime Rhyme: 'Great Big White World': "all my stitches itch". |
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Unlikely Hero |
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Unlikely Hero: In 'Mechanical Animals': The hero doesn't believe he will turn the tables for the better: |
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Drugs Are Bad |
| | Mechanical Animals (Music) / int_de7b7cbf |
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Drugs Are Bad: Played with in "Coma White", no matter how many drugs you take, there's always a fate worse than drugs: |
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Surreal Music Video |
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comment |
Surreal Music Video: "The Dope Show", directed by Paul Hunter, shows Manson in the androgynous costume he wears on the cover and being examined in a lab, after which he performs on stage. "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)": Manson runs around with a blonde wig being crucified to a cross made out of TV sets. This comes with many other surreal and bizarre lightings and images. |
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Letters 2 Numbers |
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comment |
Letters 2 Numbers: "Marilyn Manson" is portrayed as "MAR1LYN MAN5ON" on the album cover. |
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Drugs Are Good |
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Drugs Are Good: "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" |
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Hidden Track |
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Hidden Track: An untitled one. |
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Brainless Beauty |
| | Mechanical Animals (Music) / int_f26d5e66 |
comment |
Brainless Beauty: "New Model No. 15" is about the dumbest model imaginable who is still successful at what she does. Also has traits of a Valley Girl. |
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Metallic Motifs |
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Metallic Motifs: In 'Mechanical Animals', human beings are associated with metals or more specific weapons: |
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