The Last Word: Feasting On The Latest From Marilyn Manson

Every week, we round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews. Today’s entry is Marilyn Manson’s Eat Me, Drink Me, which is released tomorrow:

– “Elsewhere, as on the single ‘Heart-Shaped Glasses,’ Manson sounds like a suicidal Billy Idol, tossing off trashy hooks with focus and some expertise. Some of Eat Me, Drink Me is ho-hum and bone-dry, with few hot choruses and even fewer chord changes. But unlike those breast implants he once had, it’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Three Stars.” [Rolling Stone] – “He must miss his days as a scourge. ‘The legends get older/But I stay the same/as long as you have less to say,’ he sneers. But actually, no one is angling for his old job, since it has been utterly diffused. Amid extreme Internet porn, hi-res videogame violence and real-world war, Marilyn Manson has become just another public deviant.” [NYT] – “Romance is compared to a vampire-victim relationship, and ‘They Say Hell’s Not Hot’ is either Manson breaking down or creasing up with laughter. The songs and Ziggy guitar solos are more accessible than usual. Manson can croak like an undead, but can’t sing to save his life. Three Stars.” [Guardian UK]