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Antichrist Superstar

Antichrist Superstar is Marilyn Manson's second full-length studio album, released in October 1996 through Trent Reznor's Nothing label. The album was co-produced by Reznor and many songs on the album saw contributions from members of Nine Inch Nails and previous NIN collaborators. It is considered to be a concept album, with a three part storyline deailing the protagonist's rise. This was the last album that Reznor and Manson collaborated on.

Track listing

Cycle I: The Heirophant

1. "Irresponsible Hate Anthem" – 4:17

2. "The Beautiful People" – 3:38

3. "Dried Up, Tied and Dead to the World" – 4:15

4. "Tourniquet" – 4:29

Cycle II: Inauguration of the Worm

5. "Little Horn" – 2:43

6. "Cryptorchid" – 2:44

7. "Deformography" – 4:31

8. "Wormboy" – 3:56

9. "Mister Superstar" – 5:04

10. "Angel With the Scabbed Wings" – 3:53

11. "Kinderfeld" – 4:51

Cycle III: Disintegrator Rising

12. "Antichrist Superstar" – 5:14

13. "1996" – 4:01

14. "Minute of Decay" – 4:44

15. "The Reflecting God" – 5:36

16. "Man That You Fear" – 6:10

99. "Empty Sounds of Hate" – 1:39

Like NIN's Broken EP, the album has numerous blank tracks. Tracks 17 through 98 are blank and are on average four seconds long. The first and last blank tracks are 9 and 5 seconds long respectively.

Personnel

Marilyn Manson: vocals, guitar, pan flute, producer
Twiggy Ramirez: lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
Madonna Wayne Gacy: all keyboards, loops, samples
Daisy Berkowitz: guitar
Ginger Fish: live drums, programming
Zim Zum: live guitar on the tour for Antichrist Superstar
Trent Reznor: producer, editing, mixing, mellotron, guitar, rhodes piano
Dave Ogilvie: producer, programming, engineer, editing, mixing
Sean Beavan: producer, engineer, editing, mixing, guitar, guitar synthesizer
Brian Pollack – production assistant, assistant engineer
Chris Vrenna: drums, programming, engineer, editing
Charlie Clouser: editing, programming
Tom Baker: mastering
Tony Ciulla: management
Alex Kochan: booking
David Codikow: artists and audience legal
Jay Sendyk: business management
P.R. Brown: digital illustration, design
Dean Karr: photography
Danny Lohner: additional guitar
Robin Finck: additional live guitar, additional keyboards (uncredited, however Manson confirmed his work on the album)

Album Credits

1 Irresponsible Hate Anthem|irresponsible hate anthem
[lyrics: Marilyn Manson|Manson, Twiggy Ramirez /music: Daisy Berkowitz, Madonna Wayne Gacy]
live guitar: Zim Zum

2 the beautfiul people
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez]
descending horn guitar: Sean Beavan

3 dried up, tied and dead to the world
[lyrics: Manson/music: Manson, Ramirez]
additional guitars: M. Manson

4 tourniquet
[lyrics: Manson/music: Berkowitz, Ramirez]
additional guitar: Daisy Berkowitz

5 little horn
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Trent Reznor]

6 cryptorchid]
[lyrics: Manson/music: Gacy]
drums: Gacy/mellotron: Reznor

7 deformography
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Reznor]
additional guitar: Reznor

8 wormboy
[lyrics: Manson/music: Berkowitz, Ramirez]

9 mister superstar
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez]
lead guitar: Reznor /
additional rhythm guitar: Daisy Berkowitz

10 angel with the scabbed wings
[lyrics: Manson/music: Manson, Ramirez, Gacy]
lead guitar: Danny Lohner

11 kinderfeld
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Gacy]
additional guitar: M. Manson/ live drums: Chris Vrenna

12 antichrist superstar
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Gacy]
Additional guitar: Daisy Berkowitz

13 1996
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez]

14 minute of decay
[lyrics and music: Manson]
guitar: M. Manson

15 the reflecting god
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Reznor]
Acoustic Guitar: Danny Lohner

16 man that you fear
[lyrics: Manson/music: Ramirez, Manson, Gacy, Berkowtiz]
rhodes piano: Reznor

Antichrist Superstar was conceived and created by Marilyn Manson
Produced by Trent Reznor & Dave "Rave" Ogilvie
Co-produced by M. Manson except tracks 3 & 11 produced by M. Manson & Sean Beavan
Engineered by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie & Sean Beavan assisted by Brian Pollack & Chris Vrenna
Mixed by Sean Beavan
Editing & Programming: Chris Vrenna, Trent Reznor, Sean Beavan, Charlie Clouser & Dave "Rave" Ogilvie Nothing Studios, New Orleans
Mastering: Tom Baker at Future Disc Systems

Band:
Marilyn Manson: all voices, guitar, pan flute
Twiggy Ramirez: lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, bass
M.W. Gacy: all keyboards, loops and other original pieces of 16-bit audio information
Ginger Fish: live drums, programming
and introducing
Zim Zum: live guitarist for Antichrist Superstar

Management: Tony Ciulla
Booking: Alex Kochan for
Artists and Audience
Legal: David Codikow
Business Management:
Jay Sendyk
Nothing: John A. Malm, Jr.

Design & Digital
Illustration: P.R. Brown @ Bau-Da Design Group
Photography: Dean Karr

Thanks: Tony Ciulla, Barb and Hugh, Missi, Trent, Sean Beavan, John Malm, Jr., Jeff Anderson, All at Interscope, Sioux z., Jay, Gerri & Rich, E. Elias Merhige, Dana Maher and Family, Gerry Gerrard, Danny & Podboy, Robin Finck, Sam Kirby, Frank Proia, David Lynch and Jennifer, J. Mahoney, Veronika, Natalie Natero, Maxie & Garrett, Mike Nastasi, Chris Meyer, all the Bier, Wilson & Yip families, J. Rach, Gary Talpas, Silvia Garcia, Howard Schomer, Steven Hirsch, R. Rosen, M. Toorock, Dean Karr and the U Ground, Anton Lavey, Andy and all at Barrister's Gallery, Tommy Prong.

Manipulation by S.M.G.

External Links

[www.marilynmanson.com Marilyn Manson website]