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 detailing 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
Manson:
All Tracks
Songs of Golgotha
Music/Dinger & Ollie Music,
administered by Dinger &
Ollie Music, BMI. ©1996 All
rights reserved
Ramirez:
All Tracks Except 6 & 14
Blood Heavy Music/Dinger &
Ollie Music, administered by
Dinger & Ollie Music, BMI.
©1996 All rights reserved
Gacy:
Tracks 1, 6,10, 11,12 & 16
DCLXVI Music /Dinger &
Ollie Music, administered by
Dinger & Ollie Music, BMI.
©1996 All rights reserved
Berkowitz: Tracks 1, 4,8 & 16
Caducci Thrift
Music/Dinger & Ollie Music,
administered by Dinger &
Ollie Music, BMI. ©1996 All
rights reserved
Reznor: Tracks 5, 7 & 15
Leaving Hope/TVT Music, Inc.
ASCAP. ©1996 All rights
reserved
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.
Fan Club:
Marilyn Manson Family
25935 detroit Rd. suite #329
Westlake, Ohio 44145.
© 1996 Interscope Records.
All rights reserved.