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Polyethylene
January 29th 2013


4677 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

The muddy and lo-fi aspect of the clips I saw isn't the main thing I found crap actually, all the songs I've seen sounded kinda breathless and forced



The low quality of the videos exacerbated the crappiness, it didn't cause it.



Okay andcas, will do

Polyethylene
January 29th 2013


4677 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

If the songs sounded weak and forced (based on their execution) in low quality that wouldn't change in high quality or if I was at the show

Polyethylene
January 29th 2013


4677 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks potsy, means a lot

Polyethylene
January 29th 2013


4677 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Quality is irrelevant when the songs sounded half-assed and emotionless

DeadToPain
January 29th 2013


694 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Deadtopain, are you 14 years old?"



No, 31 actually. I get the concept, I don't expect other people to dislike it, it just doesn't sit right with me when I hear it. This was one of the first CDs I ever bought (this, Broken, and KMFDM's Angst), and I still remember how stupid I thought it was even then. I must've been 13 or 14 when I got this. I know he was still on the first leg of the tour with Manson and Hole opening, I'd have to go look for the actual date. I don't think the song is that amazing either, I could live with a version of the record without it entirely and with "Memorabilia" tacked onto the end.

evilford
January 29th 2013


71523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

saw NIN twice on the with teeth tour. the shows were really good, just wish they would have played more from this

YankeeDudel
January 29th 2013


9342 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yea alotta nostalgics with this bad boy

YankeeDudel
January 29th 2013


9342 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

well thats just cray

DeadToPain
January 29th 2013


694 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

That is just cray. I've spent over half my lifetime listening to this religiously. At one point I was compulsive about owning all the Halos, anything on nothing Records, anything Trent was associated with. It was a lot of fun before all this digital do-hickeys made everything so damned easy. Although he's revamping MOG, renaming it Daisy and it's supposed to have a lot of cool features, and that's the service I actually pay for. I'm excited. All based on nostalgia.

evilford
January 29th 2013


71523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

cool pots



the thing that was great about seeing them when I did, was that they did play the line begins to blur, beside you in time and right where it belongs (3 of the few songs I love off with teeth), and consecutively, if I remember correctly. and yeah, the visuals going on with that were killer too.



really wanted to hear more (from this like I said but also) from broken. but they did open the show with pinion and wish both times, which was cool





evilford
January 29th 2013


71523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah really hit or miss album, but there were a few select songs that were great

DominionMM1
January 29th 2013


21546 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

"but i still would have loved to see them way back when.."



saw them when they were touring this. manson opened for them.







DominionMM1
January 29th 2013


21546 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

i prefer the really early stuff like phm and broken. and in '94, manson was actually making good music.

YankeeDudel
January 29th 2013


9342 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

never got into manson even as a young pup

evilford
January 29th 2013


71523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

true yeah, it did feel more like a collection of songs than a cohesive album. I know that was what he was going for, and it worked overall. I think I just dig his other concept stuff more. still fairly solid overall, just seemed like it lost momentum at too many points. but yeah, all the love in the world and you know what you are rule too.

evilford
January 29th 2013


71523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

never got into manson either, but admittedly he has a handful of songs that I really like

YankeeDudel
January 29th 2013


9342 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

i used to have a couple of his songs though. he seemed okay, at least his early ish, just never really got into him that hard.

DominionMM1
January 29th 2013


21546 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

portrait was the only one that ever really did anything for me

evilford
January 29th 2013


71523 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

huh, guess I never saw that. I can see that though, especially how it came at a point in his life where he was struggling with different addictions but at least in better shape than he was when he did the fragile

VermicideReloadead
January 30th 2013


1432 Comments


Never cared about Manson and I liked a lot of similar acts when I was younger. This album rules hard, with teeth is good but is not my favorite work, besides the concept is far better here.



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