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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Nothing
Salesrank: 31748
Released: November 14, 2000 |
| Our Price: $9.84 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) Track Listing:
1. Godeatgod
2. The Love Song
3. The Fight Song
4. Disposable Teens
5. Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)
6. 'President Dead'
7. In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death
8. Cruci-Fiction In Space
9. A Place In The Dirt
10. The Nobodies
11. The Death Song
12. Lamb Of God
13. Born Again
14. Burning Flag
15. Coma Black: A. Eden Eye B. The Apple Of Discord
16. Valentine's Day
17. The Fall Of Adam
18. King Kill 33
19. Count To Six And Die (The Vaccuum Of Infinite Space Encompassing)
Editorial Review:
The impact of Marilyn Manson's subversive musical agenda has waned, and what's left is a provocative, talented artist writing affecting, powerful, and yes, controversial songs. Although Holy Wood is the third title of a trilogy that began with 1996's Antichrist Superstar, the album stands on its own. Rife with references to the Beatles and the Kennedys, and full of pop-culture barbs, Holy Wood is a musically diverse and powerful statement. The memorable sing-along "Disposable Teens" boasts the same kind of staccato, Teutonic, first-thrusting power introduced with "Beautiful People," while "Fight Song" is the Sex Pistols meets Blur by way of Nirvana. While a futuristic, nihilistic tint pervades Manson's work, passion is also prevalent, notably in the spooky acoustic number "A Place in the Dirt" and the brutal "Death Song." Like Marilyn Manson the man, Holy Wood is intelligent, dynamic, and multifaceted, with myriad charms that are evident to the tuned-in listener. --Katherine Turman
Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) Reviews:
geez 
2008-07-10 - Wow, Marilyn Manson actually has some listenable songs for once. That makes the album passable. Unfortunately he's not a very good songwriter or singer, and the guitar playing is VERY average too. No need to even buy this album because of how average it is for the most part. Just a couple (rather predictable) songwriting moments make a few of the songs tolerable. The obnoxious way the guitar riffs and vocals come across means I give the album a big "no thanks". No point going into detail for each song since they all sound the same anyway.
Clasic 
2007-11-07 - This is the MM that the public hates! Just my taste. It is much more enjoyable than his newest disk.
Couple of good songs
2007-08-21 - This album is like a giant CD single. It has a couple of great songs on it, obvious singles or just rockin album tracks, and the rest of it is a collection of throwaway B-sides. Whatever resonance Marilyn Manson musters up here is drawn from the misguided implications of his influence in the Colombine shootings, as well as his commentary on being a highly visible performer and media personality.
"Disposable Teens" really rocks and is a great track, depending on whether you like the somewhat standard glam stomp that it is. It's not exactly original as far as the rockage goes, but Manson's lyrics are interesting; he seems to be saying that the so-called "outrage" over the Colombine murders would be short-lived and disposable, used for a political boost by all parties who were not directly involved, and he was right.
The slower tracks become extremely monotonous, however. They all run together so much that the album is too much of a downer. Whereas before Manson was questioning cultural institutions like religion and rock music, the dirges on this album seem to be mostly about his new favorite subject: Marilyn Manson.
Fast forward to 2007 and the band would record an entire album's worth of material like this, "Eat Me Drink Me". Come back to the five and dime, Marilyn Manson, Marilyn Manson!
Pretty good. 
2007-06-18 - This Manson album settles pretty well with me. It has some great tracks, such as "Disposable Teens", "The Fight Song", "Godeatgod", "The Nobodies", "The Love Song", "The Death Song" and even more. It also has some great and well thought out lyrics to accompany its many hit songs. Most of the lyrical content revolves around Manson's feelings toward the Columbine High School incident in 1996 and how the media claimed that the two assassins involved had been great fans of his while only a short time after it was found that not one of the two boys had been even remote fans of Manson's and their statements were disproved.
The only downfall I saw with this album was how it seemed to drag on a bit. It's almost as if Manson was trying to fit just a little too many songs into one disc. Otherwise, the album doesn't have too many noticeable flaws.
Overall, this CD will definitely turn the listener's stomach with its passionately riveting sound and corresponding lyrics. This is definitely one of Manson's more emotionally driven LP's and it's very recognizable to anyone who listens that Manson put his heart and soul into it. This CD will definitely give you something to swallow. Recommended.
MANSON
2007-05-10 - THIS CD IS EXCELLENT!IT'S ALSO INTERESTING.I LOVE THE SONG TITLED: KING KILL 33. THE MUSIC'S HYPNOTIC. THE SONG TITLED: COUNT TO 6 AND DIE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.THE SONG TITLED: IN THE SHADOW OF THE VALLEY OF DEATH IS SO SAD.THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC ON THIS CD,AND SO MANY EMOTIONS.MANSON'S REALLY SOMETHING SPECIAL!
