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Holy Wood

by Marilyn Manson

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of 455,611

12,939
2000's

of 265,875

2,429
2007

of 3,724

101

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.4745 Holy Wood is ranked overall as 2.4745 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.7895 Holy Wood has an avg. critic score of 2.7895 out of 4 stars

Holy Wood Album Reviews

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All Music Guide

There's so much effort, Holy Wood winds up a stronger and more consistent album than any of his other work. If there's any problem, it's that Manson's shock rock seems a little quaint in 2000. ...more

All Music Guide

In 2000, he not only was recovering from his fans' rejection ofMechanical Animals, he was scarred from Columbine and, worst of all, he was no longer America's demon dog. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

A pulverizing metallic symphony that makes Rob Zombie sound like elevator music....

Rolling Stone

The band truly rocks: Its malevolent groove fleshes out its leader's usual complaints with an exhilarating swagger that's the essence of rock & roll.... On Holy Wood, Manson is as ambitious, personal and heavy as he's ever been, but the album is not, as he has proclaimed, the band's White Album. The music of these L.A. ...more

Rolling Stone

What do politicians, religious leaders, rap-metal fans, right-wingers, jaded goths, homophobes and parents everywhere have in common? They all want to see our era's most willing hate magnet, Marilyn Manson, disappear up his own overexposed, underclothed ...more

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L.A. Weekly

Yeah, it's a party. And it's great rock music. Those who claim Manson "went back to Goth" and reclaimed Antichrist's noise after Mechanical proved too subtle for kids are only partly right. Okay, he virtually cloned his hit "The Beautiful People" in...read the complete review at L.A. Weekly

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Billboard

Manson proves again that he's one of the most skilled lyricists in rock today....read the complete review at Billboard

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

As usual in Manson's world, the goal of maximum discomfort supercedes the music, which sticks to familiar and reliably doom-laden but catchy pop-metal on "Disposable Teens" and "The Love Song."... Here, he seems entranced by his own power, which may be...read the complete review at The Onion (A.V. Club)

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The A.V. Club

Marilyn Manson posits himself as the walking id disguised as the walking dead, the horrifying subconscious unleashed to terrify prudes and......read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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