Smells Like Children (Explicit Version) (1995) (E.P.)

Product Summary Label: Uni/interscope UPC: 00606949264123 Release Date: 4/2/1996 Buy.com Sku: 60124975 Item#: MCLWD4 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Hands Of Small Children, The ~ Marilyn Manson 2. Diary Of A Dope Fiend ~ Marilyn Manson 3. S****y Chicken Gang Bang ~ Marilyn Manson 4. Kiddie Grinder - (remix) ~ Marilyn Manson 5. Sympathy For The Parents ~ Marilyn Manson 6. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) ~ Marilyn Manson 7. Everlasting C***sucker - (remix) ~ Marilyn Manson 8. F*** Frankie ~ Marilyn Manson 9. I Put A Spell On You ~ Marilyn Manson 10. May Cause Discoloration Of The Urine Or Feces ~ Marilyn Manson 11. Scabs, Guns And Peanut Butter ~ Marilyn Manson 12. Dance Of The Dope Hats - (remix) ~ Marilyn Manson 13. White Trash - (Tony J. Wiggins remix) ~ Marilyn Manson 14. Dancing With The One-Legged... ~ Marilyn Manson 15. Rock 'N' Roll Nigger ~ Marilyn Manson 16. (untitled) - (hidden track) ~ Marilyn Manson (P) 1995 Interscope Records (C) 1995 Interscope Records   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Reverend Marilyn Manson (vocals); Daisy Berkowitz (guitar); Twiggy Ramirez (bass); Ginger Fish (drums); Madonna Wayne Gacy, Tony F. Wiggins. A year on from Portrait of an American Family, Marilyn Manson released the stopgap EP Smells Like Children. Where the full-length debut showed sparks of character and invention beneath industrial metal sludge, Smells Like Children is a smartly crafted horror show, filled with vulgarity, ugliness, goth freaks, and sideshow scares. Manson wisely chose to heighten his cartoonish personality with the EP. Most of the record is devoted to spoken words and samples, all designed to push to the outrage buttons of middle America. Between those sonic collages arrives one new song, retitled remixes of Portrait songs -- "Kiddie Grinder," "Everlasting Cocksucker," "Dance of the Dope Hats," "White Trash" -- and three covers ("Sweet Dreams," "I Put a Spell on You," "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger"), all given a trademark spooky makeover. Musically, it may not amount to much -- it's goth-metal-industrial, as good as the "Dope Hat," "Lunch Box," and "Cake and Sodomy" trilogy that distinguished the debut -- but as a sonic sculpture, as an objet d'art, it's effective and wickedly fascinating. It's exactly what Brian Warner needed to do to establish Marilyn Manson as America's bogeyman for the late '90s. [And it also helped enhance his myth for his fans. Smells Like Children originally was released promotionally, complete with unauthorized Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory samples and other unapproved sound bites. It was pulled, censored, and re-edited ("Abuse, Pt. 1" and "Abuse, Pt. 2" were removed from the EP) before it was officially released in October 1995, and the original promo copies became valuable collectibles and the most bootlegged item in the Manson catalog.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine   Compilation Appearances Lost Highway The Matrix (Explicit Version) Detroit Rock City Queen Of The Damned (Explicit Version) Resident Evil WWF-Forceable Entry We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To The Ramones Party Monster (Explicit Version) Mtv2 Headbangers Ball Queer as Folk: The Fifth Season (Soundtrack) Saw II (Explicit Version) Revolver Presents/dark Side Nightmare Before Christmas (Bonus Tracks) Saw 2 / O.s.t. Guitar Hero Soundtrack Nightmare Revisited Ultimate Threesome:seasons 3 4 5 Gamer (Osc)   Associated Artists and Works The String Quartet Tribute To R.E.M. ~ Artists, Various Artists, Various Artists, Various A Tribute To Marilyn Manson ~ Artists, Various Various Artists Various Artists A Tribute To Marilyn Manson ~ Various Artists The String Quartet Tribute To Marilyn Manson ~ Various Artists Various Artists The String Quartet Tribute to Marilyn Manson ~ Vitamin String Quartet   Technical Info Release Date : 10/24/1995 Original Release Date : 1995 Catalog ID : 92641 Label : Interscope Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00606949264123   Professional Reviews Alternative Press (1/96, p.84) - "...It's the best album of the year. It's one bad-trip rocket ride through the psyches of some sick bastards who would vote ten-year-olds as Penthouse Pets Of The Year, while spiking pixie sticks with crystal meth..."    Product Image