Portrait of an American Family Vinyl Box Set
| Portrait of an American Family | |||||
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| Studio album by Marilyn Manson | |||||
| Released | July 19, 1994 (27 years agone) | ||||
| Recorded | August–December 1993 at Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, California, The Village Recorder and Grunter | ||||
| Genre | Alternative metal, heavy metallic, hard rock | ||||
| Length | 61:05 | ||||
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | ||||
| Producer | Marilyn Manson, Trent Reznor | ||||
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Portrait of an American Family is the debut full-length studio album by American stone band Marilyn Manson. It was released on July xix, 1994 in the Usa through Nothing and Interscope Records. It was produced by the band's frontman and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The album was initially known equally The Manson Family Album—a directly reference to serial killer Charles Manson'south own band—but was retitled prior to release.
It is the outset and only Marilyn Manson studio album that bassist Gidget Gein plays on. Gein was fired from the ring after its production following a very public and destructive heroin addiction and Twiggy Ramirez, the band'due south groupie and friend of Gein and Manson, was put as a temporary replacement while Gein got clean and sober. He eventually took over Gein's place, becoming a Gein clone. Opposite to popular belief, Ramirez did not play bass on the anthology. Though Sara Lee Lucas was the featured drummer on the anthology, 9 Inch Nails live keyboardist Charlie Clouser used a pulsate motorcar to supplant the piece of work Lucas did. Daisy Berkowitz helped etch music for all of the songs except "Prelude (The Family Trip)" and "Sweet Tooth."
The album has sold over 2.v million copies worldwide and was certified Aureate on May 29, 2003 past the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the Us.[ane] It spawned three singles ("Get Your Gunn", "Lunchbox" and "Dope Hat").
In late 2009, it was re-released by Interscope and sold through Hot Topic stores as a special edition box set combination of a T-shirt bearing the album artwork and a mint-green vinyl LP record of the anthology. The color of the disc is light dark-green, nearly matching the coloration of well-nigh of the bands fonts at the time of the anthology's original 1994 release; however, this reissue featured some imagery from The High Finish of Low on its characterization, much to the dismay of fans.[ii]
Contents
- i Background
- 1.one The Manson Family Album
- ii Themes
- iii Music
- 3.1 Songs
- 3.2 Samples
- iv Promotion
- 5 Release
- 5.1 Singles
- five.ii Cover and packaging
- six Reception
- 6.1 Disquisitional reception
- 7 Portrait of an American Family Tour
- eight Track listing
- viii.1 Argentinian Bonus tracks
- 9 Anthology credits
- x Cover gallery
- 11 Charts and certifications
- xi.i Album charts
- xi.2 Singles
- 12 Trivia
- 13 Credits and personnel
- xiv References
Background [edit]
The Manson Family Album [edit]
| " | When nosotros were finally finished, Roli had done the reverse of what I'd expected. I thought he was going to bring out some sort of darker element. But he was trying to shine all the rough edges and make the states more of a rock band, a pop band, which at the time I wasn't interested in at all. I thought the record we did with him came out bland and lifeless. Trent thought the same thing and so he volunteered to help us repair what had been damaged.[3] | " |
| —Marilyn Manson discussing the aftermath of the album'south initial recording sessions. | ||
Recording sessions for its national debut, Portrait of an American Family, began in July 1993. Working with producer Roli Mosimann at Criteria Stundios in Miami, Florida,[3] the band recorded a pick of new songs forth with reworked material from their Spooky Kids repertoire and, by the stop of Fall 1993, had completed the first version of their debut, a full anthology's worth of textile collectively known as The Manson Family Album.[4] At the time, "Ophidian Eyes and Sissies" was on rail to be the band'south first unmarried, with a single edit having already been fabricated. Yet the band was simply not satisfied with the output of these recording sessions and shelved the anthology for a short time.[five]
Within a few months, the band would convince rising star Trent Reznor to produce the album instead.[6] The abrasive sonic "rawness" that Mosimann's production had brought to such groups as Swans had failed to materialize on The Manson Family unit Album; Reznor and all the band's members thought it "sucked", and was poorly representative of Marilyn Manson's dynamic alive performances.[3] [7] In October 1993, Reznor agreed to fully commit to the project, taking them and their tapes to various studios in Los Angeles. With the help of Reznor and numerous live members of his ring, Ix Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson re-recorded and reworked their old cloth until they were satisfied and released it nether the name Portrait of an American Family.[8] "Snake Eyes and Sissies" would never meet a unmarried release and in the anthology'south credits Mosimann is credited as an engineer with no mention of his production work.
Years afterwards, one-time guitarist Daisy Berkowitz was asked about these original recordings in an interview and gave the interviewer a cassette tape featuring the unused recordings. The interviewer and then released them to the Internet where they are now widely bachelor, normally labeled as Portrait of an American Family unit (Pre-Reznor Mix) or Portrait of an American Family Demos.
Themes [edit]
The band'due south frontman has discussed his thoughts in retrospect on Portrait of an American Family with Empyrean Mag, circa May/June 1995:
| " | Well, the whole point of [Portrait of an American Family] was that I wanted to say a lot of the things I've said in interviews [...] But I wanted to accost the hypocrisy of talk testify America, how morals are worn equally a badge to brand y'all look good and how information technology's so much easier to talk about your behavior than to live up to them. I was very much wrapped up in the concept that as kids growing up, a lot of the things that nosotros're presented with have deeper meanings than our parents would similar united states to come across, like Willy Wonka and the Brothers Grimm. And so what I was trying to point out was that when our parents hide the truth from u.s., it's more dissentious than if they were to expose u.s.a. to things like Marilyn Manson in the first identify." | " |
| —Marilyn Manson Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 151 | ||
Music [edit]
Songs [edit]
"Cake and Sodomy" is the second track on the album. In 1990, Manson met a woman at a McDonald's eatery in Fort Lauderdale who invited him to spend a weekend with her in New York City. Upon discovering that the girl was using her sister's ID considering she was likewise young to work, Manson abandoned her, shortly after which he ran into ii clubbers from Southward Florida. Manson spent the remainder of his stay in New York at the clubbers' hotel room, where he stumbled on Public-access idiot box cable TV channels, which were "a completely new phenomenon" to him. Manson "spent hours flipping through the station, watching Pat Robertson preach about society's evils then ask people to telephone call him with their credit menu number," while "on the other aqueduct, a guy was greasing up his erect with Vaseline and asking people to call and requite him their credit card number." This inspired Manson to grab the hotel notepad and brainstorm penning the song's lyrics. Manson explains in his autobiography The Long Difficult Road Out of Hell that "I had written other songs I thought were good, but "Cake and Sodomy" was more than just a good song. Equally an anthem for the hypocritical America slobbering on the tit of Christianity, it was a blueprint for our futurity message."[9]
"Lunchbox" is the second single and the third track of the album. It was inspired by a piece of legislation dating back to 1972, which makes it illegal to have metal lunchboxes in schools. The song tells the story of a school historic period child who is bullied and uses his ain lunchbox every bit a weapon in retaliation, waiting for the day he can "grow up to be a big rock and gyre star" who is never intimidated by others. The earliest recording of this song dates back to the ring'southward Afterward School Special cassette record, released in January 1991. The album version of "Lunchbox" samples The Crazy World of Arthur Chocolate-brown song "Fire".
"Dope Lid" is the third and final single and the sixth track of the anthology. The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band'south The Family Jams cassette, released in 1992. Whilst the band's keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy was given a music credit for the vocal on Portrait of an American Family unit, curiously his name is absent-minded from the credits of The Family Jams and Refrigerator, two cassettes a demo of "Dope Hat" had appeared on beforehand. The single's release was accompanied by a music video which featured Manson in the role of Willy Wonka in a shock-horror version of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Manufacturing plant.
"Become Your Gunn" is the first single and the seventh track of the album. The song was inspired by the murder of OB/GYN doctor David Gunn who was killed in Florida by an anti-choice activist. The frontman later described his murder as "the ultimate hypocrisy I witnessed growing up: that these people killed someone in the name of beingness 'pro-life'".[ten]
"Wrapped in Plastic" is the eighth track on the album. The earliest recording of this song dates dorsum to the band'south Refrigerator cassette tape, released in 1993. It recycles lyrics from an earlier Spooky Kids song, "I.V.-T.V.". The frontman has stated that "Wrapped in Plastic" is almost his past at his grandfather'southward basement. The version on Refrigerator cassette gives the listener better detail of this fact.
"Sweet Tooth" is the tenth song on the album, and the merely song that former bassist Gidget Gein wrote both guitar and bass parts for. However, of all the album tracks, "Sweetness Tooth" was the only 1 not regularly played live.
"Snake Eyes and Sissies" is the eleventh track on the album. Though "Serpent Eyes and Sissies" was in one case considered important enough to be a potential single, information technology was never given a proper release and has not been played by the ring since the Smells Like Children tour in 1995/1996.
"My Monkey" is the 12th track on the album. Several verses were taken from "Mechanical Human" written and performed by Charles Manson in 1968; the lyrics of "My Monkey" are credited simply to "Manson". The earliest recording of this song dates back to the band'south The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat cassette tape, released in 1990.
"Misery Auto" is the thirteenth and final rails on the anthology, and is a direct reference to the Mystery Auto from the animated television set serial Scooby-Doo. Imagery from the cartoon was prevalent in the early years of the band, having been used in various flyers among other similar cartoon characters.
Samples [edit]
| " | "One strange thing that happened was nosotros were mixing the vocal "Wrapped in Plastic". [...] We were using a reckoner because nosotros had a lot of samples and sequencing. While nosotros were working on that song the Charles Manson samples from "My Monkey" started appearing in the mix. All of a sudden we'd hear in the song, 'Why does a child reach upwards and kill his mom and dad?' And we couldn't figure what was going on. The chorus of "Wrapped in Plastic" is, 'Come into our dwelling house/Won't you stay?' And nosotros're in the Sharon Tate house, merely me and Sean Beavan [the record'south assistant producer]. We totally got scared and we're like, 'We are washed for the dark.' We came dorsum the next day and it was fine. The Charles Manson samples weren't even on the tape anymore. In that location'due south no real logical or technological caption for why they appeared. It was a truly supernatural moment that freaked me out.[8] | " |
| —Marilyn Manson discussing paranormal behavior during the album's production. | ||
The anthology has an peculiarly broad array of American cultural references. The words "Keep and grinning, you cunt" at the beginning of "Cake and Sodomy" are spoken by Marlon Brando in the motion-picture show Last Tango in Paris. In the vocal "Dogma", there is a sample from the John Waters motion picture Pinkish Flamingos, when Mink Stole'due south character says "Burn, you fucker!" earlier setting burn to a trailer. Although the clip from Drastic Living is credited in the liner notes, this audio clip is non. Furthermore, John Waters was thanked in the liner notes. The phrase "We're gonna ride to the Abbey of Thelema" in the song "Misery Motorcar" is a reference to Aleister Crowley's Abbey of Thelema, which was used every bit the Headquarters from which the doctrines of Thelema would be spread throughout the globe.
The runway "My Monkey" borrows certain lyrics from a Charles Manson song called "Mechanical Man;" the lyrics of "My Monkey" are credited only to "Manson". At 02:29 of "Get Your Gunn", at that place is a sample of a oversupply murmuring and a gun shot. This is the sound from the printing conference in which Budd Dwyer committed suicide in front of an audience. The words to "Prelude (The Family Trip)" come up from Roald Dahl'due south book Charlie and the Chocolate Mill. Likewise, the press of Marilyn Manson on various promos during this time and on the remix album Smells Similar Children resemble the printing of the title to the 1971 film version of the novel.
"Killing is killing, whether washed for duty, profit or fun" is a quote past Richard Ramirez that is an audio clip at the start of "Ophidian Eyes and Sissies". "Organ Grinder" features the sample "Lollipops for the kiddie winkies," spoken past the Kid Catcher from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. At the start of "Cyclops" there is a very slowed downwards and distorted sample of the preacher from Poltergeist 2 singing "God Is In His Holy Temple". "Dope Hat" contains the samples "the slap-up Hoodoo!" and "Prepare to meet your doom" taken from the Sid and Marty Krofft cult TV show Lidsville. These words are spoken by the actor Charles Nelson Reilly. "Lunchbox" contains the sample "I bring you burn!" from the song "Burn down" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brownish. "Misery Machine" contains a sample from "Beep Beep" past The Playmates. "Wrapped in Plastic" is influenced past Twin Peaks, referencing the prototype of character Laura Palmer wrapped in plastic, which was 1 of the show's almost enduring images. Information technology too featured the distorted words "Hallelujah" and "Meanwhile" from the Twin Peaks scene in the Black Lodge. This is followed by the distinctive scream of Laura Palmer.
In Marilyn Manson book, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, he describes that Wrapped In Plastic is a song that's well-nigh his past at his grandad'due south basement and the scream in the end of the song is Manson's vocalisation distorted and backwards. The family jams version of the song gives the listener better detail of this fact.
Promotion [edit]
To promote the album, Interscope held two separate release parties for music journalists and fan club members – the first of these was held less than a calendar month before its commercial release in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 29, 1994, whilst the 2d took place a day before the record's scheduled date in Plantation, Florida on July 18, 1994.
Release [edit]
Singles [edit]
Portrait of an American Family was anchored by two singles, "Become Your Gunn" and "Lunchbox", along with "Dope Hat" which was issued to radio and music video channels without a commercial single release. A total of three singles were spawned from the album.
The music video for "Go Your Gunn", directed by Rod Chong, features the ring performing in a damp "attic-like" scene, intertwined by footage of two feisty teenage girls. It did non receive much airplay.
The music video for "Lunchbox" directed by Richard Kern, features a male child existence bullied by ii older students. The male child goes dwelling house, fed upward with the fashion he is treated, and shaves his head into a mohawk hairstyle and prepares for any future retaliation against the bullies with his metal lunchbox. The boy afterward goes to the rollerskating rink where the band is performing. The boy gives Manson his lunchbox, which Manson lights on fire and parades around. The video ends with the boy staring into the called-for lunchbox. It is one of the few music videos with Manson performing without wearing makeup, alongside "Become Your Gunn" and "Tourniquet".
The music video for "Dope Chapeau", directed past Tom Stern, features the band riding a gunkhole through a psychedelic tunnel direct inspired by the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Manufactory, which happens to be one of Manson's favorite films. In the video, the ring members perform with many children and people resembling the Oompa-Loompas from the flick aboard the boat.
Cover and packaging [edit]
| " | "I wanted to use a photo in [the anthology]'south booklet of me naked on a couch when I was a child. When you hold up something to people, usually what they see in information technology is what's inside them in the showtime identify. And that's what happened because the lawyers at Interscope said, 'First off, that moving-picture show's going to be considered child pornography, and not only will no stores acquit the album but we're subject to legal retribution from it.' They said if a estimate were to look at it, the police states that if a photograph of a pocket-size elicits sexual excitement then it's considered child pornography. I said, 'That's exactly my indicate. This is a photograph that was taken past my mother, and it's extremely innocent and very normal. But if yous see it every bit pornography, why am I the guilty person? You're the person who's got a hard-on. Why aren't y'all punished? That's still a point I'd similar to brand. People'due south morality is and then ridiculous: If they become excited by information technology, and then it's incorrect."[eleven] | " |
| —Marilyn Manson discussing Interscope'south objection to his initial vision of the album's cover fine art. | ||
The anthology's original cover art featured no text, simply a painting of a clown by John Wayne Gacy. The interior photography included Polaroid pictures (faked by Manson and friends) manifestly of a mutilated female body, and a photo of what Manson described every bit "one of those dolls from the '60s and y'all pull a string on the dorsum of it and the optics get really big and they change colors."[11]
In the early stages of the anthology's conception, Manson intended to use a picture show of himself as a kid sitting nude on a couch in the album'due south interior artwork. Though no ballocks is shown in the pic, and it was taken by his own parents with no vulgar intent, the label rejected the idea on the grounds that it could constitute every bit kid pornography, so Manson instead created the clay sculpture nowadays on the final cover artwork of the album. On the table on this sculpture, in that location are little models of The Beatles side by side to the lamp. The male child in the photograph on the dorsum cover is Ramirez's half-blood brother Wes Brown. He's belongings an ear-piercing needle rather than a syringe. Portrait of an American Family unit is notable for existence the ring's only studio album not to feature an image of Manson on the cover. Even so, Manson did eventually utilise a nude photo of himself as an adult for the inside flap photo for the CD single for "Lunchbox" but did not expose his genitals.
By the time the album became Portrait of an American Family, the ideas of using Gacy's clown artwork and the nude photograph was dropped completely.
Reception [edit]
Disquisitional reception [edit]
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| allmusic |    [12] |
| Rolling Rock | [thirteen] |
Upon its release, the album met with mixed reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of allmusic gave the album a favorable review but noted that "fifty-fifty a few years on from its 1994 release, Portrait of an American Family began to sound a little dated, especially since its 9 Inch Nails-meets-Due west.A.S.P.-meets-Alice Cooper formula was fully realized on Manson'south follow-up anthology, Antichrist Superstar. Hither, it'southward in sketch form, and by the end of the anthology it's clear that Warner, Manson, any you want to call him, needs a full canvas to truly wreak havoc."[12] Rolling Rock gave the album a negative review and said that "Manson'due south debut [...] isn't the sharply rendered cultural critique of America he'd similar yous to think information technology is. About of the record comes off like some depression-upkeep horror picture.[13]
Portrait of an American Family Bout [edit]
Prior to embarking on whatever official tour under the wing of a major label, Marilyn Manson spent several years touring independently at various locations in Florida such as Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Miami Beach, South Hallandale and Davie, amidst various other i-dark venues. During this time, the band is known to have left Florida only three times to perform. Until August 1992, the ring played these shows as Marilyn Manson & the Chilling Kids. The band played these independent shows from April 28, 1990 until June four, 1994. During the Chilling Kids-era, the concerts featured several antics among which were girls covered in blood and wearing creature masks whilst locked in metallic cages, women ironing Nazi flags onstage and Gacy's renowned keyboard paraphernalia, such as children'southward toys and dismembered doll heads.[14]
9 Inch Nails' Self Destruct tour was the offset tour Marilyn Manson embarked on, now nether management of major record characterization Interscope Records. They were an opening human activity for Nine Inch Nails. The band was on the tour from April 24, 1994 until December 11, 1994.
The Portrait of an American Family Bout was the 2nd tour Marilyn Manson embarked on. It was also the band's outset headlining tour under a major characterization. The band was on the tour from December 27, 1994 until March 11, 1995. During these concerts, the stage commonly was bundled like a living room, much like the one on the anthology cover artwork. A table with a lamp, candy canes and multiple six-sided dice were the virtually normally seen props.
Track listing [edit]
- one. "Prelude (The Family Trip)" – i:20
- 2. "Block and Sodomy" – 3:46
- 3. "Lunchbox" – 4:32
- 4. "Organ Grinder" – 4:22
- five. "Cyclops" – 3:32
- half dozen. "Dope Chapeau" – 4:21
- seven. "Get Your Gunn" – 3:18
- viii. "Wrapped in Plastic" – 5:35
- ix. "Dogma" – 3:22
- 10. "Sweet Tooth" – 5:03
- xi. "Serpent Eyes and Sissies" – 4:07
- 12. "My Monkey" – 4:31
- 13. "Misery Auto" – 13:eleven
Argentinian Bonus tracks [edit]
- 14. "Downwards in the Park" – 5:00
- fifteen. "Brown Bag" – 6:xix
Album credits [edit]
MARILYN MANSON:
"PORTRAIT OF AN AMERICAN Family unit"
Starring:
DAISY BERKOWITZ: PSYCHOACOUSTICAL GUITARS
TWIGGY RAMIREZ: Base of operations TENDENCIES
MADONNA WAYNE GACY: HAMMOND ORGAN, THEREMIN, SAXOPHONE, CALLIOPENIS, BRASS, BABIES, DISTORTED MUZETTE, LOOPS
SARA LEE LUCAS: Hitting
/ music: berkowitz) 3. LUNCHBOX (lyrics: manson / music: berkowitz, gein) bionic guitar: reznor. Contains elements from
"Burn down" (Crane/Finesilver/Chocolate-brown). Onward Music, Ltd. (PRS). Performed by Arthur Brown. Used under license from
PolyGram Special Markets, a sectionalization of PolyGram Distribution Group, Inc. iv. ORGAN GRINDER (lyrics: manson / music:
gein, berkowitz) 5. CYCLOPS (lyrics: manson / music: berkowitz, gein, gacy) 6. DOPE Chapeau (lyrics: manson / music:
manson, berkowitz, gacy) additional percussion: Chris Vrenna, boosted loops: Manson. Contains excerpts of dialogue from
"Liddsville". Used nether license from The Sid & Marty Krofft Picture Corp. vii. Become YOUR GUNN (lyrics: manson / music:
berkowitz, gein) uncontrolled saxophone: Hope Nichols 8. WRAPPED IN PLASTIC (lyrics: manson / music: berkowitz)
knives: Manson, additional voodoo drums Charlie Clouser, violation: Melissa (age 19) nine. DOGMA (lyrics: manson / music:
berkowitz) groundwork vocals and citronella: Hope Nichols 10. Sweetness TOOTH (lyrics: manson / music: gacy, gein) scab
loop: Manson 11. SNAKE Eyes AND SISSIES (lyrics: manson / music: gacy, berkowitz, gein) skull: Podboy, "Maria": Gacy
12. MY MONKEY (lyrics: manson / music: berkowitz) boy: Robert Pierce (age vi), the pitiful pot pie brass section: Gacy,
Reznor, Beavan. 13. MISERY Automobile (lyrics: manson / music: gein, berkowitz, gacy). Contains elements from "Beep,
Beep" (Claps/Cicchetti). Longtitude Music Co. (BMI). Used by permission. All rights reserved. Performed by The Playmates.
Used under license from Warner Special Products/EMI Records (United kingdom). EPILOGUE: Contains excerpts of dialogue by
Mink Stole from the film "Desperate Living". Used nether license from New Line Cinema.
All bass played on this recording by Gidget Gein (AKA Brad Stewart).
Recorded at The Tape Found (Los Angeles), The Village Recorder (Los Angeles), Pig (Beverly Hills) and Criteria (Miami).
Engineered by Alan Moulder and Roli Mosimann. Assisted by Brian Pollack, Marc Gruber, Chris Vrenna, Barry Goldberg and
Brian Scheuble. Mixed at The Village Recorder and Squealer by Trent Reznor, Alan Moulder, Sean Beavan and Marc Freegard.
Mastered by Tom Baker at Hereafter Disc, Los Angeles
Photography: Robin Perine
Publicity by Sioux Z. at Formula
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Charts and certifications [edit]
Anthology charts [edit]
| Charts (1995) | Tiptop position |
|---|---|
| Billboard Top Heatseekers[fifteen] | 35 |
Singles [edit]
| Single | Nautical chart (1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| "Go Your Gunn" | Billboard Canadian Singles Chart[16] | 11 |
| "Lunchbox" | Billboard Canadian Singles Chart[16] | 5 |
Trivia [edit]
- "Serpent Eyes and Sissies" was originally planned as the lead single just never released; "Become Your Gunn" was released instead. Information technology also was originally five:09, and had actress lyrics.
- Portrait of an American Family is the band'southward only studio album in which Marilyn Manson does not appear on the comprehend. He did nonetheless create the clay sculpture shown in the art.
- Manson had initially wanted to put a nude photo of himself as a kid for the album artwork. Interscope deemed information technology would exist seen as kid pornography, so Manson created the album artwork with the clay figures.
- Although there are technically no hidden tracks on the album, there is some additional audio a few seconds after the cease of last runway, "Misery Machine". The sample, "Become home to your mother! Doesn't she ever watch you lot!? Tell her this isn't some Communist day-intendance centre! Tell your mother I hate her! Tell your mother I hate y'all!" is spoken by Mink Stole from the John Waters 1977 moving-picture show "Desperate Living". Subsequently this, a telephone can exist heard ringing very quietly for several minutes, which is then followed an irate answering machine bulletin, presumably from a parent of a Manson fan.
- Bassist Gidget Gein was fired after the production of this album.
- Daisy Berkowitz helped compose music for all of the songs except "Prelude (The Family Trip)" and "Sweet Molar".
- Roli Mosimann was the original producer of the album, however due to the management the album was taking the band felt his product was non what they were looking for and Trent Reznor took over the producer role while Mossiman was credited equally the engineer.
- The album's original title was The Manson Family Album.
- The song "Filth" was planned to be officially released on Portrait of an American Family unit only was replaced by "Wrapped in Plastic" instead, and this Reznor-produced version has never been officially released.
- The track "My Monkey" is dissimilar from the one on Large Black Bus.
- One of the release parties for the album was held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 29th, 1994.
- One of the release parties for the album was held in Plantation, Florida on July 18th, 1994.
- In tardily 2009, Hot Topic stores began selling a combination fix of a t-shirt baring the anthology artwork and colored vinyl of the anthology. The color of the vinyl is green, matching almost fonts from the time.
Credits and personnel [edit]
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References [edit]
- Footnotes
- ↑ "RIAA Database Search for Marilyn Manson". Recording Industry Association of America . http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&championship=Portrait%20Of%20An%20American%20Family&creative person=Marilyn%20Manson&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gilt=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=ane&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25 . Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- ↑ "Portrait of an American Family [Limited Edition Vinyl Box set with T-Shirt]". Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Portrait-American-Family-Limited-T-Shirt/dp/B00336KECM/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1306154017&sr=1-3 . Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ↑ three.0 3.1 3.ii Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 144
- ↑ Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 123
- ↑ Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 128
- ↑ Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 134
- ↑ Greg, Bakery (1994-07-20). "Manson Family Values" (Tabloid). Miami New Times (Village Voice Media, Inc.). http://world wide web.miaminewtimes.com/issues/1994-07-20/music/music3.html . Retrieved 2006-09-09.
- ↑ 8.0 viii.one Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 147
- ↑ Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 95
- ↑ Marilyn Manson (1999-05-28). "Columbine: Whose Fault Is It?". Rolling Stone (Wenner Media LLC) (815).
- ↑ eleven.0 11.1 Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 150
- ↑ 12.0 12.ane Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Portrait of an American Family review". allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). http://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-an-american-family-r204446/review . Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ↑ 13.0 13.ane "Rolling Stone Album Guide for Marilyn Manson". Rolling Rock. Wenner Media LLC. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/marilyn-manson/albumguide . Retrieved 2011-06-28.
- ↑ Manson & Strauss 1998, p. 115-116; 122
- ↑ "Portrait of an American Family Charts & Awards". allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). http://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-an-american-family-r204446/charts-awards/billboard-album . Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ↑ sixteen.0 16.1 "Portrait of an American Family unit Charts & Awards Billboard Singles". allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). http://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-an-american-family-r204446/charts-awards/billboard-unmarried . Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Portrait of an American Family unit credits". allmusic. All Media Guide (Rovi). http://world wide web.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-an-american-family-r204446/credits . Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- Bibliography
- Manson, Marilyn; Strauss, Neil (February 14, 1998). The Long Hard Route Out of Hell. New York: HarperCollins division ReganBooks. ISBN 0-06-039258-iv.
Source: https://www.mansonwiki.com/wiki/Portrait_of_an_American_Family_(album)
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