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Smells Like Children
Rock · 1995 · 16 tracks

Smells Like Children

Marilyn Manson

A drug-fueled descent into industrial noise and unsettling covers. Gritty, sample-heavy, and intentionally abrasive, it captures the band at their most paranoid.

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It's like a haunted house ride where the ghosts are all on heavy narcotics.

A claustrophobic and drug-addled descent into industrial noise and psychological discomfort.

Smells Like Children · vs · Marilyn Manson
Addiction+2.9σ

The writing leans far further into addiction than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
The Hands of Small Children
1:36
02
Diary of a Dope Fiend
5:56
03
Shitty Chicken Gang Bang
1:19
04
Kiddie Grinder (remix)
4:24
05
Sympathy for the Parents
1:01
06
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
4:52
07
Everlasting Cocksucker (remix)
5:15
08
Fuck Frankie
1:48
09
I Put a Spell on You
3:37
10
May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces
3:59
11
Scabs, Guns and Peanut Butter
1:01
12
Dance of the Dope Hats (remix)
4:40
13
White Trash (remixed by Tony F. Wiggins)
2:48
14
Dancing With the One‐Legged…
0:46
15
Rock ’n’ Roll Nigger
3:32
16
[unknown]
8:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
the slow, menacing crawl of the bassline in Sweet Dreams that transforms a pop hit into a dirge
the jarring transition from a child's toy sound to a crushing industrial beat in Kiddie Grinder
the sheer vocal desperation and feedback-drenched climax of I Put a Spell on You
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