10 Overrated Hard Rock Albums Of The '90s

Before being outted as a despicable human being, Manson was the poster child of the alternative, thanks to his ultra-goth, somewhat androgenous persona, alongside his dark, sinister brand of industrial metal.

Following his second studio album 'Antichrist Superstar' - containing one of his biggest hits in "The Beautiful People" - Manson opted to slow things down a little bit, aiming for a more 90s glam sound alongside a calm, industrial rock familiarity. To a point, this was seemed as a success, his odes to David Bowie were picked up by a medley of critics and outlets at the time, praising the "decadent, and glittery display of self-indulgen[ce]" whilst comparing favourably to the likes of Bowie and T. Rex.

But this decadence of sound is precisely what hurts the album. Manson's low, relatively monotone croon, dark electronica and penchant for swearing in every other line grinds against the cheery melancholy of the glam rock, and the dated glam mixed with the a regressed industrial sound results in a tinny, hollow affair that lacks any heft or feeling.

Also "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" sounds like a song title a secondary school Manson fan would jot down in the back of their homework diary.