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''Smells Like Children'' is the first EP by American
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. It was released on October 24, 1995, by
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, it represents an era of the band full of drugs, abuses, tours, sound experiments, and references to the Child Catcher, a
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''. The EP was initially proposed to strictly be a remix single for " Dope Hat", but various contributions by engineer and
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, Nine Inch Nails live keyboardist Charlie Clouser, and new material by the band resulted in an eclectic and unusual combination of material. All the ideas and tracks for the EP were created and composed throughout the touring cycle in support of the band's 1994 debut ''
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'', and was the first Marilyn Manson work to feature longtime members Twiggy Ramirez on bass and
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on drums. The EP was certified
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, and was spearheaded by its sole single, a cover of " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", originally written and performed by
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. The song's music video became a staple on
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and helped to establish the band in the mainstream.


Background and development

After the conclusion of the ''Portrait of an American Family'' Tour, the band undertook the opening slot position for Danzig's 4p Tour from March 24, 1995, until May 14, 1995. During their tenure, Danzig/
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tour bus driver Tony F. Wiggins befriended Marilyn Manson, bassist Twiggy Ramirez and keyboardist Madonna Wayne Gacy and went on backstage drug binges, perverse acts and other unusual escapades with them. The most well-known and notorious of Wiggins-related events was a series of backstage makeshift torture, interviews and confessions administered by himself, Manson, Ramirez and Gacy to disturbed, emotionally unstable and otherwise strange individuals who were both strangers and Marilyn Manson fans alike. After the tour ended, mention of Wiggins or any affiliation of with him was unknown. Manson later described him as "a vacuum cleaner for sin," and claims him to be indirectly responsible for his own disappearing innocence and human emotions on the road.


Themes

The band's frontman has discussed his thoughts in retrospect on ''Smells Like Children'' within his autobiography ''
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'' (1998): Manson has considered the release to be "An album that looks like an album for children that is not for children"; in fact, on the outer rim of the CD label the printed words "Keep this and all drugs away from small children" are visible.


Music


Songs

A number of cover songs are included in the track listing, most famous of which is the band's cover of
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' " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", which thrust the band into the mainstream. The other covers on the album are the Patti Smith song "
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' " I Put a Spell on You", with the latter later featured on the soundtrack for
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's 1997 psychological thriller film '' Lost Highway''. A recorded telephone conversation between Manson's mother and grandmother, titled "May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces", is sometimes included on early bootlegs under the title "Procardia", in a heavily modified version which is actually a fan-made track, and not an actual track from either pressing—this version contains the original track in the left channel, and an extract from Raggedy Ann in the right. The ''Smells Like Children'' version was previously featured as part of the sound scape "Revelation #9", released on the single for "
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". Some of these bootlegs may also contain bonus tracks, including a demo for the song "My Monkey" from ''Portrait of an American Family'', and another track called "Choklit Factory" taken from the bands' Spooky Kids-era. The album alludes to famous occult author Aleister Crowley, particularly in the "Dope Hat" re-recording "Diary of a Dope Fiend" after the Crowley novel ''
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''. The "Frankie" referred to in "Fuck Frankie" is Frankie Proia, Manson's tour manager at the time who
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$20,000 from the band during their tour for their previous release, ''
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''. Wiggins recorded an acoustic rendition of the song "Cake and Sodomy" under the title "White Trash". Manson stated the irony of having Wiggins "strum and twang a redneck version" of the song was "perfect for its message, since tcritiques southern Christian white trash". The "One-Legged..." referred to in "Dancing with the One-Legged..." was "a battered doll of Huggy Bear, the pimp from the 1970s cop thriller
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'', which was missing a leg". Manson explains, "Inside that empty plastic socket was where we hid our drugs throughout the Tony Wiggins tour. Whenever we ingested the contents of that extra orifice, we referred to it in code as 'dancing with the one-legged pimp'". The untitled sixteenth track contains a slower, more ominous remix of "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" and, approximately 6 minutes in, an unusual audio experiment sometimes referred to as "Poop Games."


Samples

Early promotional copies of ''Smells Like Children'' featured unauthorized samples from the films '' Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' and ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'', as well as other sound bites considered "too extreme", therefore resulting in the track listing to be re-edited accordingly for public release, much to Manson's chagrin. Interscope was not interested in buying licenses to use the film samples and demanded written affidavits from the participants in the sound bites, certifying their consent to be recorded. The removed clips were the original opening track,"Abuse, Part 1 (There is Pain Involved)", featuring the voices of Manson and Wiggins as they attempted to calm down a masochistic girl when things got out-of-control, and "Abuse, Part 2 (Confessions)", featuring an interview with a teenage girl who confesses to molesting her 7-year-old male cousin. These were replaced by "The Hands of Small Children" and "May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces", respectively. The tracks "Sympathy for the Parents" and "Dancing with the One-Legged..." are distorted sound clips taken from an appearance by Manson, Ramirez and Gacy on '' The Phil Donahue Show''. The episode discussed the dangers of
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at concerts. The excerpt used in "Sympathy for the Parents" features Ramirez responding to a question about the attire worn by the band members by playing a cassette tape recording of "Scabs, Guns and Peanut Butter," before Manson's answer to the same question.


Singles

''Smells Like Children'' produced only one single, a
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' 1983 hit " Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)". Manson often drew musical inspiration from his dreams, but the idea to cover this song came from his first experimentation with LSD at a house party, according to his autobiography. He says that he hallucinated a "slower, meaner" version of the dance hit playing, sung in his voice. He also stated that Nothing did not want to release this as a single. Daisy Berkowitz stated "When the song was released it divided people – they loved it or hated it. This was good. Just like us, as a band, if loved – you're loved. If hated, people that hate you talk about you even more so". The label wanted to release their cover of
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' " I Put a Spell on You", which, according to Manson, "was far too dark, sprawling and esoteric, even for some of our fans." The music video for Manson's cover was a gateway to popularity for the band, eventually being nominated at the
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, and contains several clips of Manson and band members in what appears to be an old, decrepit asylum whilst wearing a variety of strange costumes. The overall video was shot with unusual filters: this was one of the first videos shot with director
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's initial vision intact, not based solely on whatever ideas the band had come up with prior. In between these clips are a number of surreal shots of Manson wearing a wedding gown, Manson wandering around an abandoned street in a tutu, birds fluttering around him and leaving dropping on his body, and footage of him riding a pig wearing a cowboy hat whilst covered with mud which Manson rides during the song's climax.


Critical reception

Upon its release, the album met with mixed to negative reviews from music critics.
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gave it a mixed review and said: "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 the outrage buttons of middle America. Musically, it may not amount to much—it's goth-metal-industrial, as good as the " Dope Hat," "
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," 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." In his review for ''
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'', music critic
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defined ''Smells Like Children'' as an "Unmitigated consumer fraud—a mess of instrumentals, covers, and remixes designed to exploit its well-publicized tour,
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cover art, titillating titles, and parental warning label. The lyrics to "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" are nonexistent, those to "Everlasting Cocksucker" incomprehensible. Only "Fuck Frankie," a spoken-word number in which a female feigning sexual ecstasy reveals that it isn't "Fool Frankie" or "Fire Frankie" or "Fast Frankie" or for that matter "Fist Frankie," delivers what it promises. It's easily the best thing on the record." Tony Scherman of ''
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'' also gave the release a negative review and called it "an artlessly assembled excuse for an album, these minor-league White Zombie wannabes throw together pointless remixes, irritating skits, and lame covers of songs by
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, and Patti Smith. Co-producer Trent Reznor should hang his head in shame." ''
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'' Liisa Ladouceur ranked ''Smells Like Children'' fourth on her list of the essential Marilyn Manson albums. Ladouceur wrote that "
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Controversy

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, organized a bipartisan press conference, along with Secretary of Pennsylvania State
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, wherein they admonished the record industry for selling "prepackaged, shrink-wrapped nihilism." Bennett claimed that "nothing less is at stake than civilization" against lyrics which Lieberman decried, "celebrate some of the most antisocial and immoral behaviors imaginable." Tucker concurred noting that, "these companies have the blood of children on their hands ... We protect owls. We protect whales. We must protect children." The moral crusaders largely targeted
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at the time)—an absence MTV noted as "strange", leading them to postulate "that perhaps Tucker or Bennett own some stock in the company". Nevertheless, the group did not forget to bring up Marilyn Manson and ''Smells Like Children''. Empower America also took the opportunity to announce, at the press conference, they were launching a $25,000 radio ad campaign to collect petitions from listeners who want the record companies to "stop spreading this vicious, vulgar music."


Track listing


Personnel

Marilyn Manson *
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– concept, vocals, producer * Twiggy Ramirez – bass *
Daisy Berkowitz Scott Mitchell Putesky (April 28, 1968 – October 22, 2017), also known as Daisy Berkowitz, was an American musician, songwriter, composer, visual artist, and record producer. He was the co-founder of the rock band Marilyn Manson & the Spooky K ...
– guitars * Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards, synthesizers, loops, programming *
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– drums, percussion Production * Chris Vrenna – programming *
Sean Beavan Sean Beavan is a musician, record producer, and audio engineer best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Guns N' Roses, God Lives Underwater, and Slayer. His production style is typically heavy, with heavily saturated guitar ...
– engineer *Tony F. Wiggins – vocals *Frankie Proia – management *
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– photography *
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– art direction, package design


Charts and certifications


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Singles


References

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