Portrait of an American Family
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Every parent's nightmare and every teenager's dream band, Marilyn Manson take no prisoners on their blistering and brutal Trent Reznor-produced debut. Aiming to shock and rock simultaneously, Portrait scores high marks in both arenas. Manson and his grand grimoire take Alice Cooper's tongue-in-cheek mix of glam and death rock to the nth degree with their vision of youth gone wild, personified on cuts like "Cake and Sodomy" and "Lunchbox," a schoolyard revenge fantasy gone horribly awry. One of the most original, hardest rocking albums recorded in the '90s, Portrait of an American Family is a hallmark of the
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Manufacturer: Nothing
Release date: 19 July 1994
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0606949234423 UPC: 606949234423
Release date: 19 July 1994
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0606949234423 UPC: 606949234423
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