Born Villain (studio album)
by Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson bestography
Born Villain is ranked 13th best out of 16 albums by Marilyn Manson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Marilyn Manson is Mechanical Animals which is ranked number 1553 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,093.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Born Villain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Born Villain rankings
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Marilyn Manson (USA) - Ranked | 8/16 | - |
| 2024 | Jakor | Top 30 Music Albums of 2012 | 24/30 | 1 |
| 2024 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2023 |  TheDarkOrb | Top 22 Music Albums of 2012 | 17/22 | 1 |
| 2021 | CelticBird23 | Top 32 Music Albums of 2012 | 30/32 | 0 |
| 2021 | TheDarkOrb | The Best of Marilyn Manson | 12/12 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 2012 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2020 |  ExTeaSea | F2LF: Marilyn Manson | 6/7 | - |
| 2016 | 247joelnetwork | Top 80 Music Albums of 2012 | 46/80 | 2 |
| 2014 | DJStuart79 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2013 | kramerfan86 | Top 36 Music Albums of 2012 | 23/36 | 2 |
| 2012 | Antiquiet | Top 25 Albums 2012 | 14/25 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 21 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/17/2025 22:09 |  idiotican | 2,803 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2025 00:55 | PapaShiz86 | 10,889 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/12/2023 11:53 | cicadelic | 11,407 | 73/100 |
| ! | 03/20/2023 00:34 | seenet | 50 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/23/2023 15:03 | Jakor | 4,882 | 69/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 60.7/100, a mean average of 58.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 58.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.4.
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This is probably Marilyn's weakest album, very few good songs, most are skips. Best part of Born Villain is the surprisingly faithful Carly Simon classic "You're So Vain" and it didn't even make the vinyl. smh
Best songs: "Hey Cruel World" "The Gardener" "You're So Vain" (CD only)
RockyRaccoon 07/10/2013 01:28 | #80816
Remember when Marilyn Manson was so edgy? When every suburban mother was scared to death of the possibility that their children might listen to his music? I remember that too. I remember that and I liked his music then. Now Manson is back with “Born Villain" and it’s half good. The first half of this album is slow and it’s not good. It sounds like David Bowie trying to cover Nine Inch Nails while being strangled. It’s bad. I was not excited about the rest of the album when I was listening to the beginning of it. Then the second half kicked in and that resurrected it a bit. This still isn’t the best Manson can do or has done, but it’s not bad. There are some decent songs here and there (including an odd, somewhat interesting cover of Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain") but overall, the album is just alright.
I'm so glad that Manson is still around. To me, he is the last true American rock star. I hope he defies logic and continues to make music as he ages. "Born Villain" has a few new flavor tracks (like "The Gardener" and the title track) that I enjoy. The special edition version of this album has a cover of "You're So Vain" featuring Johnny Depp that's worth checking out as well. If you've ever liked Manson, you should give this a spin.
The last song on "Born Villain" is called "Breaking the Same Old Ground" and it's a good review for this album by Marilyn Manson.
It's WAY better than "Eat Me..." and "High End..."
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