Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)
by Marilyn Manson

Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) by Marilyn Manson
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-11-14
Overall rank: 4,140th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 151 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2000 (71st)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (700th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,140th)

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Marilyn Manson bestography

Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Marilyn Manson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Marilyn Manson is Mechanical Animals which is ranked number 1585 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,087.

Marilyn Manson album bestography « Higher ranked (1,790th)
Antichrist Superstar
This album (4,140th)
Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)
Lower ranked (6,669th) »
The Pale Emperor

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 4,140th | 2000s rank: 700th | 2000 rank: 71st  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 151 votes)
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From 10/14/2020 01:32 | #259276
Best song(s): "Love Song" "Death Song" "In the Shadow of the Valley of Death" "The Nobodies" "The Fight Song"
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I guess I'm an anomaly because I enjoy this thing more now than I did when I was an alienated teen.
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80/100
Pretty good album. Falls off a bit towards the end. Could’ve benefited from being trimmed to 15 or 16 songs. Overall respectable alternative metal album. Don’t let Manson’s persona scare you away. This is nearly as good as Antichrist Superstar

Love Song, Fight Song, Disposable Teens, Target Audience, Nobodies, Death Song are the standouts
Overall: 77/80
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A brilliant critique of American society, set to the most creative I've heard in a very long time.

The third of four great albums (to date) from Marilyn Manson - and first with his guitar soulmate, John 5 (from David Lee Roth's "DLR Band" album.)
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From 10/15/2012 19:06 | #52405
A bounce-back from Mechanical Animals, but not quite on the level of Antichrist Superstar. Get past the image, and the music is OK.
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