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

Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death) by Marilyn Manson
Year: 2000
Overall rank: 3,888th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 150 votes)
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Accolades:
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Award Top albums of the 2000s (669th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,888th)

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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 1538 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,106.

Marilyn Manson album bestography « Higher ranked (1,905th)
Antichrist Superstar
This album (3,888th)
Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)
Lower ranked (6,210th) »
The Pale Emperor

(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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80/100
From 10/14/2020 01:32
Best song(s): "Love Song" "Death Song" "In the Shadow of the Valley of Death" "The Nobodies" "The Fight Song"
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From 09/18/2020 17:01
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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From 10/02/2018 00:01
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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From 01/06/2013 11:34
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
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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