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| − | '''''Portrait of an American Family''''' is the first album by [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]], released on July 19, 1994 by [[Interscope Records]]. It was initially called ''The Manson Family Album'', but was retitled prior to release. It is the first and only Marilyn Manson studio album that bassist [[Gidget Gein]] plays on. Gein was fired after the production and [[Twiggy Ramirez]], a friend of [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]], was inducted into the band. Ramirez did not play bass on the album contrary to popular belief.
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| − | ==Track listing==
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| − | #"[[Prelude (The Family Trip)]]" – 1:20
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| − | #"[[Cake and Sodomy]]" – 3:46
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| − | #"[[Lunchbox]]" – 4:32
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| − | #"[[Organ Grinder]]" – 4:22
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| − | #"[[Cyclops]]" – 3:32
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| − | #"[[Dope Hat]]" – 4:21
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| − | #"[[Get Your Gunn]]" – 3:18
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| − | #"[[Wrapped in Plastic]]" – 5:35
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| − | #"[[Dogma]]" – 3:22
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| − | #"[[Sweet Tooth]]" – 5:03
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| − | #"[[Snake Eyes and Sissies]]" – 4:07
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| − | #"[[My Monkey]]" – 4:31
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| − | #"[[Misery Machine]]" – 5:50
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| − | ==Personnel==
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| − | *[[Marilyn Manson]] — vocals, producer, brass, loops, artwork
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| − | *[[Daisy Berkowitz]] — guitars
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| − | *[[Madonna Wayne Gacy]] — calliope, Hammond organ, saxophone, theremin, brass, overdubs, loops
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| − | *[[Sara Lee Lucas]] — drums, sound effects
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| − | *[[Gidget Gein]] — bass
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| − | *[[Twiggy Ramirez]] — live bass <small>(in an often misunderstood pun, Twiggy is listed in album artwork as "''base'' tendencies", due to the fact that Gidget Gein played bass on the album)</small>
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| − | *[[Trent Reznor]] — producer, executive producer, digital editing, programming, mixing, brass, guitar
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| − | *Robin Finck — synthesis, keyboards <small>(uncredited on album, however Manson has confirmed his involvement)</small>
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| − | *Roli Mosimann — engineer
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| − | *Sean Beavan — assistant producer, programming, digital editing
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| − | *Alan Moulder — assistant producer, engineer, mixing
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| − | *[[Charlie Clouser]] — drums, drum programming, editing
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| − | *Chris Vrenna — percussion, programming, assistant engineer
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| − | *Tom Baker — mastering
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| − | *Chris Meyer — engineer
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| − | *Barry Goldberg — assistant engineer
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| − | *Brian Pollack — assistant engineer
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| − | *Brian Scheuble — assistant engineer
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| − | *Mark Gruber — assistant engineer
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| − | *Hope Nichols — saxophone, vocals
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| − | *Robin Perine — photography
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| − | *Jeffrey Weiss — photography
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| − | *Gary Talpas — packaging
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| − | ==Trivia==
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| − | * 2 minutes and 29 seconds into "[[Get Your Gunn]]", there is a sample of a crowd murmuring and a gun shot. This is the audio from the conference in which Bud Dwyer committed suicide in front of an audience during a press conference.
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| − | * Although there are technically no hidden tracks on the album, there is some additional audio a few seconds after the end of last track, "[[Misery Machine]]", involving a concerned mother who is calling the band's hotline in regards of removing her son's name from the mailing list &mdash. threatening to use legal action.
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| − | * Bassist [[Gidget Gein]] was fired after the production of this album.
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| − | * Daisy Berkowitz helped compose music for all of the songs except "[[Prelude (The Family Trip)]]" and "[[Sweet Tooth]]".
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| − | * "[[Snake Eyes and Sissies]]" was originally planned as the lead single but never released; "Get Your Gunn" was released instead.
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| − | * The album's original title was ''The Manson Family Album''.
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| − | * The phrase "We gotta ride to the Abbey of Thelema" in the song "Misery Machine" is a reference to Aleister Crowley's ''Abbey of Thelema'', which was used as the Headquarters from which the doctrines of Thelema would be spread throughout the world.
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| − | * The song "[[Filth]]" was deleted from the album prior to release, and has never been officially released.
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| − | * The track "[[My Monkey]]" borrows certain lyrics from a Charles Manson song called "Mechanical Man"; the lyrics of "My Monkey" are credited simply to "Manson".
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| − | [[Category:Marilyn Manson Discography]]
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