Smells Like Children (album)

This article is about the EP. For other uses, see Smells Like Children (song) and Smells Like Children (tour).

Smells Like Children
Smells Like Children cover
EP by Marilyn Manson
Released	October 25, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995 at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre	Alternative metal, heavy metal, industrial metal
Length	54:43
Label	Nothing, Interscope, Atlantic
Producer	Marilyn Manson, Charlie Clouser, Trent Reznor, Dave Ogilvie
Professional reviews
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Marilyn Manson chronology
Portrait of an American Family (1994) Smells Like Children (1995) Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Smells Like Children is the remix album by Marilyn Manson, released on October 25, 1995 by Interscope Records. It was initially meant to be strictly a remix album, but various contributions by engineer and Skinny Puppy producer Dave Ogilvie, Nine Inch Nails keyboardist Charlie Clouser and new material by the band resulted in an eclectic combination of material. Smells Like Children was Marilyn Manson's most explicit album.

Background information

A number of covers are included on the album, most famous of which is the band's cover of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", which helped skyrocket them into the mainstream. The other covers on the album are Patti Smith's "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger" and Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "I Put a Spell on You". Manson's recording of "I Put a Spell on You" was also featured on the soundtrack for the David Lynch film Lost Highway.

Early promotional copies of Smells Like Children featured unauthorized samples from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as well as other sound bites considered too extreme, and the album was re-edited for proper release. The removed songs were the original opening track, "Abuse, Part 1 (There Is Pain Involved)", featuring the voices of Manson and Danzig tour bus driver Tony Wiggins as they attempted to calm down a masochistic girl when things got rather out of hand, and "Abuse, Part 2 (Confessions)", featuring an interview with a teenage boy who confesses to molesting his 6 or 7 year-old male cousin.

An untitled hidden track contains two bonus pieces: a slower, more ominous version of "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" and, approximately six minutes in, a disturbing audio experiment known as "Poop Games".

Bootlegs of the original version of the album may also contain bonus tracks, including a demo for the song "My Monkey" from Portrait of an American Family, and another demo track called "Choklit Factory". "May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces" is sometimes included on bootlegs of the uncut album under the title "Procardia", but this is actually a fan-made, heavily modified version and not an actual track on the original album.

Track listing

1. "The Hands of Small Children" – 1:34
2. "Diary of a Dope Fiend" – 5:55
3. "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" – 1:19
4. "Kiddie Grinder" (Remix) – 4:23
5. "Sympathy for the Parents" – 1:00
6. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" – 4:53
7. "Everlasting Cocksucker" (Remix) – 5:13
8. "Fuck Frankie" – 1:48
9. "I Put a Spell on You" – 3:36
10. "May Cause Discoloration of the Urine or Feces" – 3:59
11. "Scabs, Guns and Peanut Butter" – 1:01
12. "Dance of the Dope Hats" (Remix) – 4:39
13. "White Trash" (Remix) – 2:47
14. "Dancing with the One-Legged..." – 0:46
15. "Rock 'n' Roll Nigger" – 3:31
16. (Untitled) – 8:19

B-sides

• "Abuse, Part 1 (There Is Pain Involved)" – 1:35
• "Abuse, Part 2 (Confessions)" – 2:42

Album credits

Produced by Trent Reznor and M. Manson. Engineered and mixed by Sean Beavan. Assisted by Jim Janick and Eugene. Special Oz Tour by Chris Vrenna.

1 birthed by M. Manson & M.W. Gacy. 3 created by M.W. Gacy. 4 & 12 remixed by Dave Ogilvie with Joe Bishara and Anthony Valcic.
7 remixed by Charlie (Slugworth) Clouser. 10 Blanche Wyer. 11 composed and performed by Twiggy Ramirez. 13 performed by Tony f. wiggins.

All titles published by Dinger & Ollie Music/Beat Up Your Mom Music, BMI/Onward Music. PRS. All rights on behalf of Beat Up your Mom Music administered by Dinger & Ollie Music except 6 (Stewart) BMG Songs, Inc., ASCAP, 9 (Hawkins) EMI/Unart Catalog , Inc., BMI, and 15 (Smith/Kaye) Ninja Music, ASCAP.
Photography by Joseph Cultice. Pornography Coordinator: Frankie Proia. Sleeve concept by Mr. Manson. Package and logo by Gary Talpas.

©1995 Nothing/Interscope. All rights reserved.

Reverend Marilyn Manson: Spitting, Self-Mutilation, Chickens
Twiggy Ramirez: Mini-Cassette, Fag Bass, Wigs
Daisy Berkowitz: Analog Distorted Filth Box, Electric Twangdoodles, Cigarettes
Madonna Wayne Gacy: Sound Deformation, Poop Games
Ginger Fish: Kiddie Pops, Live Drums

Cover gallery

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  Vinyl front cover
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  Picture disc, side A
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  Picture disc, side B

Charting positions

EP

Year	Chart	Position
1995	Billboard 200	31

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1996	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	Modern Rock Tracks	26
1996	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	31

Trivia

• The cover art and title were inspired by the Child Catcher, the antagonist of the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Child Catcher wears an all-black suit, with a top hat, and has moderately long black hair. His most recognizable feature is his elongated nose, with which he is able to smell children and find where they are hiding.

Personnel

• Marilyn Manson – concept, vocals, producer, art direction
• Twiggy Ramirez – bass, tape manipulation
• Daisy Berkowitz – guitars, concept
• Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards, synthesizers, loops, programming
• Ginger Fish – drums
• Trent Reznor – executive producer
• Sean Beavan – engineer, mixing
• Jim Janick – assistant
• Eugene – assistant
• Chris Vrenna – programming, digital editing
• Dave "Rave" Ogilvie – remixing
• Joseph Bishara – remixing
• Anthony Valcic – remixing
• Charlie Clouser – remixing
• Blanche Wyer – speaking
• Tony Wiggins – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Joseph Cultice – photography
• Gary Talpas – art direction, package design, logo
• Barb Warner – speaking (uncredited)

Random Info

• The Little Hats that appear on the "M" for marilyn is a parody of the Willy Wonka logo.
• When played in reverse "Fuck Frankie" is the same thing as it is when played in the regular fashion.
• Marilyn Manson's Mom and Grandma appear on the Track "May Cause Discouloration of the Urine and Feces
• When you Play Scabs Guns and Peanut butter slowed down, you can hear Twiggy Ramirez playing a normal guitar while humming
• This is Ginger Fish's first album with Marilyn Manson