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''Los Angeles Times'' reviewer Mikael Wood stated that the band even provide a "surprise or two, as in "Running to the Edge of the World," a lush acoustic power ballad complete with pretty falsetto vocals." Wood also states that "'High End' makes a deeper impression as a result of Manson’s reunion with longtime guitarist-bassist Twiggy Ramirez; together with producers [[Sean Beavan]] and [[Chris Vrenna]], they sculpted a sound both harder-hitting and more finely detailed than on any previous Marilyn Manson record."<ref name = latimes>{{cite web | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/05/album-review-marilyn-mansons-the-high-end-of-low.html | title = Album review: Marilyn Manson's 'The High End of Low' | date = 2009-05-26 | accessdate = 2009-06-29 | last = Wood | first = M | publisher = Los Angeles Times}}</ref> | ''Los Angeles Times'' reviewer Mikael Wood stated that the band even provide a "surprise or two, as in "Running to the Edge of the World," a lush acoustic power ballad complete with pretty falsetto vocals." Wood also states that "'High End' makes a deeper impression as a result of Manson’s reunion with longtime guitarist-bassist Twiggy Ramirez; together with producers [[Sean Beavan]] and [[Chris Vrenna]], they sculpted a sound both harder-hitting and more finely detailed than on any previous Marilyn Manson record."<ref name = latimes>{{cite web | url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/05/album-review-marilyn-mansons-the-high-end-of-low.html | title = Album review: Marilyn Manson's 'The High End of Low' | date = 2009-05-26 | accessdate = 2009-06-29 | last = Wood | first = M | publisher = Los Angeles Times}}</ref> | ||
| − | ''Rolling Stone'' reviewer Jody Rosen gave the album a mediocre review, citing the diminished shock value of the album compared to years past. Rosen stated the best parts of the album are in the ballads like the blues-tinged " | + | ''Rolling Stone'' reviewer Jody Rosen gave the album a mediocre review, citing the diminished shock value of the album compared to years past. Rosen stated the best parts of the album are in the ballads like the blues-tinged "Four Rusted Horses" for a more endearing depiction of Manson as a melancholy human rather than Antichrist Superstar.<ref name = rollingstone>{{cite web | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/27747743/review/28123939/the_high_end_of_low | title = Marilyn Manson: The High End of Low | last = Rosen | first = J | publisher = Rolling Stone | date = 2009-05-26 | accessdate = 2009-06-29 }}</ref> |
Phil Freeman of ''Allmusic'' criticized the lack of variety in the album with "two or three musical ideas are repeated throughout the disc". He also criticized the lyrics, stating that Manson "[feels] like he's trying to convince himself as much as the audience" and that he is "pretty much advertising that [he's] out of ideas".<ref name = allmusic>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfoxzy0ldde | title = The High End of Low | accessdate = 2009-06-29 | last = Freeman | first = P | publisher = Allmusic}}</ref> A review in ''The Guardian'' complained of the lack of novelty in the album, which repeated "the usual entry-level shock-rock histrionics".<ref name = guardian>{{cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/22/marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low | title = Marilyn Manson: The High End of Low | last = Thomson | first = J | publisher= The Guardian | accessdate = 2009-06-29 | date = 2009-05-22 }}</ref> | Phil Freeman of ''Allmusic'' criticized the lack of variety in the album with "two or three musical ideas are repeated throughout the disc". He also criticized the lyrics, stating that Manson "[feels] like he's trying to convince himself as much as the audience" and that he is "pretty much advertising that [he's] out of ideas".<ref name = allmusic>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wcfoxzy0ldde | title = The High End of Low | accessdate = 2009-06-29 | last = Freeman | first = P | publisher = Allmusic}}</ref> A review in ''The Guardian'' complained of the lack of novelty in the album, which repeated "the usual entry-level shock-rock histrionics".<ref name = guardian>{{cite web | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/22/marilyn-manson-high-end-of-low | title = Marilyn Manson: The High End of Low | last = Thomson | first = J | publisher= The Guardian | accessdate = 2009-06-29 | date = 2009-05-22 }}</ref> | ||
