Smells Like Children[EP]

Smells Like Children[EP]

• MARILYN MANSON SMELLS LIKE CHILDREN

Mostly a collection of remixed tracks from <i>Portrait of an American Family</i> and samples swiped from talk-radio dialogue, <I>Smells Like Children</I> is how Marilyn Manson passed the time prior to beginning work on <I>Antichrist Superstar</I>. Of note among the remixes is Tony Wiggins's acoustic country "White Trash" version of "Cake and Sodomy." This is really a keeper, though, for Manson's clever choice of covers, including an authentically creepy interpretation of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" and the shot-in-the-arm he gives to Patti Smith's "outside of society" anthem, "Rock 'N' Roll Nigger." (Attention trivia buffs: Manson's unrestrained reworking of Howling Wolf's "I Put a Spell on You" was later included on the soundtrack to David Lynch's <I>Lost Highway</I>.) <i>--Gail Worley</I>