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Smells Like Children is a 1995 album by the alt. rock band Marilyn Manson. Although initially intended to be a remix EP, 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. The album was produced by Trent Reznor and Marilyn Manson.

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 skyrocketed the band into the mainstream. The other covers on the album are the Patti Smith song, "Rock'n'Roll Nigger" and the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song, "I Put a Spell on You". Manson's recording of "I Put a Spell on You" also features in the David Lynch film Lost Highway.

Early promotional copies of Smells Like Children featured unauthorized samples from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, as well as other soundbites considered too extreme; the album was re-edited into the release proper. The removed songs were the original opening track, "Abuse part 1", featuring Manson and Danzig tour driver Tony Wiggins speaking to a masochistic girl, and attempting to calm her down when things get really out of hand, and "Abuse part 2", featuring an interview with a pedophile who confesses to molesting his young cousin.

The "Frankie" referred to in "Fuck Frankie" is Frankie Proia, Manson's tour manager at the time who embezzled $10,000 from the band during their Portrait of An American Family tour. The "One Legged" referred to in "Dancing with the One Legged", was a Huggy Bear doll (the pimp from Starsky and Hutch), that the band used to carry drugs, one of the legs had been removed.

Track listing

  1. "The Hands of Small Children" (1:35)
  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 These)" (4:53) (Annie Lennox / Dave Stewart)
  7. "Everlasting Cocksucker (Remix)" (5:13)
  8. "Fuck Frankie" (1:48)
  9. "I Put a Spell on You" (3:36) (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)
  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 (Remixed by Tony f. wiggins)" (2:47)
  14. "Dancing with the One-Legged..." (0:45)
  15. "Rock'n'Roll Nigger" (3:31) (Patti Smith)
  16. "[untitled]" (8:19)

The untitled hidden track contains two bonus tracks: a slower, more ominous version of "Shitty Chicken Gang Bang" and, around six minutes in, a disturbing audio experiment.

Personnel

Billboard charts

1995 Smells Like Children The Billboard 200 No. 31
1996 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Modern Rock Tracks No. 26
1996 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 31
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