The Last Tour on Earth

1	Inauguration of the Mechanical Christ 2:45
2	The Reflecting God 5:32
3	Great Big White World 5:21
4	Get Your Gunn 3:37
5	Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)/Hell Outro 5:36
6	Rock Is Dead 3:56
7	The Dope Show 8:35
8	Lunchbox 7:31
9	I Don't Like The Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) 5:15
10	Antichrist Superstar 4:30
11	The Beautiful People 4:40
12	Irresponsible Hate Anthem 4:26
13	The Last Day on Earth 3:59
14	Astonishing Panorama of the End Times 3:59

Barnes & Noble

God of hellfire, king of pain, decadent darling of darksiders the world over, Marilyn Manson can be a goth-glam goofball or the most controversial crotch-rocker on earth. But he's best when he's both, as on this tumultuous live gore fest. Recorded during the midwestern leg of his Rock Is Dead tour, these scabrous performances find Marilyn slobbering his way through the heartland like a true hedonistic beast -- ripping into "Rock Is Dead," "The Beautiful People," "Antichrist Superstar," and "The Dope Show" as if he's trying to muss every blue-hair from Fargo to Fort Worth. A bit in Cedar Rapids, Michigan, where he baits intruding cops and Bible thumpers with a joyfully sarcastic "Hallelujah, motherfucker!" captures the spirit of the moment pretty succinctly. But detractors may be surprised to see that Manson can rock as well as shock. He and his booming backing band slam home their numbers in fine Frankensteinian fashion, replacing the rather tinny sound of MECHANICAL ANIMALS with a cutting metal edge that definitely gets the blood flowing. The most riveting moment here is Manson's lugubrious robo-metal rip through the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams," which segues quite nicely into the robo-punk mosh-fest Hell/Outro." A dope show indeed. Fans should note that the disc ends with a pummeling new cut, "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes," also found on MTV's CELEBRITY DEATH MATCH disc. Jon Dolan

All Music Guide

The Last Tour on Earth, the live souvenir from the ill-fated Mechanical Animals tour, is an aural document of a primarily visual experience. Marilyn Manson's records are extremely well crafted, filled with revealing sonic details, but in concert he concentrates on spectacle, preferring dazzling visuals to new arrangements. That's not a bad thing -- Manson is an agent provocateur and his shows should be an overwhelming visual experience. There's no need for reinvented versions of "The Beautiful People" or "Irresponsible Hate Anthem," since they serve as the soundtrack for the sights. It's a good selection of Manson favorites performed by a tight band, although apart from rougher vocals and slightly more immediate sound, there are no true differences between the stage and studio versions of these songs. Based on the music, it's hard to tell that this is a live album, except for stray crowd noises and Manson's on-stage ramblings. It's fascinating to hear him act like a sober Jim Morrison, trying to get his audience to yell "motherf*cker" and winding up with an incoherent "maoohahfuer," or relating his spellbinding vision of a dreamworld, where the land is made of drugs, cops give Manson head, and God is spelled "D-R-U-G-S," especially since these rants are delivered, by name, to the Midwestern off-markets of Grand Rapids, MI, and Cedar Rapids, IA. Stephen Thomas Erlewine