Portrait of an American Family
Studio album by Marilyn Manson
Released	July 12, 1994
Recorded	August-December 1993, Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida; and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Industrial Metal, Alternative Metal
Length	61:00
Label	Nothing/Interscope/Atlantic
Producer(s)	Trent Reznor, Marilyn Manson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Marilyn Manson chronology
	Portrait of an American Family (1994)	Smells Like Children (1995)

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Track listing

1. "Prelude (The Family Trip)" (Manson, Gacy) – 1:20
2. "Cake and Sodomy" (Manson, Berkowitz) – 3:46
3. "Lunchbox" (Manson, Berkowitz, Gein) – 4:32
4. "Organ Grinder" (Manson, Gein, Berkowitz) – 4:22
5. "Cyclops" (Manson, Berkowitz, Gein, Gacy) – 3:32
6. "Dope Hat" (Manson, Berkowitz, Gacy) – 4:21
7. "Get Your Gunn" (Manson, Berkowitz, Gein) – 3:18
8. "Wrapped In Plastic" (Manson, Berkowitz) – 5:35
9. "Dogma" (Manson, Berkowitz) – 3:22
10. "Sweet Tooth" (Manson, Gacy, Gein) – 5:03
11. "Snake Eyes and Sissies" (Manson, Gacy, Berkowitz, Gein) – 4:07
12. "My Monkey" (Manson, Berkowitz) – 4:31
13. "Misery Machine" (Manson, Gein, Berkowitz, Gacy) – 13:11

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Credits

• Marilyn Manson — vocals, producer, brass, loops, artwork
• Daisy Berkowitz — guitars
• Madonna Wayne Gacy — calliope, Hammond organ, saxophone, theremin, brass, overdubs, loops
• Sara Lee Lucas — drums, sound effects
• Gidget Gein — bass
• Twiggy Ramirez — in an often misunderstood pun, Twiggy is listed in album artwork as "base tendencies", which of course, would be different from the bass guitar
• Trent Reznor — producer, executive producer, digital editing, programming, mixing, brass, guitar
• Roli Mosimann — engineer
• Sean Beavan — assistant producer, programming, digital editing
• Alan Moulder — assistant producer, engineer, mixing
• Charlie Clouser — drums, drum programming, editing
• Chris Vrenna — percussion, programming, assistant engineer
• Tom Baker — mastering
• Chris Meyer — engineer
• Barry Goldberg — assistant engineer
• Brian Pollack — assistant engineer
• Brian Scheuble — assistant engineer
• Mark Gruber — assistant engineer
• Hope Nichols — saxophone, vocals
• Robin Perine — photography
• Jeffrey Weiss — photography
• Gary Talpas — packaging

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Miscellaneous

• Bassist Gidget Gein was fired after the production of this album.

• Daisy Berkowitz helped compose music for all of the songs except "Prelude (The Family Trip)" and "Sweet Tooth."

• The album's original title was The Manson Family Album.

• "Snake Eyes and Sissies" was originally planned as the lead single but never released; "Get Your Gunn" was released instead.

• The song "Filth" was deleted from the album prior to release, and has never been officially released.

• Although there are technically no hidden tracks on the album, there is some additional audio a few seconds after the end of last track, "Misery Machine".

• Manson has said that he originally wanted to use a nude photograph of himself as a child as artwork for the album jacket, but the label rejected the idea on the grounds that it could constitute child pornography.

• The track "My Monkey" borrows certain lyrics from a Charles Manson song called "Mechanical Man;" the lyrics of "My Monkey" are credited simply to "Manson".

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Billboard charts

• 1995: Portrait of an American Family: Heatseekers: No. 35