The Last Tour on Earth

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The Last Tour on Earth
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Live album by
ReleasedNovember 12, 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Genre
Length69:03
Label
Producer Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson chronology
Mechanical Animals
(1998)
The Last Tour on Earth
(1999)
Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
(2000)
Professional ratings
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The Last Tour on Earth is a live album comprising recordings from Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals Tour, Beautiful Monsters Tour and Rock is Dead Tour, released on November 12, 1999. [5] On the studio version of "The Dope Show", Manson says that drugs "are made in California", but in the live version, he says that "drugs, they say, are made right here in Cleveland", to a roar of crowd approval, suggesting that the song was recorded in Cleveland, Ohio. "Lunchbox" was recorded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" was recorded in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "The Last Day on Earth" was recorded in Las Vegas on the Mechanical Animals Tour, and "Get Your Gunn" was recorded some time during the Rock is Dead Tour.

Contents

"Rock is Dead" is introduced as if Omega and the Mechanical Animals, the alter-egos Manson and his band devised for the Mechanical Animals album and tour, were playing. Some of the tracks, most notably "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)", are prefaced with spoken diatribes.

The album includes one new studio track, "Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes", which also appears on the Celebrity Deathmatch soundtrack. A promotional single was released for Celebrity Deathmatch but never commercially released.

Although extensive amounts of performance footage was captured (partially shown In The 40 minute documentary God Is in the T.V. ) a live DVD of this tour did not materialize.

Accolades

In 2006, sister British magazines Classic Rock & Metal Hammer included The Last Tour on Earth (mislabeled The Last Show on Earth) in The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

No.TitleOriginal albumLength
1."Inauguration of the Mechanical Christ" (Intro) 2:45
2."The Reflecting God" Antichrist Superstar 5:32
3."Great Big White World" Mechanical Animals 5:21
4."Get Your Gunn" Portrait of an American Family 3:37
5."Sweet Dreams / Hell Outro" Smells Like Children / Spawn: The Album 5:36
6."Rock Is Dead"Mechanical Animals3:20
7."The Dope Show"Mechanical Animals3:56
8."Lunchbox"Portrait of an American Family8:35
9."I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)"Mechanical Animals7:31
10."Antichrist Superstar"Antichrist Superstar5:15
11."The Beautiful People"Antichrist Superstar4:30
12."Irresponsible Hate Anthem"Antichrist Superstar4:40
13."The Last Day on Earth" (Acoustic)Mechanical Animals4:26
14."Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes" (Bonus studio recording) 3:59
Total length:69:03

Bonus Disc

A 2CD limited edition was released with a bonus disc, containing 3 tracks exclusive to this release.

No.TitleNotesLength
1."Coma White"from Mechanical Animals 5:41
2."Get My Rocks Off"cover of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show 5:32
3."Coma White (Acoustic)" 5:21
4."A Rose And A Baby Ruth"cover of George Hamilton IV 3:37
Total length:16:38

Personnel

Charts and certifications

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