Normally I wouldn't even bother with discussing a best of album, but since it's part of the discography I figure I should. This is an interesting release as it doesn't rely solely on singles like most best-ofs do. There are 3 covers here, all of which are good enough though I'd argue better covers could have been included (like "I Put a Spell on You" or "Down in the Park"). The collection is mercifully short on Mechanical Animals material, which is great for me, and the most represented album is Holy Wood which seems about right. Since I never got around to picking up the Spawn soundtrack it's great that "Long Hard Road Out of Hell" is present here too. My main problem with this one at the time of its release was that it was obvious that Marilyn Manson would still be around, so why release this now? Well, as it turns out (so far) the timing was perfect for it, as after this the music declines drastically. I can't think of a single song written after this collection that would be worthy of inclusion with the ones here (*EDIT: "Odds of Even" could join these now that I've heard The Pale Emperor. At the time I wrote these comments that album hadn't come out yet).
Favorite song:"Long Hard Road Out of Hell" (not really, but I'm picking it to represent this one)
