Lest We Forget: The Best Of
{{Short description|2004 greatest hits album by Marilyn Manson}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Lest We Forget: The Best Of
| type = greatest
| artist = Marilyn Manson
| cover = Marilyn Manson - Lest We Forget.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2004|9|28}}
| recorded = 1993–2004
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|heavy metal}}
| length = {{duration|m=65|s=58}}
| label = Interscope
| producer = {{hlist|Sean Beavan|Michael Beinhorn|Ben Grosse|Marilyn Manson|Dave "Rave" Ogilvie|Trent Reznor|Dave Sardy|Tim Sköld}}
| prev_title = The Golden Age of Grotesque
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Eat Me, Drink Me
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Lest We Forget: The Best Of
| type = greatest
| single1 = Personal Jesus
| single1date = October 4, 2004
}}
}}
Lest We Forget: The Best Of is a greatest hits album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on September 28, 2004, by Interscope Records. The album was conceived by the band's eponymous vocalist as a "farewell compilation", and was originally going to feature a duet with Shirley Manson of Garbage. Upon its completion, neither singer was satisfied with the duet, and it remains unreleased. Instead, the band recorded a cover of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" (1989), which became the only new track on the album and was released as a single. The deluxe version of the album included a bonus DVD containing sixteen music videos, one of which was the previously unreleased uncensored version of the music video for "Saint" (2004).
Lest We Forget: The Best Of received mostly positive reviews from music critics, several of whom complimented its track listing. The compilation's commercial performance exceeded expectations in the United States, where it sold over 78,000 copies in its first week of release and had sold over a million copies as of late 2010. It was also successful internationally, peaking within the top 10 of national record charts in Austria, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The band promoted the album with their "Against All Gods Tour".
Background and release
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The band's eponymous vocalist conceived Lest We Forget: The Best Of as a "farewell compilation", but not a greatest hits album, as "I was never really a top-40 artist." Nevertheless, multiple critics classified the record as a greatest hits album. Prior to the album's release, Manson said that he was going to abandon music in favor of becoming a visual artist and pursuing other non-musical careers; this did not happen.{{cite web | url=http://www.nme.com/photos/write-the-songs-draw-the-cover-when-artists-make-their-own-album-sleeves-1408928 | title=Write The Songs, Draw The Cover – When Artists Make Their Own Album Sleeves |last=Barker |first=Emily | work=NME | date=November 3, 2015 | access-date=April 3, 2018}} Explaining his frame of mind when he made the album, Manson said, "You get frustrated sometimes when you know that your heart is really buried in your art, and you know more success equals being more mediocre. So you have to redefine success, and you can't compete with people who don't do what you do."{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1491296/marilyn-manson-calls-lest-we-forget-a-farewell-compilation/|title=Marilyn Manson Calls Lest We Forget 'A Farewell Compilation'|author=Montgomery, James|publisher=MTV News|date=September 22, 2004|access-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729053122/http://www.mtv.com/news/1491296/marilyn-manson-calls-lest-we-forget-a-farewell-compilation/|archive-date=July 29, 2017}}
Initially, the album was going to include a duet between the band's frontman and Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson. The track – a cover of The Human League's "Don't You Want Me" (1981) – was recorded after the two artists met at a Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert and enjoyed each other's company.{{cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/shirley-and-marilyn-get-together-for-manson-duet-1-1004825 |title=Shirley and Marilyn get together for Manson duet |work=The Scotsman |date=March 8, 2005 |access-date=March 26, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326233503/https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/shirley-and-marilyn-get-together-for-manson-duet-1-1004825 |archive-date=March 26, 2018}} After the cover's completion, Marilyn admitted that he "wasn't in the best frame of mind when I did it".{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1491504/marilyn-manson-loses-his-religion-for-upcoming-tour/|title=Marilyn Manson Loses His Religion for Upcoming Tour|author=Dangelo, Joe|publisher=MTV News|date=September 30, 2004|access-date=March 23, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610105617/http://www.mtv.com/news/1491504/marilyn-manson-loses-his-religion-for-upcoming-tour/|archive-date=June 10, 2016}} Shirley commented on the cover: "It's really cool but neither of us felt comfortable putting it on our records so I don't know if it will ever come out. I hope it does. Our voices sound fantastic in a very Beauty and the Beast kind of way." Both singers wanted to try to collaborate again sometime in the future, and Manson said that he enjoyed working with Shirley.
After making the decision not to include the duet on Lest We Forget, Marilyn Manson took a break from making music. After receiving fellatio with a rosary wrapped around his penis, Manson had the idea to cover Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" (1989) for the album.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/are-depeche-mode-metals-biggest-secret-influence-20150811 |title=Are Depeche Mode Metal's Biggest Secret Influence? |author=Grow, Kory |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=June 29, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621151011/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/are-depeche-mode-metals-biggest-secret-influence-20150811 |archive-date=June 21, 2016}} Manson said that he wanted to cover "Personal Jesus" because he found Depeche Mode's music hypnotic, sexy and inspirational. Manson told MTV that "I thought if I had to write a song, [the lyrics of 'Personal Jesus' are] exactly what I would say. And that's why I picked this song, because I think it takes a little more of an ironic tone when you put it in context with what's going on today." The band's version of "Personal Jesus" is the only new song on the album, and was released as a single.
The cover of Lest We Forget is a watercolor self-portrait by Manson entitled Experience Is the Mistress of Fools.{{cite web|url=http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/especiales/383629/sugerencias-fin-semana-diferente-23-25-diciembre|title=Sugerencias para un fin de semana diferente: 23-25 de diciembre|language=es|work=Noticieros Televisa|date=December 23, 2011|access-date=March 24, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326233503/http://noticierostelevisa.esmas.com/especiales/383629/sugerencias-fin-semana-diferente-23-25-diciembre|archive-date=March 26, 2018}} Copies of Lest We Forget contain a booklet with 29 pictures of the band's frontman, while a limited edition version of the record includes a bonus DVD containing 16 of the band's music videos. The deluxe version also includes the uncensored version of the "Saint" music video, which had not previously been released. MTV reported that the band would embark on the Against All Gods Tour in support of the compilation.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
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| rev2 = Rolling Stone
| rev3 = Spin
| rev3score = B+{{cite magazine |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Klosterman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhhSYcXeTVoC&pg=PA109 |title=Reviews |magazine=Spin |volume=20 |issue=11 |date=November 2004 |page=109 |issn=0886-3032 |access-date=January 12, 2017 |via=Google Books |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326233503/https://books.google.com/books?id=BhhSYcXeTVoC&pg=PA109 |archive-date=March 26, 2018}}
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In Spin, Chuck Klosterman called the compilation "[f]ucking awesome" and said "there are only about ten compelling metal acts out there right now, and Marilyn Manson is three of them." BBC Music's Richard Banks praised the album's "superb production" and Manson's "genius one-liners", saying "when the knob labelled 'shock-tactics' is already set to 10, one can't help but wonder where [Manson will] go from here."{{cite web |last=Banks |first=Richard |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/43cz/ |title=Marilyn Manson Lest We Forget (The Best Of) Review |publisher=BBC Music |access-date=March 24, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109111740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/43cz |archive-date=January 9, 2016}} The Chicago Maroon{{'s}} Matt Zakosek opined "It would be easy to write a pithy, sarcastic review deriding Manson for his over-the-top showmanship-but sometime in the midst of all that devilish preening and posturing, he found the time to make some pretty good music."{{cite web| url=https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2004/10/17/a-shocking-thing-about-manson-cd-it-doesnt-suck/| last=Zakosek| first=Matt| title=A shocking thing about Manson CD: It doesn't suck| work=The Chicago Maroon| date=October 17, 2004| access-date=January 19, 2018| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120234007/https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2004/10/17/a-shocking-thing-about-manson-cd-it-doesnt-suck/| archive-date=January 20, 2018}}
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Richard Abowitz of Rolling Stone stated that Lest We Forget "includes all of [Manson's] essential pied-piper calls to alienated suburban youth" and that "Manson's mix of fetish, goth, hedonism and metal still jells". A reviewer for Blabbermouth.net said that the album's track listing features "all of the group's classics".{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-lest-we-forget-artwork-final-track-listing-revealed/|title=Marilyn Manson: 'Lest We Forget' Artwork, Final Track Listing Revealed|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=August 13, 2004|access-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326233503/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/marilyn-manson-lest-we-forget-artwork-final-track-listing-revealed/|archive-date=March 26, 2018}} Monica S. Kuebler of Exclaim! said "if you've been holding onto your hard-earned bones waiting for that one essential Marilyn Manson collection (without the filler), you may want to proceed directly to the nearest record store and turn those bones over immediately."{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/marilyn_manson-lest_we_forget_best_of|last=Kuebler|first=Monica S.|title=Marilyn Manson Lest We Forget (The Best Of)|work=Exclaim!|date=November 1, 2004|access-date=March 24, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326233503/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/marilyn_manson-lest_we_forget_best_of|archive-date=March 26, 2018}}
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic found the album's omission of "Dope Hat" (1994), "Man That You Fear" (1996) and "I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)" (1998) "curious". He added that "Nevertheless, [Lest We Forget] has enough of the hits to make this worthwhile for the casual fans, as well as those listeners who never wanted to admit that [the band's] late-'90s alt-rock radio staples were guilty pleasures." In his book Dissecting Marilyn Manson, Gavin Baddeley opined that "for an album artist like Manson, [greatest hits] collections do fly in the face of the careful structure behind his best work, where the running order is an intrinsic feature of the package." Baddeley felt that, like the band's EP Smells Like Children (1995), "Lest We Forget is redeemed by a clever cover of an eighties pop song, in this case Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus'".{{cite book|last=Baddeley|first=Gavin|title=Dissecting Marilyn Manson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKt_DAAAQBAJ&q=lest+we+forget|year=2015|access-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326233503/https://books.google.com/books?id=HKt_DAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=dissecting+marilyn+manson&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpw9j39IraAhVHiqwKHcIvAmEQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=lest%20we%20forget&f=false|archive-date=March 26, 2018|publisher=Plexus Publishing|location=Medford, New Jersey|isbn=978-0-85965-876-8}} Writing for PopMatters, Lance Teegarden described the band's cover of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" (1995), "The Beautiful People" (1996) and "Mobscene" (2003) as "[a] few choice hits on a far too lengthy and same-sounding best-of."{{cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/mansonmarilyn-lestwe-2495992871.html|title=Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget: The Best Of|first=Lance|last=Teegarden|website=PopMatters|date=January 4, 2005|access-date=January 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127085316/https://www.popmatters.com/mansonmarilyn-lestwe-2495992871.html|archive-date=January 27, 2018}}
Commercial performance
Industry forecasters predicted the album was on course to debut on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of around 60,000 units.{{cite web |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=277820 |title=Rumor Mill – Chart Preview: Hillbillies Top Hilary, But Hollywood Wins |work=Hits Daily Double |date=October 4, 2004 |access-date=March 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622043350/http://hitsdailydouble.com/news%26id%3D277820 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |url-status=live}} It went on to debut at number nine on the chart, selling 78,715 copies on its first week.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1492000/hilary-duff-debuts-at-2-ciara-lands-at-3-on-albums-chart/ |title=Hilary Duff Debuts At #2, Ciara Lands At #3 On Albums Chart |author=Montgomery, James |publisher=MTV News |date=October 6, 2004 |access-date=March 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704180335/http://www.mtv.com/news/1492000/hilary-duff-debuts-at-2-ciara-lands-at-3-on-albums-chart/ |archive-date=July 4, 2017 |url-status=dead}} It would spend a total of 27 weeks on the chart,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/marilyn-manson/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Billboard 200 – Marilyn Manson Chart History |access-date=March 24, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324231952/https://www.billboard.com/music/Marilyn-Manson/chart-history/billboard-200/song/462168 |archive-date=March 24, 2018 |magazine=Billboard}} and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in October 2005 for shipments in excess of 500,000 units. As of November 2010, Lest We Forget had sold over a million copies in the United States. It also debuted at number three on the Canadian Albums Chart.
The album was successful internationally as well, particularly in Europe, where it debuted at number five on Billboard{{'}}s European Top 100 Albums after peaking within the top 10 of national record charts in Austria, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It also peaked at number two on the Compilation Albums Chart in France, and was certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) for shipments in excess of 100,000 units there. In 2017, IFPI Denmark awarded the record a platinum certification for shipments of over 20,000 units. The set originally peaked at number 20 on Denmark's Hitlisten. Similarly, Lest We Forget received a platinum award from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2017 for shipments in excess of 300,000 copies there. The album peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart upon release, and peaked also at the same position on the German Albums Chart, where it was certified gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipments of over 100,000 units.
The album peaked at number 15 in both Australia and Japan, and debuted at number nine in New Zealand. It was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments of over 35,000 copies in that country. It also peaked within the top 20 of the national charts in Belgium, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, and Scotland.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Marilyn Manson, except where noted
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = The Love Song
| note1 = edit
| music1 = {{hlist|Twiggy Ramirez|John 5}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|Dave Sardy|Manson}}
| length1 = 3:05
| title2 = Personal Jesus
| note2 = Depeche Mode cover
| lyrics2 = Martin Gore
| music2 = Gore
| extra2 = {{hlist|Manson|Tim Sköld}}
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = Mobscene
| music3 = {{hlist|John 5|Manson}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Manson|Sköld|Ben Grosse{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = The Fight Song
| music4 = John 5
| extra4 = {{hlist|Sardy|Manson}}
| length4 = 2:57
| title5 = Tainted Love
| note5 = Gloria Jones cover
| lyrics5 = Ed Cobb
| music5 = Cobb
| extra5 = {{hlist|Manson|Sköld|Grosse{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length5 = 3:20
| title6 = The Dope Show
| music6 = Ramirez
| extra6 = {{hlist|Michael Beinhorn|Manson|Sean Beavan{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length6 = 3:40
| title7 = This Is the New Shit
| music7 = {{hlist|John 5|Manson|Sköld}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Manson|Sköld|Grosse{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length7 = 4:20
| title8 = Disposable Teens
| music8 = {{hlist|John 5|Ramirez}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Sardy|Manson}}
| length8 = 3:04
| title9 = Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
| note9 = Eurythmics cover
| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Annie Lennox|David A. Stewart}}
| music9 = {{hlist|Lennox|Stewart}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Trent Reznor|Manson}}
| length9 = 4:51
| title10 = Lunchbox
| music10 = {{hlist|Daisy Berkowitz|Gidget Gein}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Manson|Reznor}}
| length10 = 4:35
| title11 = Tourniquet
| note11 = extended outro edit
| music11 = {{hlist|Berkowitz|Ramirez}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Reznor|Dave "Rave" Ogilvie}}
| length11 = 4:44
| title12 = Rock Is Dead
| music12 = {{hlist|Ramirez|Madonna Wayne Gacy}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Beinhorn|Manson|Beavan{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length12 = 3:09
| title13 = Get Your Gunn
| music13 = {{hlist|Berkowitz|Gein}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Manson|Reznor}}
| length13 = 3:18
| title14 = The Nobodies
| music14 = {{hlist|John 5|Manson}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|Sardy|Manson}}
| length14 = 3:35
| title15 = Long Hard Road Out of Hell
| music15 = Ramirez
| extra15 = {{hlist|Manson|Beavan}}
| length15 = 4:21
| title16 = The Beautiful People
| note16 = edit
| music16 = Ramirez
| extra16 = {{hlist|Reznor|Ogilvie|Manson{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length16 = 3:42
| title17 = The Reflecting God
| music17 = {{hlist|Ramirez|Reznor}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|Reznor|Ogilvie|Manson{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length17 = 5:36
| total_length = 65:58
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = International bonus tracks
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title18 = Saint
| music18 = {{hlist|John 5|Manson|Sköld}}
| extra18 = {{hlist|Manson|Sköld|Grosse{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length18 = 3:45
| title19 = Irresponsible Hate Anthem
| note19 = edit) (UK and Japan only
| lyrics19 = {{hlist|Manson|Ramirez}}
| music19 = {{hlist|Berkowitz|Gacy}}
| extra19 = {{hlist|Reznor|Ogilvie|Manson{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length19 = 4:17
| title20 = Coma White
| note20 = Japan only
| music20 = {{hlist|Ramirez|Gacy|Zim Zum}}
| extra20 = {{hlist|Beinhorn|Manson|Beavan{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length20 = 5:40
| total_length = 79:40
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese limited edition bonus disc{{cite web |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICS-9021 |title=Lest We Forget [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] |publisher=CDJapan |access-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118013318/http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICS-9021 |archive-date=January 18, 2017}}
| title1 = Next Motherfucker
| note1 = Remix
| music1 = {{hlist|Manson|Berkowitz|Gein}}
| length1 = 4:47
| title2 = The Not-So-Beautiful People
| music2 = Ramirez
| length2 = 6:11
| title3 = The Horrible People
| music3 = Ramirez
| length3 = 5:13
| title4 = Tourniquet
| note4 = Prosthetic Dance Mix) (Radio Edit
| music4 = {{hlist|Berkowitz|Ramirez}}
| length4 = 4:10
| title5 = I Don't Like the Drugs
| note5 = Danny Saber Remix
| music5 = {{hlist|Ramirez|Zum}}
| length5 = 5:18
| title6 = Working Class Hero
| music6 = John Lennon
| length6 = 3:39
| title7 = The Fight Song
| note7 = Slipknot Remix
| music7 = John 5
| length7 = 3:50
| title8 = Mobscene
| note8 = Sauerkraut Remix – Rammstein Mix
| music8 = {{hlist|John 5|Manson}}
| length8 = 3:16
| total_length = 36:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = US and Canadian deluxe edition bonus DVD
| extra_column = Director(s)
| title1 = Get Your Gunn
| extra1 = Rod Chong
| length1 = 3:23
| title2 = Lunchbox
| extra2 = Richard Kern
| length2 = 4:34
| title3 = Dope Hat
| extra3 = Tom Stern
| length3 = 4:17
| title4 = Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
| extra4 = Dean Karr
| length4 = 4:39
| title5 = The Beautiful People
| extra5 = Floria Sigismondi
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = Tourniquet
| extra6 = Sigismondi
| length6 = 4:22
| title7 = Man That You Fear
| extra7 = W.I.Z.
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = Cryptorchid
| extra8 = E. Elias Merhige
| length8 = 2:44
| title9 = Long Hard Road Out of Hell
| extra9 = Matthew Rolston
| length9 = 4:21
| title10 = The Dope Show
| extra10 = Paul Hunter
| length10 = 3:56
| title11 = I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)
| extra11 = Hunter
| length11 = 4:41
| title12 = Coma White
| extra12 = Bayer
| length12 = 4:22
| title13 = Rock Is Dead
| extra13 = Samuel Bayer
| length13 = 3:11
| title14 = Disposable Teens
| extra14 = Bayer
| length14 = 3:06
| title15 = The Fight Song
| extra15 = W.I.Z.
| length15 = 2:53
| title16 = The Nobodies
| extra16 = {{hlist|Manson|Paul Fedor}}
| length16 = 3:36
| title17 = Mobscene
| extra17 = {{hlist|Manson|Thomas Kloss}}
| length17 = 3:50
| title18 = This Is the New Shit
| extra18 = {{hlist|Manson|The Cronenweths}}
| length18 = 4:20
| total_length = 70:27
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = International deluxe edition bonus DVD
| extra_column = Director(s)
| title1 = Personal Jesus
| extra1 = {{hlist|Manson|Nathan "Karma" Cox}}
| length1 = 3:29
| title2 = Saint
| extra2 = Asia Argento
| length2 = 4:00
| title3 = Mobscene
| extra3 = {{hlist|Manson|Thomas Kloss}}
| length3 = 3:50
| title4 = This Is the New Shit
| extra4 = {{hlist|Manson|The Cronenweths}}
| length4 = 4:20
| title5 = Disposable Teens
| extra5 = Bayer
| length5 = 3:06
| title6 = The Fight Song
| extra6 = W.I.Z.
| length6 = 2:53
| title7 = The Nobodies
| extra7 = {{hlist|Manson|Fedor}}
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = The Dope Show
| extra8 = Hunter
| length8 = 3:56
| title9 = I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)
| extra9 = Hunter
| length9 = 4:41
| title10 = Rock Is Dead
| extra10 = Bayer
| length10 = 3:11
| title11 = Coma White
| extra11 = Bayer
| length11 = 4:22
| title12 = Long Hard Road Out of Hell
| extra12 = Rolston
| length12 = 4:21
| title13 = The Beautiful People
| extra13 = Sigismondi
| length13 = 3:46
| title14 = Tourniquet
| extra14 = Sigismondi
| length14 = 4:22
| title15 = Man That You Fear
| extra15 = W.I.Z.
| length15 = 4:26
| title16 = Cryptorchid
| extra16 = Merhige
| length16 = 2:44
| title17 = Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
| extra17 = Karr
| length17 = 4:39
| title18 = Dope Hat
| extra18 = Stern
| length18 = 4:17
| title19 = Lunchbox
| extra19 = Kern
| length19 = 4:34
| title20 = Get Your Gunn
| extra20 = Chong
| length20 = 3:23
| total_length = 77:56
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese limited edition bonus DVD
| extra_column = Director(s)
| title8 = Autopsy
| extra8 = {{hlist|Manson|Sardy}}
| length8 = 2:52
| title9 = The Dope Show
| extra9 = Hunter
| length9 = 3:56
| title10 = I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)
| extra10 = Hunter
| length10 = 4:41
| title11 = Rock Is Dead
| extra11 = Bayer
| length11 = 3:11
| title12 = Coma White
| extra12 = Bayer
| length12 = 4:22
| title13 = Long Hard Road Out of Hell
| extra13 = Rolston
| length13 = 4:21
| title14 = The Beautiful People
| extra14 = Sigismondi
| length14 = 3:46
| title15 = Tourniquet
| extra15 = Sigismondi
| length15 = 4:22
| title16 = Man That You Fear
| extra16 = W.I.Z.
| length16 = 4:26
| title17 = Cryptorchid
| extra17 = Merhige
| length17 = 2:44
| title18 = Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
| extra18 = Karr
| length18 = 4:39
| title19 = Dope Hat
| extra19 = Stern
| length19 = 4:17
| title20 = Lunchbox
| extra20 = Kern
| length20 = 4:34
| title21 = Get Your Gunn
| extra21 = Chong
| length21 = 3:23
| total_length = 80:48
}}
Notes
- {{sup|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies a co-producer
- {{sup|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies an additional producer
- "Mobscene" is stylized as "mOBSCENE".
- "Saint" is stylized as "(s)AINT".
- The bonus DVD contains the following easter eggs: the Autopsy short film, the making of the "Mobscene" video, and the performance version of the "Disposable Teens" video.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of the international edition of Lest We Forget: The Best Of.{{cite AV media notes |title=Lest We Forget: The Best Of |type=international edition liner notes |others=Marilyn Manson |publisher=Interscope Records |year=2004 |id=0602498644515}}
=Marilyn Manson=
- Marilyn Manson – vocals
- Tim Sköld – guitars, bass
- Madonna Wayne Gacy – keyboards
- Ginger Fish – drums
=Additional musicians=
- Kelli Ali – additional vocals {{small|(track 15)}}
=Technical=
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- Dave Sardy – production, mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 4, 8, 14)}}
- Marilyn Manson – production {{small|(tracks 1–10, 12–15, 18)}}; co-production {{small|(tracks 11, 16, 17)}}
- Tim Sköld – production {{small|(tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 18)}}
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing {{small|(track 2)}}
- Ben Grosse – co-production {{small|(tracks 3, 7, 18)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 3, 5, 7, 18)}}; additional production {{small|(track 5)}}
- Michael Beinhorn – production {{small|(tracks 6, 12)}}
- Sean Beavan – additional production {{small|(tracks 6, 12)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 9–11, 13, 15–17)}}; engineering {{small|(track 15)}}
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing {{small|(tracks 6, 12)}}
- Trent Reznor – production {{small|(tracks 9–11, 13, 16, 17)}}; mixing {{small|(track 10)}}
- Alan Moulder – mixing {{small|(tracks 10, 13)}}
- Mark Freegard – mixing {{small|(tracks 10, 13)}}
- Dave "Rave" Ogilvie – production {{small|(tracks 11, 16, 17)}}
{{div col end}}
=Artwork=
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- Marilyn Manson – all art, photography, video stills
- Joseph Cultice – photography
- Ross Halfin – photography
- Gottfried Helnwein – photography
- Dean Karr – photography
- Perou – photography
- P. R. Brown – photography
- Floria Sigismondi – photography
- Chad Michael Ward – photography, layout
- Greg Watermann – photography
- Pierre et Gilles – officer portrait
- Liam Ward – production
- Nathan Cox – video stills
- Lukas Ettlin – video stills
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2004)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Australia|15|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Australia"}} |
| {{album chart|Austria|3|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|19|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Flanders"}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|4|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Wallonia"}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|3|artist=Marilyn Manson|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Canada"}} |
| scope="row"| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web |url=http://mam.ihned.cz/c1-15169240-oficialni-ceska-hitparada-ifpi-cr-45-tyden-2004 |title=Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 45. týden 2004 |language=cs |website=Marketing & Media |date=November 5, 2004 |access-date=July 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203030653/http://mam.ihned.cz/c1-15169240-oficialni-ceska-hitparada-ifpi-cr-45-tyden-2004 |archive-date=February 3, 2016}}
| 46 |
| {{album chart|Denmark|20|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Denmark"}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|41|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
| scope="row"| European Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine |last=Sexton |first=Paul |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1427225/rammstein-storms-euro-albums-chart |title=Rammstein Storms Euro Albums Chart |magazine=Billboard |date=October 7, 2004 |access-date=January 12, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114150510/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1427225/rammstein-storms-euro-albums-chart |archive-date=November 14, 2015}}
| 5 |
| {{album chart|Finland|22|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
| scope="row"| French Compilation Albums (SNEP){{cite web |url=https://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Liste_Selection2.php?Lettre=M |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste |language=fr |publisher=InfoDisc |access-date=January 12, 2017}} Select "MARILYN MANSON" from the drop-down menu and click "OK".
| 2 |
| {{album chart|Germany4|4|id=5155|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Germany"}} |
| scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI){{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm |title=Top 50 Ελληνικών και Ξένων Άλμπουμ |trans-title=Top 50 Greek and Foreign Albums |language=el |publisher=IFPI Greece |date=October 24–30, 2004 |access-date=January 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041029035036/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04.htm |archive-date=October 29, 2004}}
| 20 |
| {{album chart|Hungary|40|year=2004|week=43|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland2|23|artist=Marilyn Manson|rowheader=true|access-date=July 31, 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Italy|14|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Italy"}} |
| scope="row"| Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/164067/ranking/cd_album/ |script-title=ja:マリリン・マンソンのアルバム売り上げランキング |trans-title=Marilyn Manson album sales ranking |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |access-date=January 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629082425/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/164067/ranking/cd_album/ |archive-date=June 29, 2012}}
| 15 |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|9|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="NewZealand"}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|16|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Norway"}} |
| {{album chart|Poland|34|id=226|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|11|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Portugal"}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|4|date=20041003|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Scotland"}} |
| scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web |url=http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2004_41.pdf |title=Top 100 Albumes – Lista de los titulos mas vendidos del 04.10.04 al 10.10.04 |language=es |publisher=Productores de Música de España |access-date=January 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330180054/http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2004_41.pdf |archive-date=March 30, 2012}}
| 10 |
| {{album chart|Sweden|10|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="Sweden"}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Marilyn Manson|album=Lest We Forget - The Best Of|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|4|date=20041003|rowheader=true|access-date=July 31, 2019|refname="UK"}} |
| {{album chart|UKRock|2|date=20041003|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|9|artist=Marilyn Manson|rowheader=true|access-date=January 12, 2017}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Marilyn Manson|title=Lest We Forget: The Best of Marilyn Manson|award=Gold|type=album|certyear=2006|access-date=August 14, 2008|refname="AusCert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Marilyn Manson|title=Lest We Forget - Best Of|award=Platinum|id=4564|type=album|relyear=2004|certyear=2017|refname=DanishCert|access-date=August 22, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Marilyn Manson|title=Lest We Forget|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|date=December 15, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2019|refname="FranceCert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Marilyn Manson|title=Lest We Forget|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2004|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="GermanCert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Marilyn Manson|title=Lest We Forget: The Best Of|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=2004|id=14438-2605-2|certyear=2017|date=July 28, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2017|refname="UKCert"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Marilyn Manson|title=Lest We Forget|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2004|date=October 4, 2005|access-date=January 12, 2017|refname="USCert"|salesamount=500,000^ / 1,000,000|salesref={{cite web |last=Ashton |first=Robert |url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1043216 |title=Cooking Vinyl signs Marilyn Manson |work=Music Week |date=November 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112003557/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storycode=1043216 |archive-date=November 12, 2010 |access-date=February 3, 2011}}}}
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References
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Category:2004 greatest hits albums
Category:Albums produced by Marilyn Manson
Category:Albums produced by Michael Beinhorn
Category:Albums produced by Trent Reznor
Category:Interscope Records compilation albums