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1996 studio album by Ministry
Filth Pig is the sixth
studio album by American
industrial metal band
Ministry , released on January 30, 1996, by
Warner Bros. Records . The title was allegedly derived from a statement made in the British
Houses of Parliament , in which the band's leader
Al Jourgensen was described as a "filthy pig" for his onstage theatrics by MP
Teddy Taylor .
[13]
Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers,
[14]
[15] sharply divided the band's fanbase, and did not live up to the platinum-selling success of
Psalm 69 .
[16] Despite poor sales, the album entered several charts, peaking at the highest positions Ministry has ever achieved. This would be the last Ministry album with
Mike Scaccia on guitar until 2004's
Houses of the Molé .
Background
Filth Pig marked a major shift artistically for the band from their
previous album . Jourgensen said everyone around him wanted him to continue making music similar to Psalm 69 . However, he wanted to move away from using samples and focus on a slower, heavier sound.
[17] Jourgensen rejected any songs that sounded like their previous work.
[18]
"Everyone hated [Filth Pig ]. They all wanted Psalm 70 , and I gave them an electronic-free record full of gun-in-mouth dirges of nothing but pain. Aside from the cover art, the humour was gone. All that was left was misery. And I still had to tour the fucking thing - which went down in history as the interminable, intolerable, absolutely depraved
Sphinctour ."
—
Al Jourgensen (2013)
[19]
The 2002 live album
Sphinctour was generally well received by critics.
[20]
[21]
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Reload"
Al Jourgensen ,
Paul Barker 2:26 2. "Filth Pig" Jourgensen, Barker 6:20 3. "Lava" Jourgensen, Barker 6:30 4. "Crumbs" Jourgensen, Barker,
Mike Scaccia ,
Louis Svitek ,
Rey Washam 4:15 5. "Useless" Jourgensen, Barker,
William Rieflin , Scaccia 5:55 6. "Dead Guy" Jourgensen, Barker, Washam 5:15 7. "Game Show" Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam 7:46 8. "
The Fall " Jourgensen, Michael Balch 4:55 9. "
Lay Lady Lay " (
Bob Dylan cover)
Bob Dylan 5:44 10. "Brick Windows" Jourgensen, Barker 5:23 Total length: 54:24
Personnel
Ministry
Additional personnel
Rey Washam –
drums
Louis Svitek – guitars
Mike Scaccia – guitars
William Rieflin – drums
Esther Nevarez – backing vocals (5)
Stella Katsoudas – backing vocals (5)
Duane Buford – programming (uncredited)
Michael Balch – programming (8, uncredited)
Zlatko Hukic – engineer
Brad Kopplin – engineer
Bill Garcelon – assistant engineer
Jamie Duffy – assistant engineer
Matt Gibson – assistant engineer
Ed Tinley – assistant engineer
Whitney O'Keefe – assistant engineer
Paul Elledge – art & design
Chart positions
References
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ISSN
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^
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ISBN
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^ NME (1/27/96, p.43)
^ Wiederhorn, Jon (February 2, 1998).
"Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews" .
Rolling Stone . No. 728 (published February 22, 1996). Archived from
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"Ministry, Filth Pig , Sire/Warner Bros" . Spins.
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ISSN
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^
Graff, Gary .
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^
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Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen . Da Capo Press. p.
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ISBN
978-0-30682-218-6 .
^
"The Bloody Pulpit" .
SF Weekly . May 22, 1996. Archived from
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ISBN
9780306822186 .
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"Australian chart positions" . australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05 .
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"Austrian chart positions" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-06-05 .
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"Finnish chart positions" . finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05 .
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"Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 31, 2021 .
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"New Zealand chart positions" . charts.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-05 .
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"Norwegian chart positions" . norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05 .
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"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100" .
Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2021-10-31.
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"Swedish chart positions" . swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05 .
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"Swiss chart positions" . hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-06-05 .
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"Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
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