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The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

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Length
  
50:18

Release date
  
10 November 1989

Artist
  
Ministry

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Released
  
November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14)

Recorded
  
1987–1989 at Chicago Trax Studios

The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
  
In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up (1990)

Genres
  
Industrial metal, Industrial rock

Producers
  
Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker

Similar
  
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Ministry the mind is a terrible thing to taste 1989 full album


The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste is the fourth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1989 through Sire/Warner Bros. Records. The music took a more hardcore, aggressively guitar-driven direction. As with most of Ministry's work, the album's lyrics deal mainly with political corruption ("Thieves"); cultural violence ("So What"); environmental degradation, and nuclear war ("Breathe"); drug addiction ("Burning Inside"); and insanity ("Cannibal Song").

Contents

The album peaked at #163 in the US and was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units in December 1995.

Many fans consider The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste as one of the top three Ministry albums but Jourgensen admits he cannot stand it, mainly because of the condition he was in at the time; he was heavily into drugs during recording and had a poor relationship with his bandmates. In one instance, he chased bassist Paul Barker around the studio with a chair and hit him on the head because he "couldn't stand him anymore."

"Thieves"

  • "Get up! Get on your feet!" "You will not kill!" "I can't hear you!" - dialogue from R. Lee Ermey's drill instructor character in Full Metal Jacket.

    • "Burning Inside"

  • (Intro of warning horn and synthesizer tones) - John Carpenter's The Thing (klaxons) and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (original score).

    • "Cannibal Song"

  • "The mind is a labyrinth." is from the film Hellraiser II.

    • "Breathe"

  • "Opening musical sequence (first 30 seconds)" - taken from the film Cry Freedom.

    • "So What"

  • The dialogue spoken during the song ("You have had all that money can give you", "Kill for a thrill", etc.) is from the judge's summing up at the end of the Ed Wood-scripted film The Violent Years.
  • "Die!" and the laughter sample are from the film Scarface.

    • "Faith Collapsing"

  • Features dialogue samples taken from the films 1984 ("There have been spontaneous demonstrations by party workers, voicing gratitude and joy") and Fahrenheit 451 ("The system will eat itself").

    • Ministry

  • Alien Jourgensen – vocals (1-3, 5, 6), guitars, programming, production
  • Paul Barker – bass, programming, production

    • Additional personnel

  • William Rieflin – drums, programming, background vocals (8)
  • Mars Williams – saxophone (4)
  • Chris Connelly – lead vocals (3, 4), background vocals (5, 6)
  • The Grand Wizard (K. Lite) – vocals (7)
  • Joe Kelly – background vocals (1)
  • Kyle McKeough – background vocals (6)
  • Jeff Ward – background vocals (5)
  • Dave Ogilvie – background vocals (5, 8), engineer
  • The Slogan God (Tommie Boyskee) – vocals (7)
  • Bobbie DiBartollo – background vocals (8)
  • Angela Lukacen – vocals (9)
  • Keith Auerbach – engineer
  • Jeff Newell – engineer
  • Julian Herzfeld - engineer
  • "Dog" – cover design
  • "Ill" – cover design
  • Maura – cover design
  • Tom Young – cover photos
  • Tom Baker – mastering

    • Songs

    1Thieves5:03
    2Burning Inside5:20
    3Never Believe4:59

    References

    The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Wikipedia
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