Ministry - Filth Pig FLAC

Ministry Industrial Heavy Metal 1996 US

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Reload	2:24
2	Filth Pig	6:19
3	Lava	6:30
4	Crumbs	4:14
5	Useless	5:55
6	Dead Guy	5:15
7	Game Show	7:45
8	The Fall	4:54
9	Lay Lady Lay Songwriter – Bob Dylan	5:44
10	Brick Windows	5:23

Companies, etc.

Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Produced For – Luxa / Pan Productions
Published By – Spurburn
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By – Big Sky Music
Mastered At – Future Disc

Credits

Artwork [Art], Design – P Elledge*
Artwork [With Help From], Design [With Help From] – VSA Partners Inc
Engineer – B Kopplin*, Z Hukic*
Engineer [Assistant] – B Garcelon*, E Tinley*, J Duffy*, M Gibson*, W OKeeffe*
Management – Crazed*
Mastered By – Tom Baker
Musician [Additional Personnel] – E Nevarez*, L Svitek*, M Scaccia*, R Washam*, S Katsoudas*, W Rieflin*
Musician [Ministry] – A Jourgensen*, P Barker*
Producer – Hypo Luxa And Hermes Pan*
Songwriter – Ministry (tracks: 1 to 8, 10)

Notes

Publishers:
- Spurburn Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp BMI
- "Lay Lady Lay" Big Sky Music ASCAP

Mastered at Future Disc Systems.

© 1996 ℗ 1995, 1996 Warner Bros. Records Inc. for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.

Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

Incidental info:
Released in a standard jewel case with a fold out booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (As printed): 0 9362-45838-2 0
Barcode (Scanned, UPC A): 093624583820
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6): 936245838-2 WME
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6): IFPI L011
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 05A4
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0502
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0511
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 0621
Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 0506
Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 060 B
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society: ASCAP
Label Code: LC 0392
Other (Distribution code): WE 833

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 45838-2	Ministry	Filth Pig ‎(CD, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	9 45838-2	US	1996
936245838-2, 9362458382	Ministry	Filth Pig ‎(CD, Album)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	936245838-2, 9362458382	Australia	1996
9362-45838-4, WE 491	Ministry	Filth Pig ‎(Cass, Album)	Warner Music Poland, Warner Music Poland	9362-45838-4, WE 491	Poland	1996
45838	Ministry	Filth Pig ‎(Cass, Promo)	Warner Bros. Records	45838	US	1995
PROP82, 9362-45838-2	Ministry	Filth Pig ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	PROP82, 9362-45838-2	Germany	1996

Jazu

Indeed, a truly underrated record, nearly a masterpiece in my opinion - but I must confess that it took me a couple years to eventually get into it, even though I had been a fan of the band since the late eighties.

Xar

Am I the only one who actually likes "Filth Pig"? I remember when it was released back in 1996: any magazine or fanzine said it was a disappointment, a bad album, the beginning of the end of Ministry. Anyone was expecting something faster and more violent than "Psalm 69", but no one understood that the only possible answer was to slow down and explore dark, gloomy atmospheres. Honestly, how could you possibly go faster than "Psalm 69"? Apart from the initial dissonant chaos of "Reload", an appropriate title for a track which sounds like a heating exercise, both "Filth Pig" and, especially "Lava", are original and intriguing swamps of doom/sludge sounds, slow hypnotical rhythms and strange tunes sounding like country music played by undead cowboys in the middle of Mexican ghost town. "The Fall" is exciting, the album's best song and, imo, one of Ministry's best, apocalyptic, desperate and even melodic, with deformed piano chords swinging on a background of heavy machinery noise rhythms and Jourgensen's epic singing. Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" is turned into an interesting noise rock ride, possibly one of the band's most "commercial" exploits, while final "Brick Windows" is another very good piece of work. The four central tracks, from "Crumbs" to "Game Show" are, indeed, weak and rather uninteresting, you can skip theme without regrets. On the whole, "Filth Pig" is surely not a masterpiece, but it's still a very good album in Ministry's discography, featuring some great examples of their courage to change and experiment with their sound on each release. Maybe now that they have disbanded someone will start rediscovering it.

Livina

Thank you! :)

Avarm

Great review; and i completely agree with you; 'Filth Pig' is a really underrated album, plus the Dylan cover of 'Lay Lady Lay' is one of my favourite Ministry's song ever !