Filth Pig

Filth Pig
Studio album by Ministry
Released January 30, 1996 (1996-01-30)
Recorded 1989 (portions of "The Fall")
1994 in Texas
1995 at Chicago Trax Studios
Genre
Length 54:24
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan
Ministry chronology
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
(1992)		 Filth Pig
(1996)		 Dark Side of the Spoon
(1999)
Singles from Filth Pig
  1. "The Fall"
    Released: January 1996
  2. "Lay Lady Lay"
    Released: February 1996
  3. "Reload"
    Released: July 1996
  4. "Brick Windows"
    Released: January 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
NME7/10[4]
Christgau's Consumer GuideC[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin6/10[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[8]
Cash Boxfavourable[9]

Filth Pig is the sixth studio album by American rock band Ministry, released in 1996 on 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 by MP Teddy Taylor.[10] Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers,[11][12] sharply divided the band's fanbase, and was a commercial failure. This would be the last Ministry album to be recorded with Mike Scaccia on guitar until the 2004 release of Houses of the Molé.

"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 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[13]

The album cover depicts a young man holding an American flag with raw meat dripping on his head and a badge on his chest that reads, "Don't blame me."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Reload"Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker2:25
2."Filth Pig"Jourgensen, Barker6:19
3."Lava"Jourgensen, Barker6:30
4."Crumbs"Jourgensen, Barker, Mike Scaccia, Louis Svitek, Rey Washam4:15
5."Useless"Jourgensen, Barker, William Rieflin, Scaccia5:55
6."Dead Guy"Jourgensen, Barker, Washam5:14
7."Game Show"Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam7:45
8."The Fall"Jourgensen, Michael Balch4:54
9."Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan cover)Bob Dylan5:44
10."Brick Windows"Jourgensen, Barker5:23
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

  1. ↑ Ruggieri, Melissa (February 7, 1996). "Rants, Rage And Regrets: Ministry - Filth Pig". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex (June 12, 2013). "Sphinctour - Ministry". Allmusic.
  3. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Filth Pig - Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ NME (1/27/96, p.43)
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  6. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (February 2, 1998). "Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. No. 728 (published February 22, 1996). Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  7. ↑ Norris, Chris (February 1996). "Ministry, Filth Pig, Sire/Warner Bros". Spins. Spin. Vol. 11 no. 11. pp. 84–85. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved June 13, 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Ministry". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 5 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 3692–3693. ISBN 1561592374 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Baltin, Steve (February 10, 1996). "Ministry: Filth Pig (Warner Bros. 45838-2)". Pop Reviews. Cash Box. Vol. LIX no. 22. p. 10. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved April 10, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (May 22, 1996). "The Bloody Pulpit". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ Andrew. "Justify Your Shitty Taste: Ministry's 'Filth Pig'". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  12. ↑ O'Hagar, Sammy. "Album of the Day: Ministry's Filth Pig". MetalSucks. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  13. ↑ Jourgensen, Al; Wiederhorn, Jon (2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Da Capo Press. p. 173.
  14. ↑ "Filth Pig - Ministry". Billboard.
  15. ↑ "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  16. ↑ "Austrian chart positions" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  17. ↑ "Finnish chart positions". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  18. ↑ "German chart positions" (in German). musicline.de.
  19. ↑ "New Zealand chart positions". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  20. ↑ "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  21. 1 2 "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  22. ↑ "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  23. 1 2 "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel.
  24. ↑ "Ministry - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic.

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