The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
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. The songs' themes dealt with such issues as political corruption ("Thieves"); cultural violence ("So What"); environmental degradation, and nuclear war ("Breathe"); drug addiction ("Burning Inside"); and insanity ("Cannibal Song").
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.[5][6]
Track listing
| Credit |
| 1. |
"Thieves" |
Alain Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Chris Connelly, Kevin Ogilvie |
5:02 |
| 2. |
"Burning Inside" |
Jourgensen, Barker, William Rieflin, Connelly |
5:20 |
| 3. |
"Never Believe" |
Jourgensen, Barker, Connelly |
4:59 |
| 4. |
"Cannibal Song" |
Jourgensen, Barker, Connelly |
6:10 |
| 5. |
"Breathe" |
Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, Connelly, Ogilvie |
5:40 |
| 6. |
"So What" |
Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, Connelly |
8:14 |
| 7. |
"Test" |
Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, K. Lite |
6:04 |
| 8. |
"Faith Collapsing" |
Jourgensen, Barker, Connelly |
4:01 |
| 9. |
"Dream Song" |
Jourgensen, Barker |
4:48 |
Samples
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) - Day of the Dead.
Cannibal Song
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 film The Violent Years.
- "Die!" is 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").
Chart positions
Personnel
Ministry
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
- "Dog" – cover design
- "Ill" – cover design
- Maura – cover design
- Tom Young – cover photos
- Tom Baker – mastering
References
- ^ van der Pol, Marc. "allmusic ((( The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13130. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Ministry". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 544, cited March 20, 2010
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Ministry". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Ministry". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
- ^ a b "The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/album/ministry/the-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-taste/11661#/album/ministry/the-mind-is-a-terrible-thing-to-taste/11661.
- ^ "RIAA certifications". Recording Industry Association of America. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?&artist=Ministry.
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