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 54:28
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan
Ministry chronology
Box
(1993)		 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]
Robert ChristgauC[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin6/10[7]

Filth Pig is the sixth studio album by industrial metal 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.[8] Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers, 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. He did not tour to support Filth Pig.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Reload"  Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker 2:25
2. "Filth Pig"  Jourgensen, Barker 6:19
3. "Lava"  Jourgensne, 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 5:14
7. "Game Show"  Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam 7:45
8. "The Fall"  Jourgensen, Michael Balch 4:54
9. "Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan cover)Dylan 5:44
10. "Brick Windows"  Jourgensen, Barker 5:23
Total length:
 54:28

Personnel

Ministry

Additional personnel

Chart positions

Album
Chart (1996) Peak
position
The Billboard 200[9] 19
Australian Albums Chart[10] 9
Austrian Albums Chart[11] 47
Finnish Albums Chart[12] 17
German Albums Chart[13] 28
New Zealand Albums Chart[14] 16
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 38
Swedish Albums Chart[16] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 50
UK Albums Chart[18] 43
Singles
Year Song US
Dance
[19]		 SWE
[16]		 UK
[18]
1995 "The Fall" 18 46 53
1996 "Lay Lady Lay" — — 128

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.
  4. ↑ NME (1/27/96, p.43)
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  6. ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (1998-02-02). "Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  7. ↑ Spin (2/96, pp.84-85)
  8. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (1996-03-22). "Al Jourgensen on Filth Pig, Buck Owens, and cabin fever, Texas-style". sfweekly.com.
  9. ↑ "Filth Pig - Ministry". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  11. ↑ "Austrian chart positions" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  12. ↑ "Finnish chart positions". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  13. ↑ "German chart positions" (in German). musicline.de.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand chart positions". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  15. ↑ "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  16. 1 2 "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  17. ↑ "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  18. 1 2 "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel.
  19. ↑ "Ministry - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, January 21, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.