Dark Side of the Spoon

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Dark Side of the Spoon
Dark Side of the Spoon cover
Studio album by Ministry
Released June 8, 1999
Recorded 1998-1999
Genre Industrial Metal
Length 44:49
Label Warner Bros. Records
47311
Producer Hypo Luxa
Hermes Pan
Professional reviews
Ministry chronology
Filth Pig
(1996)		 Dark Side of the Spoon
(1999)		 Greatest Fits
(2001)

Dark Side of the Spoon is an album by Ministry, released on June 8, 1999. There are two theories behind the title, the first being a play on words, it is easily noticed as a parody of The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. The second is a reference to the blackened or dark side of a spoon when heated to dissolve heroin, as the band suffered from addiction of said substance at the time. "Bad Blood" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000.

Al Jourgensen claims to have no memory of recording this album.

The album's cover generated some controversy when retailer K Mart refused to stock it in its stores. [1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Supermanic Soul" (Jourgensen/Barker/Svitek/Washam/Hukic)—3:13
  2. "Whip and Chain" (Jourgensen/Barker/Coon/Svitek)—4:23
  3. "Bad Blood" (Jourgensen/Barker/Coon/Washam)—4:59
  4. "Eureka Pile" (Jourgensen/Barker/Svitek/Washam)—6:22
  5. "Step" (Jourgensen/Barker/Washam)—4:06
  6. "Nursing Home" (Jourgensen/Barker/Washam)—7:02
  7. "Kaif" (Jourgensen/Barker/Svitek/Washam)—5:25
  8. "Vex & Siolence" (Jourgensen/Barker/Svitek/Washam/Hukic)—5:24
  9. "10 / 10" (Jourgensen/Barker/Svitek/Washam)—3:43
  10. "Happy Dust" - 6:18 (Japanese bonus track)
  11. “Linda Summertime”—1:55 (hidden track)

[edit] Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Hermes Pan (Paul Barker) – Producer
  • Hypo Luxa (Al Jourgensen) – Producer
  • Brad Kopplin – Engineer
  • E. Nevarez – Engineer
  • T. Baker – Engineer
  • B. Kenny – Engineer
  • J. Dehaven – Engineer
  • Jason Bacher – Engineer
  • Paul Elledge – Art Direction, Photography

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1999 The Billboard 200 92
Ministry
Al Jourgensen
Tommy Victor | John Bechdel | Tony Campos | Aaron Rossi | Mike Scaccia | Sin Quirin
Paul Barker | Bill Rieflin | Chris Connelly | Kevin Ogilvie | Martin Atkins | Louis Svitek | Rey Washam | William Tucker | Max Brody | John Monte | Mark Baker | Stephen George | Paul Raven | Joey Jordison | Dave Ellefson | Jimmy DeGrasso
Discography
Studio albums: With Sympathy | Twitch | The Land of Rape and Honey | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | Filth Pig | Dark Side of the Spoon | Animositisomina | Houses of the Molé | Rio Grande Blood | The Last Sucker
Live, Remix and Compilation albums: Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub Ya | Cover Up
Related Bands: Special Affect | Revolting Cocks | Pailhead | Lard | 1000 Homo DJs | PTP | Acid Horse | Pink Anvil | Lead Into Gold | Pigface | Skrew Society 1
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[edit] References

  1. ^ "http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ministry/articles/story/5926700/kmart_bans_ministrys_dark_side_of_the_spoon"
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