The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

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The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste cover
Studio album by Ministry
Released November 14, 1989
Recorded Chicago Trax Studios
Genre Industrial Metal
Label Sire/Warner Bros. Records
26004
Producer Hypo Luxa
Hermes Pan
Professional reviews
Ministry chronology
The Land of Rape and Honey
(1988)		 The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
(1989)		 In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
(1990)

The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste is the fourth album by the band Ministry. The album was released in 1989 through Sire/Warner Bros. Records. The music took a more hardcore, guitar-driven direction, and, along with The Land of Rape and Honey, is considered by many to be the defining era of Ministry's sound. It deploys a cathartic blend of electronic energy with metallic aggression. The songs' themes dealt with such issues as political corruption ("Thieves"); cultural violence ("So What"); environmental wreckage and nuclear war ("Breathe"); drug addiction ("Burning Inside"); and insanity ("Cannibal Song").

The album is considered one of the most important releases in the Industrial music genre. The album peaked at #163 in the US and was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units in 1995.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Thieves" (Alain Jourgensen/Paul Barker/Chris Connelly/Kevin Ogilvie) – 5:00
    • Samples
      • "Get up, get on your feet" – GySgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket
      • "We are fighting for the liberation of man. Not for the rights of these pigs. The rights of society!" – from The War at Home(Documentary)
      • "We're going to rip this motherfucker off, we're going to tear this motherfucker down." – from The War at Home(Documentary)
      • "I hope they realize this is their last god damned chance!" – from The War at Home(Documentary)
      • "KILL! KILL! KILL!" – The maggots from Full Metal Jacket
      • "Power to the people" – from The War at Home (Documentary)
      • "You will not kill!" – GySgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket
      • "I can't hear you!" – GySgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket
      • "I still can't hear you!" – GySgt. Hartman from Full Metal Jacket
  2. "Burning Inside" (Jourgensen/Barker/William Rieflin/Connelly) – 5:16
  3. "Never Believe" (Jourgensen/Barker/Connelly) – 4:58
  4. "Cannibal Song" (Jourgensen/Barker/Connelly) – 6:07
  5. "Breathe" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/Connelly/Ogilvie) – 5:38
  6. "So What" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/Connelly) – 8:12
  7. "Test" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/K. Lite) – 6:02
  8. "Faith Collapsing" (Jourgensen/Barker/Connelly) – 4:00
  9. "Dream Song" (Jourgensen/Barker) – 4:50 (incl. on CD only)
    • Samples
      • "Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering)" by the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir from the 1987 album "Le Mysteres du Voix Bulgares"

[edit] Charting Positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 163

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1990 Burning Inside Modern Rock Tracks 23

[edit] Personnel

  • Al Jourgensen – vocals, guitars, programming
  • Paul Barker – bass, programming
  • William Rieflin – drums, programming, background voice (track 8)
  • Chris Connelly – vocals (tracks 3-5), background vocals (track 6)
  • The Grand Wizard (K. Lite) – vocals (track 7)
  • The Slogan God (Tommie Boskie) – vocals (track 7)
  • Angela Lukacen – vocals (track 9)
  • Mars Williams – saxophone (track 4)
  • Joe Kelly – background vocals (track 1)
  • Kevin Ogilvie – background vocals (tracks 5, 8)
  • Jeff Ward – background vocals (track 5)
  • Bobbie DiBartollo – background vocals (track 8)
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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