Filth Pig

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Filth Pig
Filth Pig Ministry.jpg
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)Box1993		 Filth Pig
(1996)		 Dark Side of the Spoon
(1999)Dark Side of the Spoon1999
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
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]
NME 7/10[6]
Robert Christgau C[4]
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars[5]
Spin 6/10[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,[citation needed] 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. Title Writer(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

  • Rey Washam – drums (4, 6, 7, 9)
  • Louis Svitek – guitars
  • Mike Scaccia – guitars
  • William Rieflin – drums (1-3, 5)
  • 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

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  7. ↑ Spin (2/96, pp.84-85)
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