MINISTRY

Greatest Fits (Greatest Hits)

$11.98 CD

 Get industrious with Ministry on GREATEST FITS, a thirteen-track compilation of stand-outs from the group's Sire and Warner Bros. years. 

 In reviewing this collection when it was first released in 2001, online magazine popmatters.com called Ministry, “the prodigal sons of smack-infused industrial metal.” That's only part of the story - founded by front man Al Jourgensen, these iconic industrial music giants crushed industrial dance, scorching metal riffs, guitar assaults, synth fire-power, punk-flavored aggro and hard and heavy alt-rock into a signature sonic onslaught all their own. Reaching far beyond industrial's cult core of fans, their music permanently raised the bar on the genre's potential to reach a widespread audience.  

 When their 1995 album Filth Pig was released, Mojo described Ministry's sound as, “sonic roadkill of heavy riffing industrial grooves and big beats.” That album is represented here with their blitzkrieg cover of Dylan's “Lay Lady Lay.” Pulling from other albums including The Land Of Rape And Honey, Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs and The Dark Side Of The Spoon, the collection's supercharged barrage of Ministry's best also features “The Land Of Rape And Honey,” “Jesus Built My Hotrod,” “Stigmata,” “N.W.O.” and a live version of “So What.” Highlights also include the album-opening “What About Us?,” featured in Steven Spielberg's 2001 film Artificial Intelligence 

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