The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

Studio album by Ministry

Released

November 14, 1989

Recorded

1987–1989 at Chicago Trax Studios

Genre

Industrial metal

Length

50:18

Label

Sire/Warner Bros.

Producer

Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan

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)

Singles from The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

"Burning Inside"
Released: November 7, 1989
"Thieves"
Released: 1990
"So What"
Released: 1990^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Robert Christgau	B+^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste is the fourth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1989 through Sire/Warner Bros. Records. The music took a more hardcore, aggressively guitar-driven direction. As with most of Ministry's work, the album's lyrics deal mainly with political corruption ("Thieves"); cultural violence ("So What"); environmental degradation, and nuclear war ("Breathe"); drug addiction ("Burning Inside"); and insanity ("Cannibal Song").

The album peaked at #163 in the US and was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales in excess of 500,000 units in December 1995.^[5]^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Thieves"	Alain Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Chris Connelly, Kevin Ogilvie	5:02
2.	"Burning Inside"	Jourgensen, Barker, William Rieflin, Connelly	5:20
3.	"Never Believe"	Jourgensen, Barker, Connelly	4:59
4.	"Cannibal Song"	Jourgensen, Barker, Connelly	6:10
5.	"Breathe"	Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, Connelly, Ogilvie	5:40
6.	"So What"	Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, Connelly	8:14
7.	"Test"	Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, K. Lite	6:04
8.	"Faith Collapsing"	Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin	4:01
9.	"Dream Song"	Jourgensen, Barker	4:48

Samples

"Thieves"

"Get up! Get on your feet!" "You will not kill!" "I can't hear you!" - dialogue from R. Lee Ermey's drill instructor character in Full Metal Jacket.

"Burning Inside"

(Intro of warning horn and synthesizer tones) - John Carpenter's The Thing (klaxons) and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (original score).

"Cannibal Song"

"The mind is a labyrinth." is from the film Hellraiser II.

"Breathe"

"Opening musical sequence (first 30 seconds)" - taken from the film Cry Freedom.

"So What"

The dialogue spoken during the song ("You have had all that money can give you", "Kill for a thrill", etc.) is from the judge's summing up at the end of the Ed Wood-scripted film The Violent Years.
"Die!" and the laughter sample are from the film Scarface.

"Faith Collapsing"

Features dialogue samples taken from the films 1984 ("There have been spontaneous demonstrations by party workers, voicing gratitude and joy") and Fahrenheit 451 ("The system will eat itself").

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Peak position
1989	The Billboard 200^[5]	163

Singles

Song	Chart (1990)	Peak position
"Burning Inside"	Hot Modern Rock Tracks	23

Personnel

Ministry

Alien Jourgensen – vocals (1-3, 5, 6), guitars, programming, production
Paul Barker – bass, programming, production

Additional personnel

William Rieflin – drums, programming, background vocals (8)
Mars Williams – saxophone (4)
Chris Connelly – lead vocals (3, 4), background vocals (5, 6)
The Grand Wizard (K. Lite) – vocals (7)
Joe Kelly – background vocals (1)
Kyle McKeough – background vocals (6)
Jeff Ward – background vocals (5)
Dave Ogilvie – background vocals (5, 8), engineer
The Slogan God (Tommie Boyskee) – vocals (7)
Bobbie DiBartollo – background vocals (8)
Angela Lukacen – vocals (9)
Keith Auerbach – engineer
Jeff Newell – engineer
"Dog" – cover design
"Ill" – cover design
Maura – cover design
Tom Young – cover photos
Tom Baker – mastering

References

↑ "Ministry So What (Single)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
↑ van der Pol, Marc. "The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 20, 2010.
↑ Brackett, Nathan. "Ministry". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004, p. 544. Cited March 20, 2010
1 2 "The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste - Ministry". Billboard.
↑ "RIAA certifications". Recording Industry Association of America.

Ministry

Al Jourgensen John Bechdel Sin Quirin Aaron Rossi Tony Campos Cesar Soto Martin Atkins Mark Baker Michael Balch Paul Barker Howie Beno Max Brody Duane Buford Chris Connelly John Davis Stephen George Brad Hallen Zlatko Hukic Shay Jones John Monte Nivek Ogre Casey Orr Paul Raven Bill Rieflin Robert Roberts Mike Scaccia Marty Sorenson Louis Svitek Tommy Victor Rey Washam

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 Relapse From Beer to Eternity

Live albums	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Sphinctour Adios... Puta Madres

Compilations and remixes	Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) Box Tapes of Wrath Greatest Fits Early Trax Side Trax Rantology Rio Grande Dub Ya Cover Up The Last Dubber MiXXXes of the Molé Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology Undercover

Singles	"Cold Life" "I Wanted to Tell Her" "Work for Love" "(Every Day Is) Halloween" "Stigmata" "Burning Inside" "Thieves" "Jesus Built My Hotrod" "N.W.O." "Just One Fix" "The Fall" "Lay Lady Lay" "Reload" "Bad Blood" "No W" "Keys to the City" "Thunderstruck" "99 Percenters" "Double Tap" "PermaWar"

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