The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste

Infobox Album | Name = The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Type = studio
Artist = Ministry


Released = November 14, 1989
Recorded = 1989 at Chicago Trax Studios
Genre = Industrial metal
Length = 50:03
Label = Sire/Warner Bros. Records
26004
Producer = Hypo Luxa
Hermes Pan
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:njevadskv8w1~T1 link]
Last album = "The Land of Rape and Honey"
(1988)
This album = "The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste"
(1989)
Next album = "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up"
(1990) |

"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, guitar-driven direction, deploying 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 widely considered one of the most important releases in the industrial metal 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 December 1995.

Track listing

# "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
# "Burning Inside" (Jourgensen/Barker/William Rieflin/Connelly) – 5:16
# "Never Believe" (Jourgensen/Barker/Connelly) – 4:58
# "Cannibal Song" (Jourgensen/Barker/Connelly) – 6:07
#*Samples
#**"The mind is a labyrinth" - Dr. Channard from
# "Breathe" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/Connelly/Ogilvie) – 5:38
# "So What" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/Connelly) – 8:12
#*Samples
#**The stern monologue is the Judge from The Violent Years
# "Test" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/K. Lite) – 6:02
# "Faith Collapsing" (Jourgensen/Barker/Connelly) – 4:00
# "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"

Charting Positions

Album

Singles

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)