Greatest Fits
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Greatest Fits is a greatest hits album by the industrial band Ministry
. The album was released on June 19, 2001, on Warner Bros. Records
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Ministry (band)
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...
. The album was released on June 19, 2001, on Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
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Track listing
- "What About Us?" (Al JourgensenAl JourgensenAlain David Jourgensen , is a Cuban-American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the industrial metal band Ministry. He is sometimes credited as Alain Jourgensen, Alien Jourgensen, Hypo Luxa , Dog, Alien Dog Star and Buck Satan...
/Paul BarkerPaul BarkerPaul Barker , also referred to as Hermes Pan, is the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer with the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2004...
/Max Brody/Ty Coon) – 5:52 - "StigmataStigmata (song)"Stigmata" is a song by industrial metal band Ministry, released as a single from their 1988 album The Land of Rape and Honey. The song was an underground hit...
" (Jourgensen) – 5:44 - "The Land of Rape and Honey" (Jourgensen/Barker) – 5:11
- "Thieves" (Jourgensen/Barker/Kevin OgilvieNivek OgreNivek Ogre is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin and was produced by another Ogilvie Nivek Ogre (born Kevin Graham Ogilvie December 5, 1962) is a Canadian musician,...
/Chris ConnellyChris ConnellyChris Connelly is a Scottish musician who became famous for his industrial music work of the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly his involvement with the Revolting Cocks and Ministry. He has since established himself as a talented alternative singer-songwriter...
) – 5:01 - "So What (Live)" (Jourgensen/Barker/Bill Rieflin/Connelly) – 10:33
- "N.W.O.N.W.O.-Ministry:*Al Jourgensen - vocals , guitar , programming, production*Paul Barker - bass guitar , programming, production-Additional Personnel:*Bill Rieflin - drums *Mike Scaccia - guitar *Howie Beno - programming, editing...
" (Jourgensen/Barker) – 5:30 - "Just One FixJust One Fix-Ministry:*Al Jourgensen – vocals , guitar, programming, production*Paul Barker – bass guitar, programming, production-Additional Personnel:*Bill Rieflin – drums*Mike Scaccia – guitar*Michael Balch – programming*William S...
" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/Michael Balch) – 5:11 - "Jesus Built My HotrodJesus Built My Hotrod"Jesus Built My Hotrod" is a 1991 single by Ministry and was the band's most popular song up to that point. The track features a driving beat and speed metal guitar work backing Butthole Surfers' singer Gibby Haynes gonzo vocal stylings....
" (Jourgensen/Barker/Rieflin/Balch/Gibby HaynesGibby HaynesGibson Jerome "Gibby" Haynes is an American musician, radio personality, and painter, and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers.-Early life and career:...
) – 4:51 - "ReloadReload (song)"Reload" is a song from American industrial metal band Ministry. The song was the third single from the band's 1996 album Filth Pig. The single was unsuccessful and failed to reach a position on any chart. There was a video released for the song....
(12" Version)" (Jourgensen/Barker) – 3:37 - "Lay, Lady, Lay" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) – 5:44 - "Supermanic Soul" (Jourgensen/Barker/Louis SvitekLouis SvitekLouis Svitek is a musician and former guitarist for a number of bands including M.O.D., Ministry, Pigface, Mind Funk, The Hollow steps and Project .44...
/Hukic/Ray Washam) – 3:13 - "Bad Blood" (Jourgensen/Barker/Washam/Coon) – 5:00
- "Supernaut" (Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward) – 7:09
Personnel
- Al JourgensenAl JourgensenAlain David Jourgensen , is a Cuban-American musician best known as the founder and frontman of the industrial metal band Ministry. He is sometimes credited as Alain Jourgensen, Alien Jourgensen, Hypo Luxa , Dog, Alien Dog Star and Buck Satan...
– guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9-13), vocals (1-7, 9-13), slide guitarSlide guitarSlide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
(1, 8, 10, 12), programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
(1-4, 6, 8-10, 12, 13), lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
s (8), mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
(9), organ (10), productionRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, engineer (2, 3) - Paul BarkerPaul BarkerPaul Barker , also referred to as Hermes Pan, is the former bass guitarist, producer and engineer with the industrial metal band Ministry from 1986 to 2004...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(1, 2, 4-13), programming (1-4, 6-13), production, engineer (2, 3) - Max BrodyMax BrodyMax Brody , is an American musician based outside of Austin, TX, best known as the one-time percussionist/saxophonist for the hard rock band Ministry.- Biography :...
– drums (1), programming (1) - Ty Coon – vocals (1, 12)
- Bryan Rickerson - engineer (1)
- Dylan Ely - engineer (1, 13)
- Tom Arnold - engineer (1)
- William RieflinWilliam RieflinWilliam "Bill" Rieflin is an American musician.In the past, Reiflin has worked with many notable groups in the industrial rock, experimental metal and related genres, including Ministry, the Revolting Cocks, Lard, KMFDM, Pigface, Swans, Chris Connelly, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M., and many others...
– drums (2, 6-9), backing vocals (2) - Keith Auerbach - engineer (3)
- David OgilvieDave OgilvieDave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy , Doughboys, The Birthday Massacre , Marilyn Manson, Jakalope , Killing Joke, Queensrÿche, Alexz Johnson, Fake Shark...
- engineer (4) - Jeff Newell - engineer (4, 6-8)
- Mike ScacciaMike ScacciaMichael "Mike" Scaccia is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist for the metal bands Ministry, Rigor Mortis, and The Revolting Cocks.- Professional life :...
– guitar (5, 7-10), lead guitar (13) - Louis SvitekLouis SvitekLouis Svitek is a musician and former guitarist for a number of bands including M.O.D., Ministry, Pigface, Mind Funk, The Hollow steps and Project .44...
– guitar (5, 10) - Rey WashamRey WashamRey Washam is a drummer who has been performing for more than 20 years. He has collaborated with many bands, the most notable of which include: Scratch Acid, Rapeman, Ministry, the Big Boys, Helios Creed, the Didjits, Lard, and Tad and Butthole Surfers offshoot Daddy Longhead...
– drums (5, 10-12) - Duane Buford – keyboards (5)
- Paul Manno - engineer (6, 7, 10)
- Michael Balch – programming (7, 8)
- Gibby HaynesGibby HaynesGibson Jerome "Gibby" Haynes is an American musician, radio personality, and painter, and the lead singer of the group Butthole Surfers.-Early life and career:...
– vocals (8) - Zlatko Hukic - engineer (9)
- Brad Kopplin - engineer (10)
- Jason Bacher - engineer (11, 12)
- Jeff Dehaven - engineer (11, 12)
- Bryan Kenny - engineer (11-13)
- Jeff WardJeff Ward (musician)Jeff Ward was a drummer for various rock bands including Hammeron, Nine Inch Nails, Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Lard, and Low Pop Suicide....
– drums (13) - Tom Baker - mastering
- Paul Elledge - art direction, photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Brian Shanley - photography
- Robert Hakalski - photography