Filth Pig | ||||
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Released | January 30, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1994–95 | |||
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Length | 54:24 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
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Singles from Filth Pig | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cash Box | favourable [3] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | C [4] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10 [5] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 7/10 [7] |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin | 6/10 [10] |
Wall of Sound | 79/100 [11] |
Filth Pig is the sixth studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on January 30, 1996, by 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" for his onstage theatrics by MP Teddy Taylor. [12]
Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers, [13] [14] sharply divided the band's fanbase, and did not live up to the platinum-selling success of Psalm 69. [15] Despite poor sales, the album entered several charts, peaking at the highest positions Ministry has ever achieved. This would be the last Ministry album with Mike Scaccia on guitar until 2004's Houses of the Molé.
Filth Pig marked a major shift artistically for the band from their previous album. Jourgensen said everyone around him wanted him to continue making music similar to Psalm 69. However, he wanted to move away from using samples and focus on a slower, heavier sound. [16] Jourgensen rejected any songs that sounded like their previous work. [17]
"Everyone hated [Filth Pig]. They all wanted Psalm 70, and I gave them an electronic-free record full of gun-in-mouth dirges of nothing but pain. Aside from the cover art, the humour was gone. All that was left was misery. And I still had to tour the fucking thing - which went down in history as the interminable, intolerable, absolutely depraved Sphinctour."
— Al Jourgensen (2013) [18]
The 2002 live album Sphinctour was generally well received by critics. [19] [20]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Reload" | Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker | 2:26 |
2. | "Filth Pig" | Jourgensen, Barker | 6:20 |
3. | "Lava" | Jourgensen, 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 | 5:15 |
7. | "Game Show" | Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam | 7:46 |
8. | " The Fall" | Jourgensen, Michael Balch | 4:55 |
9. | " Lay Lady Lay" ( Bob Dylan cover) | Bob Dylan | 5:44 |
10. | "Brick Windows" | Jourgensen, Barker | 5:23 |
Total length: | 54:24 |
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Filth Pig | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 30, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1994–95 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 54:24 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | ||||
Ministry chronology | ||||
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Singles from Filth Pig | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cash Box | favourable [3] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | C [4] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10 [5] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | 7/10 [7] |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin | 6/10 [10] |
Wall of Sound | 79/100 [11] |
Filth Pig is the sixth studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on January 30, 1996, by 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" for his onstage theatrics by MP Teddy Taylor. [12]
Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers, [13] [14] sharply divided the band's fanbase, and did not live up to the platinum-selling success of Psalm 69. [15] Despite poor sales, the album entered several charts, peaking at the highest positions Ministry has ever achieved. This would be the last Ministry album with Mike Scaccia on guitar until 2004's Houses of the Molé.
Filth Pig marked a major shift artistically for the band from their previous album. Jourgensen said everyone around him wanted him to continue making music similar to Psalm 69. However, he wanted to move away from using samples and focus on a slower, heavier sound. [16] Jourgensen rejected any songs that sounded like their previous work. [17]
"Everyone hated [Filth Pig]. They all wanted Psalm 70, and I gave them an electronic-free record full of gun-in-mouth dirges of nothing but pain. Aside from the cover art, the humour was gone. All that was left was misery. And I still had to tour the fucking thing - which went down in history as the interminable, intolerable, absolutely depraved Sphinctour."
— Al Jourgensen (2013) [18]
The 2002 live album Sphinctour was generally well received by critics. [19] [20]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Reload" | Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker | 2:26 |
2. | "Filth Pig" | Jourgensen, Barker | 6:20 |
3. | "Lava" | Jourgensen, 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 | 5:15 |
7. | "Game Show" | Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam | 7:46 |
8. | " The Fall" | Jourgensen, Michael Balch | 4:55 |
9. | " Lay Lady Lay" ( Bob Dylan cover) | Bob Dylan | 5:44 |
10. | "Brick Windows" | Jourgensen, Barker | 5:23 |
Total length: | 54:24 |
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