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Ministry: Alain Jourgensen (vocals, guitars, programming); Paul Barker (bass, programming).
Engineers: Keith Auerbach, David Ogilvie, Jeff Newell.
In what many consider to be Ministry's peak, the band creates another wonderful album to follow The Land of Rape and Honey. Fusing thrash guitars with excellent synth and percussion work, Ministry lay the foundation for even more followers of the band's music. But what makes the album even more commendable is the unique flair and the avoidance of cliché elements that have brought down the guitar-heavy industrial-rock genre. Purists might argue that Ministry have given up these roots; but it's plain to see that the roots remain, and are only revamped by the necessary progression of a band that has been around for so many years. The sound is Ministry's, most definitely. ~ Marc van der Pol
For its second major-label album (following THE LAND OF RAPE AND HONEY), Ministry combined elements of industrial, punk rock, heavy metal, and hard-beat techno. In doing so, the band forged the mold copied by countless other American bands--from Nine Inch Nails to Marilyn Manson.
MIND opens with the one-two punch of "Thieves" and "Burning Inside." The first features a whip-fast chorus, punctuated by samples of the drill-like sound of an automatically rewinding camera, that sets off the obsessive anger of the verses. In the second, vocalist Al Jourgensen's slightly phased vocals cut across razor-sharp bursts of guitar and a massive drum sound. Both songs are fast, aggressive, and quite brilliant. "Cannibal Song" and "So What" sound like super-heavy outtakes from Public Image Limited's METAL BOX / SECOND EDITION. "Test" almost falls into the trap of white boys playing at rap but is saved by its crunching, hypnotic guitar line and screeching feedback. The record's masterstroke is "Breathe." The pummeling, double-tracked percussion leads Jourgensen's commanding vocal delivery as the song spirals on and on, the fade-out suggesting that the song could have gone on forever. If only Ministry's children sounded as good as this. An American classic.Q (12/92, p.149) - 3 Stars - Good - "..intense and challenging dance music.." Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste Music Ministry Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste Songs Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews About as "Alternative" as music gets.
Very different and catchy. Pick it up now! From saxaphones to heavy guitars to bulgarian choirs, this album has it all.
Submitted by Mark (Joliet, IL)
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 One of the best albums EVER, by ANYONE!
This album is so influential to me. I discovered it seven years after it came out, and it did not sound very dated at all. This is so different and better than a lot of the mainstream garbage out there. The soul and power of simple "great music" radiates through this album with an explosive charge! It is unlike any thing I have ever heard, and way better than anything Ministry made before or after (although they have other good stuff too). Al and company sat down with their minds wide open and made this masterpiece that is everything rock (if you want to call this one rock) should be. Many one letter words describe this disc: frightening, deep, cheap, amazing, fantastic, perfect, strange, minimal, maximal. It is one album to play from start to end. The vocals are the most diverse I think they have ever released, with dark topics and guest vocalists here and there. The album ends on a truly hypnotic state with "Dream Song", and other great tunes include: "Burning Inside", "Never Believe", "Cannibal Song", and "Test". Pick it up, you will not be disappointed. I really love that demonic picture of Al on the back, the stuff nightmares are made of.
Submitted by Jeff (Davenport, IA)
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What a Beautiful Noise
When i first listened to a ministry´s song, i said, this is the band...i was much into NIN and similars, but finally found the origyn of what makes me really happy in sound issues.....love it, that`s rock, that`s a band for men, real men, not for those ones who look music to look good or be cool.....men, take this album.
Submitted by danyperalta (Guadalajara, Mexico)
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This is the third review of Ministry's that I have read that contains an entry from Grey from Sherbrooke...and in the three that I've read, he refers to this disc as The Mind is a WONDERFUL Thing to Taste when, as we all know, it's called "The Mind is a TERRIBLE Thing to Taste". Though the reviews are good and thorough (albeit a bit lengthy) I would think he could get this obvious detail correct.
Submitted by darin (houston, mn)
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THE BEST MINISTRY ALBUM!!!!
This album is the greatest from Ministry! When I first got this album I wasnt much into it, but after a few more times of listening to the album it began to grow on me, now I love the album to death! Its so original and so fresh, they're no other band that is quite like them. The best songs on the album are "Theives" and "Burning Inside", there is even a rap rock song done RIGHT on the album called "Test". I highly recommend this album to any rock or industrial fan.
Submitted by Clayton (Bowie, TX, USA)
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