Filth Pig

Studio album by Ministry

Released

January 30, 1996

Recorded

1989 (portions of "The Fall")
1994 in Texas
1995 at Chicago Trax Studios

Genre

Length

54:28

Label

Warner Bros.

Producer

Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan

Ministry chronology

Box
(1993)

Filth Pig
(1996)

Dark Side of the Spoon
(1999)

Singles from Filth Pig

"The Fall"
Released: January 1996
"Lay Lady Lay"
Released: February 1996
"Reload"
Released: July 1996
"Brick Windows"
Released: January 1997

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
NME	7/10^[4]
Robert Christgau	C^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[6]
Spin	6/10^[7]

Filth Pig is the sixth studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1996 on 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 by MP Teddy Taylor.^[8] Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers,^[9]^[10] sharply divided the band's fanbase, and was a commercial failure. This would be the last Ministry album to be recorded with Mike Scaccia on guitar until the 2004 release of Houses of the Molé. He did not tour to support Filth Pig. The album is considered one of Ministry's most underrated works.

"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 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^[11]

The album cover depicts a young man holding an American flag with raw meat dripping on his head and a badge on his chest that reads, "Don't blame me."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Reload"	Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker	2:25
2.	"Filth Pig"	Jourgensen, Barker	6:19
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	5:14
7.	"Game Show"	Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam	7:45
8.	"The Fall"	Jourgensen, Michael Balch	4:54
9.	"Lay Lady Lay"	Bob Dylan	5:44
10.	"Brick Windows"	Jourgensen, Barker	5:23
Total length:			54:28

Personnel

Ministry

Al Jourgensen – vocals (1-4, 6-10), keyboards, mandolin (1), harmonica (2), pedal steel (9), piano (8), production
Paul Barker – bass, vocals (5), programming, production
Rey Washam – drums (4, 6, 7, 9)
Louis Svitek – guitars
Mike Scaccia – guitars
William Rieflin – drums (1-3, 5)

Additional personnel

Esther Nevarez – backing vocals (5)
Stella Katsoudas – backing vocals (5)
Duane Buford – programming (uncredited)
Michael Balch – programming (8, uncredited)
Zlatko Hukic – engineer
Brad Kopplin – engineer
Bill Garcelon – assistant engineer
Jamie Duffy – assistant engineer
Matt Gibson – assistant engineer
Ed Tinley – assistant engineer
Whitney O'Keefe – assistant engineer
Paul Elledge – art & design

Chart positions

Album

Chart (1996)	Peak position
The Billboard 200^[12]	19
Australian Albums Chart^[13]	9
Austrian Albums Chart^[14]	47
Finnish Albums Chart^[15]	17
German Albums Chart^[16]	28
New Zealand Albums Chart^[17]	16
Norwegian Albums Chart^[18]	38
Swedish Albums Chart^[19]	7
Swiss Albums Chart^[20]	50
UK Albums Chart^[21]	43

Singles

Year	Song	US Dance ^[22]	SWE ^[19]	UK ^[21]
1995	"The Fall"	18	46	53
1996	"Lay Lady Lay"	—	—	128

References

↑ Ruggieri, Melissa (February 7, 1996). "Rants, Rage And Regrets: Ministry - Filth Pig". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
↑ Henderson, Alex (June 12, 2013). "Sphinctour - Ministry". Allmusic.
1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Filth Pig - Ministry". Allmusic.
↑ NME (1/27/96, p.43)
↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (1998-02-02). "Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
↑ Spin (2/96, pp.84-85)
↑ Jenkins, Mark (1996-03-22). "Al Jourgensen on Filth Pig, Buck Owens, and cabin fever, Texas-style". sfweekly.com.
↑ "Justify Your Shitty Taste: Ministry's "Filth Pig"". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
↑ O'Hagar, Sammy. "Album of the Day: Ministry's Filth Pig". MetalSucks. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
↑ Jourgensen, Al; Wiederhorn, Jon (2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Da Capo Press. p. 173. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Filth Pig - Ministry". Billboard.
↑ "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
↑ "Austrian chart positions" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
↑ "Finnish chart positions". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
↑ "German chart positions" (in German). musicline.de.
↑ "New Zealand chart positions". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
↑ "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
1 2 "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
↑ "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
1 2 "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel.
↑ "Ministry - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic.

Ministry

Al Jourgensen John Bechdel Sin Quirin Roy Mayorga Jason Christopher 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 Aaron Rossi Tony Campos

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" "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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