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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | December 28th 16 |
It's of common belief that both Filth Pig and Dark Side Of Spoon signify a weak point in Ministry's discography, but one could say that they're seen as such because of critical reception around the time of release, when pundits were upset they weren't Psalm 69 part the second. This album is another heroin-addiction-fueled outing, but rather than blind rage and a murky sound, the album is full of indifference and passiveness. This extends to the music, but certainly not in a bad way, as the songs are wonderfully crafted. They pulled from nearly all of their previous albums sans With Sympathy, but the shining moments are the slower ones. Those songs are usually pretty minimal and repetitive in nature, but what they're repeating sticks in your head and is pretty enjoyable to listen to. All in all it's the second of Ministry's albums to be woefully underrated. How many bands have multiple albums that are woefully underrated?
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| 3.5 great | resident sputbirb with fancy hat | March 21st 24 |
Liking some of the stuff on here, its a very esoteric record with great production, which evokes a delirious and drugged out vibe. Overall though, this is a less exciting listening experience than most of their previous records. Having jammed this 4 times now there is little that really stuck with me besides the vibes. Pretty big downward slant from the career high that was Filth Pig. This album is similar to Rape & Honey in that it just peters out, 10/10 is not a worthy album closer and Dialogue as the actual last track is just annoying and completely skippable. Nursing Home is my fav track on here. Might be my least fav ministry album so far, but I can still appreciate it for its unique atmosphere and experimentation.
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| 4.0 excellent | FoxMcCloud | October 21st 15 |
While not as good as the preceding recordings, this is still a criminally underrated album.
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| 2.0 poor | TheFrankBooth | October 14th 10 |
Other than Bad Blood this album doesn't really stand out.
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| 4.0 excellent | JesusV4 | February 16th 10 |
Another album regarded as a "dud" by Ministry - I'm really not sure why though! Sounds a LOT like Psalm 69, especially when you compare DSS's "Supermanic Soul" to P69's "NWO". Give this album a shot after Psalm 69 and the albums from the 2000s if you still want more! It won't disappoint
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| 2.5 average | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 3.5 great | FunJan | June 21st 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Timmy | January 24th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | biggzhc | October 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yep321 | February 10th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Adol | January 14th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Axier | December 20th 19 |
| 3.0 good | gk1979 | August 12th 19 |
| 3.0 good | xxm | June 24th 19 |
| 2.5 average | zbyna | January 1st 19 |
| 2.0 poor | skronk | March 28th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | bSmith | December 10th 17 |
| 2.5 average | adios | October 8th 17 |
| 2.5 average | AriDoe | August 23rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | Hundt | February 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | February 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Simon K. STAFF | January 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | IrishC | July 28th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Luizzz | June 13th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Lassie | March 26th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Dav85 | February 1st 15 |
| 2.5 average | Abraxas | January 16th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | fuzzbutt | December 29th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Crimea | December 8th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Sebe | October 31st 14 |
| 2.5 average | TurntUp | October 15th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | kudcrap | September 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | wateran | April 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Olik1984 | September 8th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Zeg | August 30th 13 |
| 2.5 average | CK | July 9th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Minus. | December 29th 12 |
| 1.5 very poor | shanks | June 26th 12 |
| 2.5 average | YUJOS | February 18th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Coast | December 23rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | gazanga | November 23rd 11 |
| 3.0 good | 20eyes | November 13th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Trey STAFF | November 9th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | stotty | September 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | rinai | September 6th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Ladakh | July 12th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Curse. | December 9th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Mateus | October 2nd 10 |
| 3.0 good | gambs | September 16th 10 |
| 2.5 average | IAJP | August 19th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Smevin | August 10th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Trez | May 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | FLRTE | March 11th 10 |
| 3.0 good | pride | December 1st 09 |
| 2.5 average | aeuk | November 16th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Mach | May 30th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dizz | January 12th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Henry8 | December 25th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Sconza | December 17th 08 |
| 1.0 awful | tarcus | November 15th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | SBUR | July 21st 08 |
| 1.0 awful | jk2two | September 5th 07 |
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