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Filth Pig
Filth Pig
Studio album by Ministry
Released	January 30, 1996
Recorded	1994–1995
Genre	Industrial metal; sludge metal;
Length	54:24
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Hypo Luxa; Hermes Pan;
Ministry chronology
Singles from Filth Pig
	"The Fall"; Released: December 1995; "Lay Lady Lay"; Released: February 1996; "Reload"; Released: July 1996; "Brick Windows"; Released: January 1997;

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Cash Box	favourable^[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	C^[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]
NME	7/10^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[9]
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.

Background

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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Personnel

Ministry

Al Jourgensen – vocals, keyboards, mandolin, harmonica, pedal steel, piano, production
Paul Barker – bass, vocals (5), programming, production

Additional personnel

Esther Nevarez, Stella Katsoudas – backing vocals (5)
Louis Svitek, Mike Scaccia – guitars
William Rieflin, Rey Washam – drums
Duane Buford – programming (uncredited)
Michael Balch – programming (8, uncredited)

Technicial personnel

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
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[21]	9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[22]	47
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[23]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[24]	28
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[25]	16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[26]	38
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[27]	63
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan0^[28]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[29]	50
UK Albums (OCC)^[30]	43
US Billboard 200^[31]	19

Singles

Year	Song	US Dance ^[32]	SWE ^[28]	UK ^[30]
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. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Filth Pig - Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ Baltin, Steve (February 10, 1996). "Ministry: Filth Pig (Warner Bros. 45838-2)". Pop Reviews. Cash Box. Vol. LIX, no. 22. p. 10. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved April 10, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Ministry". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 3692–3693. ISBN 1561592374 – via Internet Archive.
^ NME (1/27/96, p.43)
^ Wiederhorn, Jon (February 2, 1998). "Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. No. 728 (published February 22, 1996). Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Ministry". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 544-5. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ Norris, Chris (February 1996). "Ministry, Filth Pig, Sire/Warner Bros". Spins. Spin. Vol. 11, no. 11. pp. 84–85. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved June 13, 2018 – via Google Books.
^ Graff, Gary. "Wall of Sound Review: Filth Pig". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on April 15, 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
^ Jenkins, Mark (May 22, 1996). "The Bloody Pulpit". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
^ Andrew (January 19, 2011). "Justify Your Shitty Taste: Ministry's 'Filth Pig'". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
^ O'Hagar, Sammy (May 30, 2014). "Album of the Day: Ministry's Filth Pig". MetalSucks. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
^ "The Piss Army :: View topic - I come bearing a gift: Ministry's official soundscan numbers". September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
^ Jourgensen, Al; Wiederhorn, Jon (2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen. Da Capo Press. p. 164–165. ISBN 978-0-30682-218-6.
^ "The Bloody Pulpit". SF Weekly. May 22, 1996. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ Jourgensen, Al; Wiederhorn, Jon (2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Da Capo Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780306822186.
^ Kaluza, David. "Ministry - Sphinctour (CD)". Metal Temple. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ Reed, Mark. "Ministry - Sphinctour". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ "Austrian chart positions" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ "Finnish chart positions". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "New Zealand chart positions". charts.nz. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved June 5, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel.
^ "Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Ministry Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

External links

Filth Pig at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Ruggieri, Melissa (February 7, 1996). "Rants, Rage And Regrets: Ministry - Filth Pig". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 26, 2015.

[allmusic-review-2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Filth Pig - Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[Cash_Box-3] Baltin, Steve (February 10, 1996). "Ministry: Filth Pig (Warner Bros. 45838-2)". Pop Reviews. Cash Box. Vol. LIX, no. 22. p. 10. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved April 10, 2018 – via Internet Archive.

[CG-4] Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved November 9, 2012.

[5] Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.

[Larkin-6] Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Ministry". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 3692–3693. ISBN 1561592374 – via Internet Archive.

[7] NME (1/27/96, p.43)

[8] Wiederhorn, Jon (February 2, 1998). "Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. No. 728 (published February 22, 1996). Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2018.

[Cross-9] Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Ministry". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 544-5. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[10] Norris, Chris (February 1996). "Ministry, Filth Pig, Sire/Warner Bros". Spins. Spin. Vol. 11, no. 11. pp. 84–85. ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved June 13, 2018 – via Google Books.

[11] Graff, Gary. "Wall of Sound Review: Filth Pig". Wall of Sound. Archived from the original on April 15, 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2023.

[12] Jenkins, Mark (May 22, 1996). "The Bloody Pulpit". SF Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2018.

[13] Andrew (January 19, 2011). "Justify Your Shitty Taste: Ministry's 'Filth Pig'". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved October 31, 2016.

[14] O'Hagar, Sammy (May 30, 2014). "Album of the Day: Ministry's Filth Pig". MetalSucks. Retrieved October 31, 2016.

[15] "The Piss Army :: View topic - I come bearing a gift: Ministry's official soundscan numbers". September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

[16] Jourgensen, Al; Wiederhorn, Jon (2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen. Da Capo Press. p. 164–165. ISBN 978-0-30682-218-6.

[17] "The Bloody Pulpit". SF Weekly. May 22, 1996. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

[18] Jourgensen, Al; Wiederhorn, Jon (2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Da Capo Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780306822186.

[19] Kaluza, David. "Ministry - Sphinctour (CD)". Metal Temple. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[20] Reed, Mark. "Ministry - Sphinctour". Drowned In Sound. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[21] "Australian chart positions". australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.

[22] "Austrian chart positions" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved June 5, 2010.

[23] "Finnish chart positions". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.

[24] "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[25] "New Zealand chart positions". charts.nz. Retrieved June 5, 2010.

[26] "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.

[ac_Scotland_-27] "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[swe-28] "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved June 5, 2010.

[29] "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved June 5, 2010.

[uk-30] "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel.

[31] "Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[32] "Ministry Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

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-'''''Filth Pig''''' is the sixth [[studio album]] by American [[industrial metal]] band [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], released on January 30, 1996, by [[Warner Bros. Records]]. The title was allegedly derived from a statement made in the British [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]], in which the band's leader [[Al Jourgensen]] was described as a "filthy pig" by MP [[Teddy Taylor]] for his onstage theatrics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=May 22, 1996|access-date=June 13, 2018|title=The Bloody Pulpit|work=[[SF Weekly]]|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/music/the-bloody-pulpit/ }}</ref>
+'''''Filth Pig''''' is the sixth [[studio album]] by American [[industrial metal]] band [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], released on January 30, 1996, by [[Warner Bros. Records]]. The title was allegedly derived from a statement made in the British [[Palace of Westminster|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]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=May 22, 1996|access-date=June 13, 2018|title=The Bloody Pulpit|work=[[SF Weekly]]|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/music/the-bloody-pulpit/ }}</ref>
-Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers,<ref>{{cite web |author=Andrew |title=Justify Your Shitty Taste: Ministry's 'Filth Pig' |website=Decibel Magazine |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/01/19/justify-your-shitty-taste-ministry-s-filth-pig/ |access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Hagar |first=Sammy |title=Album of the Day: Ministry's Filth Pig |website=MetalSucks |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/05/30/album-day-ministrys-filth-pig/ |access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> sharply divided the band's fanbase, and did not live up to the platinum-selling success of ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs|Psalm 69]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pissarmy.com/viewtopic.php?p=196456|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030550/http://pissarmy.com/viewtopic.php?p=196456|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-28|title=The Piss Army :: View topic - I come bearing a gift: Ministry's official soundscan numbers|date=2007-09-28|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> 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]]''.
+Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers,<ref>{{cite web |author=Andrew |title=Justify Your Shitty Taste: Ministry's 'Filth Pig' |website=Decibel Magazine |date=January 19, 2011 |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/01/19/justify-your-shitty-taste-ministry-s-filth-pig/ |access-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Hagar |first=Sammy |title=Album of the Day: Ministry's Filth Pig |website=MetalSucks |date=May 30, 2014 |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2014/05/30/album-day-ministrys-filth-pig/ |access-date=October 31, 2016}}</ref> sharply divided the band's fanbase, and did not live up to the platinum-selling success of ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs|Psalm 69]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pissarmy.com/viewtopic.php?p=196456|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928030550/http://pissarmy.com/viewtopic.php?p=196456|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 28, 2007|title=The Piss Army :: View topic - I come bearing a gift: Ministry's official soundscan numbers|date=September 28, 2007|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> 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]]''.
 == Background ==
-Filth Pig marked a major shift artistically for the band from the [[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs|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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen|last1=Jourgensen|first1=Al|last2=Wiederhorn|first2=Jon|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-30682-218-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/164 164–165]|url=https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/164}}</ref>  Jourgensen rejected any songs that sounded like their previous work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfweekly.com/music/the-bloody-pulpit/|title=The Bloody Pulpit|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[SF Weekly]]|date=May 22, 1996|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>  {{quotation|"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)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jourgensen |first1=Al |last2=Wiederhorn |first2=Jon |year=2013 |title=Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen |url=https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour |url-access=registration |publisher=Da Capo Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/173 173]}}</ref>}}
+''Filth Pig'' marked a major shift artistically for the band from their [[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs|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.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen|last1=Jourgensen|first1=Al|last2=Wiederhorn|first2=Jon|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0-30682-218-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/164 164–165]|url=https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/164}}</ref>  Jourgensen rejected any songs that sounded like their previous work.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfweekly.com/music/the-bloody-pulpit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613160523/https://www.sfweekly.com/music/the-bloody-pulpit/ |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |title=The Bloody Pulpit|author=<!-- Staff -->|work=[[SF Weekly]]|date=May 22, 1996|access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>  {{quotation|"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)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jourgensen |first1=Al |last2=Wiederhorn |first2=Jon |year=2013 |title=Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen |url=https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour |url-access=registration |publisher=Da Capo Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/ministrylostgosp00jour/page/173 173]|isbn=9780306822186 }}</ref>}}
-The 2002 live album ''[[Sphinctour]]'' was generally well received by critics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaluza |first1=David |title=Ministry - Sphinctour (CD) |url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/m_2/ministry_-_sphinctour_2.htm |website=Metal Temple |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Mark |title=Ministry - Sphinctour |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2893/reviews/3534- |website=Drowned In Sound |access-date=8 April 2019 |archive-date=8 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408070201/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2893/reviews/3534- |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+The 2002 live album ''[[Sphinctour]]'' was generally well received by critics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaluza |first1=David |title=Ministry - Sphinctour (CD) |url=http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/m_2/ministry_-_sphinctour_2.htm |website=Metal Temple |access-date=April 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Mark |title=Ministry - Sphinctour |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2893/reviews/3534- |website=Drowned In Sound |access-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408070201/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2893/reviews/3534- |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-==Packaging==
-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==
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 ===Ministry===
-* [[Al Jourgensen]] – [[Singing|vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[mandolin]], [[harmonica]], [[Pedal steel guitar|pedal steel]], [[piano]], [[Record producer|production]]
+* [[Al Jourgensen]] – vocals, keyboards, mandolin, harmonica, pedal steel, piano, production
-* [[Paul Barker]] – [[Bass guitar|bass]], vocals (5), programming, production
+* [[Paul Barker]] – bass, vocals (5), programming, production
 ===Additional personnel===
-* [[Rey Washam]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
+* Esther Nevarez, [[Stella Katsoudas]] – backing vocals (5)
-* [[Louis Svitek]] – guitars
+* [[Louis Svitek]], [[Mike Scaccia]] – guitars
-* [[Mike Scaccia]] – guitars
+* [[William Rieflin]], [[Rey Washam]] – drums
-* [[William Rieflin]] – drums
-* Esther Nevarez – backing vocals (5)
-* [[Stella Katsoudas]] – backing vocals (5)
 * Duane Buford – programming (uncredited)
 * Michael Balch – programming (8, uncredited)
+===Technicial personnel===
 * [[Marz (rapper)|Zlatko Hukic]] – engineer
 * Brad Kopplin – engineer
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-!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Australian chart positions|access-date=2010-06-05|publisher=australian-charts.com}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Australian chart positions|access-date=June 5, 2010|publisher=australian-charts.com}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|Austrian Albums ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Ö3 Austria]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Austrian chart positions|access-date=2010-06-05|publisher=austriancharts.at|language=de}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|Austrian Albums ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Ö3 Austria]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Austrian chart positions|access-date=June 5, 2010|publisher=austriancharts.at|language=de}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Finnish chart positions|publisher=finnishcharts.com|access-date=2010-06-05}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Finnish chart positions|publisher=finnishcharts.com|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums ([[Official New Zealand Music Chart|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=New Zealand chart positions|publisher=charts.nz|access-date=2010-06-05}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums ([[Official New Zealand Music Chart|RMNZ]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=New Zealand chart positions|publisher=charts.nz|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|Norwegian Albums ([[VG-lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Norwegian chart positions|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=2010-06-05}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|Norwegian Albums ([[VG-lista]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Norwegian chart positions|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref>
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-{{album chart|Scotland|63|date=19960204|rowheader=true|access-date=2021-10-31}}
+{{album chart|Scotland|63|date=19960204|rowheader=true|access-date=October 31, 2021}}
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-!scope="row"|Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]]0<ref name="swe">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ministry|title=Swedish chart positions|publisher=swedishcharts.com|access-date=2010-06-05}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]]0<ref name="swe">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ministry|title=Swedish chart positions|publisher=swedishcharts.com|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|Swiss Albums ([[Swiss Hitparade|Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Swiss chart positions|publisher=hitparade.ch|access-date=2010-06-05}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|Swiss Albums ([[Swiss Hitparade|Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Swiss chart positions|publisher=hitparade.ch|access-date=June 5, 2010}}</ref>
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-!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ministry/chart-history/tlp/|title=Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=2021-10-31}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ministry/chart-history/tlp/|title=Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
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 [[Category:Warner Records albums]]
 [[Category:Sludge metal albums]]
+[[Category:Heavy metal albums by American artists]]

v t e Ministry
Al Jourgensen John Bechdel Cesar Soto Paul D'Amour Roy Mayorga Monte Pittman Martin Atkins Paul Barker Max Brody Tony Campos Jason Christopher Chris Connelly Stephen George Zlatko Hukic John Monte Nivek Ogre Casey Orr Paul Raven Bill Rieflin Aaron Rossi Mike Scaccia Louis Svitek DJ Swamp Tommy Victor Rey Washam Derek Abrams Sin Quirin London May
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 AmeriKKKant Moral Hygiene Hopiumforthemasses
Live albums	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Sphinctour Adios... Puta Madres Toronto 1986
Compilations and remixes	Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) 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	"I'm Falling/Cold Life" "I Wanted to Tell Her" "(Every Day Is) Halloween" "Over the Shoulder" "Stigmata" "Burning Inside" "Jesus Built My Hotrod" "N.W.O." "Just One Fix" "The Fall" "Lay Lady Lay" "Bad Blood" "No W" "Keys to the City" "Thunderstruck" "99 Percenters" "Double Tap" "PermaWar"
Other songs	"Thieves" "LiesLiesLies"
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