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*[[Industrial metal]]
*[[Industrial metal]]
*[[sludge metal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-02-07/lifestyle/9602060379_1_aimee-mann-songs-melrose-place | title=Rants, Rage And Regrets: Ministry - Filth Pig | work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] | date=February 7, 1996 | accessdate=November 26, 2015 | author=Ruggieri, Melissa}}</ref>
*[[sludge metal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1996-02-07/lifestyle/9602060379_1_aimee-mann-songs-melrose-place | title=Rants, Rage And Regrets: Ministry - Filth Pig | work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] | date=February 7, 1996 | access-date=November 26, 2015 | author=Ruggieri, Melissa}}</ref>
*[[alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580615|pure_url=yes}}|title=Sphinctour - Ministry|last=Henderson|first=Alex|website=[[Allmusic]]|date=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
*[[alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r580615|pure_url=yes}}|title=Sphinctour - Ministry|last=Henderson|first=Alex|website=[[Allmusic]]|date=June 12, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref name="allmusic-review"/>
*[[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref name="allmusic-review"/>
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="allmusic-review">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/filth-pig-mw0000179032|title=Filth Pig - Ministry|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|accessdate=February 25, 2018}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="allmusic-review">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/filth-pig-mw0000179032|title=Filth Pig - Ministry|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[All Media Network]]|access-date=February 25, 2018}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev2 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev2Score = 7/10<ref>''NME'' (1/27/96, p.43)</ref>
| rev2Score = 7/10<ref>''NME'' (1/27/96, p.43)</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev3Score = C<ref name="CG">{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=ministry|title=CG: Ministry|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|accessdate=2012-11-09}}</ref>
| rev3Score = C<ref name="CG">{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=ministry|title=CG: Ministry|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|access-date=2012-11-09}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ministry/albums/album/230090/review/5942626/filth_pig|title=Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews|last=Wiederhorn|first=Jon|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 2, 1998|issue=728|publication-date=February 22, 1996|accessdate=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113154214/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ministry/albums/album/230090/review/5942626/filth_pig|archive-date=2009-01-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ministry/albums/album/230090/review/5942626/filth_pig|title=Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews|last=Wiederhorn|first=Jon|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 2, 1998|issue=728|publication-date=February 22, 1996|access-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113154214/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ministry/albums/album/230090/review/5942626/filth_pig|archive-date=2009-01-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Cross">{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=Ministry|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/544 544-5]}}</ref>
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Cross">{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=Ministry|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/544 544-5]}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev6 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev6Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=February 1996|pages=84–85|department=Spins|last=Norris|first=Chris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=td2yO_T3DPEC&pg=PA84|title=Ministry, ''Filth Pig'', Sire/Warner Bros.|accessdate=June 13, 2018|issue=11|volume=11|issn=0886-3032|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| rev6Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=February 1996|pages=84–85|department=Spins|last=Norris|first=Chris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=td2yO_T3DPEC&pg=PA84|title=Ministry, ''Filth Pig'', Sire/Warner Bros.|access-date=June 13, 2018|issue=11|volume=11|issn=0886-3032|via=Google Books}}</ref>
|rev7= ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev7= ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev7Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|volume=5|date=1998|edition=3rd|chapter=Ministry|pages=3692–3693|isbn=1561592374|publisher=Muse UK Ltd|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|rev7Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|volume=5|date=1998|edition=3rd|chapter=Ministry|pages=3692–3693|isbn=1561592374|publisher=Muse UK Ltd|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
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|rev8Score = favourable<ref name="Cash Box">{{Cite magazine|last=Baltin|first=Steve|date=February 10, 1996|title=Ministry: ''Filth Pig'' (Warner Bros. 45838-2)|url=https://archive.org/stream/cashbox59unse_18#page/8/mode/2up/search/al+jourgensen|department=Pop Reviews|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LIX|issue=22|page=10|issn=0008-7289|access-date=April 10, 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
|rev8Score = favourable<ref name="Cash Box">{{Cite magazine|last=Baltin|first=Steve|date=February 10, 1996|title=Ministry: ''Filth Pig'' (Warner Bros. 45838-2)|url=https://archive.org/stream/cashbox59unse_18#page/8/mode/2up/search/al+jourgensen|department=Pop Reviews|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LIX|issue=22|page=10|issn=0008-7289|access-date=April 10, 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
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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|accessdate=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" 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>


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/ |accessdate=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/ |accessdate=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 |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]]''.


== Background ==
== 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|accessdate=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 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>}}


The 2001 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 |accessdate=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 |accessdate=8 April 2019}}</ref>
The 2001 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}}</ref>


==Packaging==
==Packaging==
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|[[ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart]]<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>
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|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=Filth+Pig&cat=a|title=Austrian chart positions|accessdate=2010-06-05|publisher=austriancharts.at|language=de}}</ref>
|[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|Austrian Albums Chart]]<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>
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|[[Finland's Official List|Finnish Albums Chart]]<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>
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|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand Albums Chart]]<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>
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Revision as of 04:51, 25 January 2021

Filth Pig
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 30, 1996 (1996-01-30)
Recorded1994–95
Genre
Length54:24
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Ministry chronology
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
(1992)
Filth Pig
(1996)
Dark Side of the Spoon
(1999)
Singles from Filth Pig
  1. "The Fall"
    Released: January 1996
  2. "Lay Lady Lay"
    Released: February 1996
  3. "Reload"
    Released: July 1996
  4. "Brick Windows"
    Released: January 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
NME7/10[4]
Christgau's Consumer GuideC[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spin6/10[8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]
Cash Boxfavourable[10]

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" by MP Teddy Taylor for his onstage theatrics.[11]

Despite being the band's highest-charting album in the US, it was negatively received by reviewers,[12][13] sharply divided the band's fanbase, and did not live up to the platinum-selling success of Psalm 69.[14] 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 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.[15] Jourgensen rejected any songs that sounded like their previous work.[16]

"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)[17]

The 2001 live album Sphinctour was generally well received by critics.[18][19]

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Reload"Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker2:26
2."Filth Pig"Jourgensen, Barker6:20
3."Lava"Jourgensen, Barker6:30
4."Crumbs"Jourgensen, Barker, Mike Scaccia, Louis Svitek, Rey Washam4:15
5."Useless"Jourgensen, Barker, William Rieflin, Scaccia5:55
6."Dead Guy"Jourgensen, Barker, Washam5:15
7."Game Show"Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam7:46
8."The Fall"Jourgensen, Michael Balch4:55
9."Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan cover)Bob Dylan5:44
10."Brick Windows"Jourgensen, Barker5:23
Total length:54:24

Personnel

Ministry

Additional personnel

  • Rey Washamdrums
  • Louis Svitek – guitars
  • Mike Scaccia – guitars
  • William Rieflin – drums
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Ruggieri, Melissa (February 7, 1996). "Rants, Rage And Regrets: Ministry - Filth Pig". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Henderson, Alex (June 12, 2013). "Sphinctour - Ministry". Allmusic.
  3. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Filth Pig - Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ NME (1/27/96, p.43)
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Ministry". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  6. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (February 2, 1998). "Ministry: Filth Pig : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. No. 728 (published February 22, 1996). Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  7. ^ 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.
  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.
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Filth Pig at Discogs (list of releases)