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| Released = {{Start date|1999|6|8}}
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| Recorded = 1998–1999
| Recorded = 1998–1999
| Genre = [[Industrial metal]]
| Genre = [[Industrial metal]], [[alternative metal]]<ref>http://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-1101</ref>
| Length = 44:50 </small>(without hidden tracks) 57:08 </small>(with hidden tracks)
| Length = 44:50 </small>(without hidden tracks) 57:08 </small>(with hidden tracks)
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[3]
NME6/10[4]
Q[5]
Rolling Stone[6]

Dark Side of the Spoon is the seventh studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1999 through Warner Bros. Records, their final album for the label. "Bad Blood" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2000.[7]

Background

Dark Side of the Spoon features less aggressive songs than Ministry's previous albums, and frontman Al Jourgensen had intended it to be the case. He wanted to branch out from the "drug-infused" records of The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste and Psalm 69 to a more "unfamiliar territory." As such, Jourgensen ranks Dark Side of the Spoon as his favourite '90s Ministry album.[8]

In his autobiography, Jourgensen confirmed that the title has two meanings: one of which is a play on words referencing Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and the other is the blackened (or dark side) of a spoon heated to dissolve heroin, as several members of the band suffered from long-term addiction to said substance at the time.

The album's cover, which features a nude, obese woman sitting in front of a black board with "I will be god" written repeatedly on it, gained controversy and was banned from Kmart. The woman and the words on the blackboard were later airbrushed out.[9]

The saxophone part of the song "10/10" is taken from the last 22 seconds of "Group Dancers" on the Charles Mingus album The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. "Whip and Chain" and "Bad Blood" feature vocals from Ty Coon, Al Jourgensen's girlfriend at the time.[10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Supermanic Soul"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam, Hukic3:13
2."Whip and Chain"Jourgensen, Barker, Coon, Svitek4:23
3."Bad Blood"Jourgensen, Barker, Coon, Washam4:59
4."Eureka Pile"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam6:22
5."Step"Jourgensen, Barker, Washam4:06
6."Nursing Home"Jourgensen, Barker, Washam7:02
7."Kaif"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam5:25
8."Vex & Siolence"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam, Hukic5:24
9."10/10"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam3:53
68."Everybody (Summertime)" (hidden track) 1:55

Hidden tracks

After the end of track 9, tracks of silence begin. There are 58 silent tracks on the album, totaling 10:26

No.TitleLength
10."Track 10"2:00
11."Track 11"3:00
12."Track 12"1:10
13."Track 13"0:13
14."Track 14"0:23

Tracks 15 - 67 are all approximately 4 seconds in length.

"Everybody" is track 68 (track 69 on the Japanese edition). Houses of the Molé, another Ministry album, features a hidden track called "Walrus" which is also track 69. According to BMI, track 68 is called "Summertime". Allmusic and the official website of the band refers to this track as "Everybody". ITunes lists this track as "Dialouge".

Personnel

Ministry

Additional personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1999) Peak
position
The Billboard 200[11] 92
German Albums Chart[12] 57
Swedish Albums Chart[13] 51
UK Albums Chart[14] 85

References

  1. ^ http://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-nme-1101
  2. ^ Huey, Steve. "Dark Side of the Spoon - Ministry". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (1999-06-11). "Dark Side of the Spoon Review". Entertainment Weekly. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Album Review - Dark Side Of The Spoon". NME. May 11, 1999. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ Elliott, Paul. "Review: Ministry - Dark Side Of The Spoon". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd: 120, 121.
  6. ^ Chonin, Neva (1999-06-24). "Ministry: Dark Side Of The Spoon : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Ministry Mainman Comments On Fifth Grammy Nomination". Blabbermouth.net. 2008-12-04. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
  8. ^ Acharya, Kiran. "Revolting Lots: Al Jourgensen's Favourite Ministry Albums". The Quietus. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Ministry's Dark Side Of The Spoon (1999) was banned by Kmart due to its cover". MTV. 2007-10-26. Archived from the original on 2012-01-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Ahmad, Afra. "Ministry FAQ". Prongs.org. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  11. ^ "The Dark Side of the Spoon - Ministry". Billboard. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "German chart positions" (in German). musicline.de.
  13. ^ "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com.
  14. ^ "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel.
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