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• The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, released in November 1989 on Sire/Warner Bros., represents a critical turning point in Ministrys evolution toward industrial metal. Recorded over 19881989 at Chicago Trax Studios, the album expands upon the abrasive textures of their prior work by injecting aggressive guitar riffs, mechanized percussion, and dystopian sampling. Al Jourgensens confrontational vocals and Paul Barkers layered programming coalesce across tracks that confront corruption, violence, addiction, and psychological collapse. The result is a darker, more uncompromising sound that bridges dance-floor machinery and metal heft.

  Though not their highest-selling album, The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste went gold in the U.S., and subsequent retrospectives often cite it as a definitive moment in Ministrys catalog. Tracks like Thieves, Burning Inside, and So What still loom large in industrial canon, and its structural pacingalternating assault with atmosphereremains a template for later works. For collectors and new listeners alike, its viewed as both a bold consolidation of Ministrys earlier impulses and a platform for their most influential phase to follow.

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  “Fusing thrash guitars with excellent synth and percussion work, Ministry lay the foundation for even more followers of the band’s music.” AllMusic

  While not their best-selling album it went gold and cemented Ministry as a force to be reckoned with for twenty more years. Sputnikmusic

  A beacon that attracted hundreds of other industrial bands to its bright light. It is truly incredible what Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker and their many friends have done here. Metal Storm

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  AllMusic rating: AllMusic users: (815 votes) Read the AllMusic.com review

• Artist: Ministry Label: Music On Vinyl Format: LP Units: 1 Country: Europe Genre: Metal Style: Heavy Metal, Industrial

• A1 Thieves
  A2 Burning Inside
  A3 Never Believe
  A4 Cannibal Song
  B1 Breathe
  B2 So What
  B3 Test
  B4 Faith Collapsing
  B5 Dream Song