Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | ||||
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Ministry album | ||||
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July 14, 1992 |
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Label (s) | Sire Records / Warner Bros. Records | |||
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Audio cassette , record , CD |
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9 |
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44 min 38 s |
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Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs or ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ (Album Title in Greek letters) is the fifth studio album of American industrial metal - band Ministry . The album was released on July 14, 1992 and is considered one of the most important works of industrial metal, alongside the two other style-defining previous albums The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste .
History of origin
The album title refers directly to the work "The Book of Lies" by the author Aleister Crowley , in it specifically to chapter 69. The title in Greek letters - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ - comes from the title of this 69th chapter in "The Book of Lies" : Kappa-Epsilon-Phi-Alpha-Lambda-Eta Xi-Theta .
Gibson "Gibby" Haynes, front man of the band Butthole Surfers , made a guest appearance on the album: he was the songwriter and singer on the track Jesus Built My Hotrod .
The extensive use of samples from films and from public appearances by well-known American politicians - Joseph McCarthy , US President George HW Bush or Timothy Leary - is a characteristic feature of the album, in addition to the use of post-industrial and EBM bonds in connection with Thrash metal guitars.
Samples from the following films were used, among others:
- Apocalypse Now ( NWO )
- The Trip , Hellraiser - The Gate to Hell , Hellbound - Hellraiser II , Sid and Nancy , The Man with the Golden Arm ( Just One Fix )
- GI Joe Animated Series ( Hero )
- Blue Velvet , Wise Blood ( Jesus Built My Hotrod )
- The Exorcist III ( Scarecrow )
- The trip to hell , the pit and the pendulum , Suspiria ( Psalm 69 )
- The Abyss ( Corrosion )
The album's commercial success is reflected in gold and platinum awards.
style
The mix of styles presented on Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs represented the musical and stylistic climax of the band's career and contributed significantly to the final development of an entire genre and the typical industrial metal sound. The album is often rated as the band's magnum opus in critical circles.
Single releases
Jesus Built My Hotrod was released as the first single from the album on November 7, 1991 . In addition, NWO was released in July 1992 and Just One Fix on January 21, 1993 as singles.
Track list
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- NWO - 5:31 (Ministry)
- Just One Fix - 5:11 (Ministry)
- TV II - 3:05 (Chris Connelly)
- Hero - 4:13 (Ministry)
- Jesus Built My Hotrod - 4:52 (Gibson "Gibby" Haynes)
- Scarecrow - 8:22 (Ministry)
- Psalm 69 - 5:30 (Ministry)
- Corrosion - 4:56 (Ministry)
- Grace - 3:06 (Ministry)
Cover versions
The Brazilian band Sepultura covered the song Just one Fix on their album Kairos 2011 . This song was also covered by the band The Shizit on the 2001 tribute album Signal to Noise: Reinforced Industrial Hits .
Individual evidence
- ^ Book of Lies , accessed July 26, 2010
- ↑ http://www.laut.de/Ministry
- ^ Ministry - Samples , accessed July 26, 2010
- ^ Ministry biography , in: mtv.de , accessed on July 26, 2010
- ^ Ned Raggett: Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs> Overview , in: Allmusic , accessed July 26, 2010
- ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
Web links
- Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs at Discogs (English)
- Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs at MusicBrainz (English)
- Psalm 69 at laut.de
- Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs at Allmusic (English)
- Review of Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs by Holger Stratmann at Rock Hard Online