Filth Pig

Filth Pig is an album by the industrial band Ministry. The album was released on January 30, 1996 on the Warner Brothers Music label. The title was allegedly derived from a statement made in the British Houses of Parliament, where bandleader Jourgensen was described as a “filthy pig” by one of the MPs. The album boasts a slower, heavier style, almost akin to Doom Metal, and sounds much like Godflesh, who Jourgensen has cited as a major influence. Despite being Ministry’s highest charting album in the US, it was negatively recieved by both fans and reviewers, sharply divided the band’s fanbase, and was a commercial failure.

Track listing

1. "Reload" - 2:25 (Jourgensen, Barker)
2. "Filth Pig" - 6:19 (Jourgensen, Barker)
3. "Lava" - 6:30 (Jourgensen, Barker)
4. "Crumbs" - 4:15 (Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam)
5. "Useless" - 5:55 (Jourgensen, Barker, Rieflin, Scaccia)
6. "Dead Guy" - 5:14 (Jourgensen, Barker, Washam)
7. "Game Show" - 7:45 (Jourgensen, Barker, Scaccia, Svitek, Washam)
8. "The Fall" - 4:54 (Jourgensen, Balch)
9. "Lay, Lady, Lay" - 5:44 (Bob Dylan)
10. "Brick Windows" - 5:23 (Jourgensen, Barker)

Personnel

Ministry

• Al Jourgensen - vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming, electronics, harmonica
• Paul Barker - bass, keyboards, programming, electronics, vocals (5)

Additional Personnel

• Rey Washam - drums, percussion, programming, electronics
• Louis Svitek - guitars, electronics
• William Rieflin - drums, programming
• Mike Scaccia - guitars
• E. Nevarez - backing vocals (5)
• Stella Katsoudas - backing vocals (5)
• Zlatko Hukic - engineer
• B. Kopplin - engineer

Charts

Album

Singles