Ministry discography

Ministry discography
Ministry performing at the 2017 Hellfest
Studio albums16
Live albums8
Compilation albums14
Singles30
Video albums5
Music videos20

As of 2024, the discography of American industrial metal band Ministry, which was founded and is fronted by Al Jourgensen, consists of sixteen studio albums, eight live albums, fourteen compilation and remix albums, thirty singles, five video albums (including video versions of live albums) and twenty music videos. Several tracks spanning from 1981 to 1994 in studio, live and cover formats have remained unreleased by the band.

Formed in 1981, the band made their recording debut with the single "I'm Falling / Cold Life", released by Wax Trax! Records in the US and Situation Two in the UK, respectively.[1] Signing a short-lived contract with Arista Records, the band released their debut studio album, With Sympathy, which hit the upper 90s in the Billboard 200, in May 1983. Following a departure from Arista, Ministry returned on Wax Trax!, where several singles—including the club hit "(Every Day Is) Halloween"—were released in 1984–1985.[2] After signing a deal with Sire Records in 1985, the band released the single “Over the Shoulder”, which was followed by the album Twitch in March 1986; co-produced by Jourgensen and Adrian Sherwood, Twitch hit No. 194 in the Billboard 200 and was regarded by profile commentators as a turning point in Ministry' artistic style.[3]

In 1988–89, Ministry releases The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. Both positively received by music press, these two albums hit the upper 160s in the Billboard 200, and were certified gold by RIAA. During the tour in support of The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, the band recorded their debut live album, In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up, released in 1990.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[4]
CAN AUS
[5]
AUT
[6]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
NZ
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[12]
UK
[13]
1983 With Sympathy 96

US: 103,484+[14]

1986 Twitch 194 97

US: 138,755+[14]

1988 The Land of Rape and Honey
  • Released: October 11, 1988
  • Label: Sire/Warner Bros.
164
1989 The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
  • Released: November 14, 1989
  • Label: Sire/Warner Bros.
163 38
1992 Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
  • Released: July 14, 1992
  • Label: Sire/Warner Bros.
27 22 54 69 24 33
[16]
1996 Filth Pig
  • Released: January 30, 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.
19 5 9 47 28 16 38 7 50 43

US: 236,557+[14]

1999 Dark Side of the Spoon
  • Released: June 8, 1999
  • Label: Warner Bros.
92 98 57 51 85

US: 79,459+[14]

2003 Animositisomina
  • Released: February 18, 2003
  • Label: Sanctuary/BMG
157 125 93 186

US: 46,319+[14]

2004 Houses of the Molé
  • Released: June 22, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary/BMG
162 135

US: 45,419+[14]

2006 Rio Grande Blood 134 60

US: 34,346+[14]

2007 The Last Sucker
  • Released: September 18, 2007
  • Label: 13th Planet/Megaforce
130 95

US: 5,140+[19]

2012 Relapse
  • Released: March 23, 2012
  • Label: 13th Planet
193 72 56 99

US: 5,000+[14]

2013 From Beer to Eternity
  • Released: September 10, 2013
  • Label: 13th Planet
140 79
2018 AmeriKKKant 73 189 57 65
2021 Moral Hygiene
  • Released: October 1, 2021
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
65 33 64
2024 Hopiumforthemasses
  • Released: March 1, 2024
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
46 30 49
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album details AUS
[5]
UK
[20]
Sales
1990 In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
  • Released September 4, 1990
  • Label: Sire/Warner Bros.
US: 196,225[14]
1995 Just Another Fix
  • Released January 1, 1995
  • Label: Warner Bros.
21 US: 1,130[citation needed]
2002 Sphinctour
  • Released April 9, 2002
  • Label: Sanctuary/BMG
US: 12,113[14]
2009 Adios... Puta Madres
  • Released March 31, 2009
  • Label: 13th Planet
2013 Enjoy the Quiet—Live at Wacken 2012
  • Released August 27, 2013
  • Label: UDR/EMI
33
2014 Last Tangle in Paris / Live 2012 Defibrila Tour
  • Released July 8, 2014
  • Label: UDR
2015 Toronto 1986
  • Released May 22, 2015
  • Label: Cleopatra
2017 Live Necronomicon
  • Released July, 2017
  • Label: Cleopatra
2019 Chicago/Detroit 1982
  • Released September 27, 2019
  • Label: Cleopatra
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation and remix albums

Year Album details Sales
1987 Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) US: 113,646[14]
1993 Box
  • Released: November 30, 1993
  • Label: Warner Bros.
2001 Greatest Fits
  • Released: June 19, 2001
  • Label: Warner Bros.
US: 89,283[14]
2003 Twitched (unauthorised release)
2004 Early Trax
  • Released: October 12, 2004
  • Label: Rykodisc
US: 7,555[14]
Side Trax
  • Released: October 12, 2004
  • Label: Rykodisc
US: 9,205[14]
2005 Rantology
  • Released: September 27, 2005
  • Label: Sanctuary/BMG
US: 12,868[14]
2007 Rio Grande Dub
  • Released: July 10, 2007
  • Label: 13th Planet
US: 9,750[citation needed]
2008 Cover Up
  • Released: April 1, 2008
  • Label: 13th Planet
US: 1,400[21]
2009 The Last Dubber
  • Released: September 15, 2009
  • Label: 13th Planet
2010 MiXXXes of the Molé
  • Released: August 17, 2010
  • Label: 13th Planet
Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology
Undercover
  • Released: December 7, 2010
  • Label: 13th Planet
2011 Very Best of Fixes and Remixes
2016 Trax! Rarities
2020 Everyday (Is Halloween) - The Lost Mixes
2024 Ultimate Rarest Trax! 1981-1986

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions Album
US
Alt.

[22]
US Dance
[23]
NZ
[9]
SWE
[11]
UK
[16]
1981 "I'm Falling / Cold Life" 45 Non-album single
1983 "Work for Love" 20 115 With Sympathy
"I Wanted to Tell Her" 13 35 150
"Revenge" 172
1985 "All Day"[24] Non-album single
"Nature of Love"
"(Every Day Is) Halloween"
"Over the Shoulder" Twitch
1988 "Stigmata" The Land of Rape and Honey
1989 "Burning Inside" 23 The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
1990 "So What"[25]
1991 "Jesus Built My Hotrod" 19 34 94 Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
1992 "N.W.O." 11 49
1993 "Just One Fix"[26]
1995 "The Fall"[a] 18 46 53 Filth Pig
1996 "Lay Lady Lay" 128
[13]
"Reload"
1997 "Brick Windows"
1999 "Bad Blood" Dark Side of the Spoon
2001 "What About Us? Greatest Fits
2003 "Piss" Animositisomina
2004 "No W" Houses of the Molé
2008 "Keys to the City" Non-album single
2010 "Thunderstruck" Undercover
2011 "99 Percenters" Relapse
2012 "Double Tap"
2013 "Permawar" From Beer to Eternity
2017 "Dancing Madly Backwards"[28][b] Non-album single
2020 "Alert Level" Moral Hygiene
2023 "Goddamn White Trash" Hopiumforthemasses
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Unreleased tracks

Year Song Notes Format
Circa 1981 "First True Love Affair"[29] Jimmy Ross cover, Live at Misfits in Chicago Cover/Live
Circa 1981 "Make Up Your Mind"[30] Live at Misfits in Chicago Live
Circa 1981 "Jodie Foster"[31] Live at Misfits in Chicago Live
Circa 1981 "Orangotango"[32] Live at Misfits in Chicago Live
Circa 1982 "The Urge To Run Away"[33] Live at Misfits in Chicago Live
Circa 1983 "So So Life"[34] Performed on the 1983 tour. Live
Circa 1984 "Do You Even Like It?"[35] Performed on the 1984 tour. Live
Circa 1986 "The Eyes of Christ"[36] Live at Medusa's in IL, re-worked into "Apathy" by 1000 Homo DJs Live
Circa 1986 "Thrill Kill Kult"[37] Live at Medusa's in IL, re-worked into "Hatred" by Lead Into Gold Live
Circa 1986 "The Angel (Remix)"[38] Re-Recorded Version, Performed on some 1986 and 1987 shows. Remix
Circa 1987 "Ingrate"[39] Part of the original tracklist for The Land of Rape and Honey, but isn't on the final version. Studio
Circa 1987 "I'm Sick"[40] Part of the original tracklist for The Land of Rape and Honey, but isn't on the final version. Studio
Circa 1994 "Midnight Cowboy"[41] Fred Neil cover, performed live at Bridge Benefit VIII at the Shoreline Amphitheater. Cover/Live

Boxed sets

  • Box (1993)
  • Just Another Fix (1995)
  • 3 for One Box (2000)
  • Original Album Series (2011)
  • Trax Box! (2015)

Videos

Full length videos

Music videos

Year Song Director(s) Album
1982 "Same Old Madness" Jim Nash non-album single
1983 "Revenge" Tim Pope With Sympathy
1985 "Over the Shoulder" Peter Christopherson[42][43][c] Twitch
1988 "Stigmata" Benjamin Stokes and Eric Zimmerman The Land of Rape and Honey
"Flashback" Benjamin Stokes
1989 "Burning Inside" Benjamin Stokes and Eric Zimmerman The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
1990 "The Land of Rape and Honey" H-Gun Labs and Dead Battery Productions In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up
1991 "Jesus Built My Hotrod" (with Gibby Haynes) Paul Elledge Psalm 69
1992 "N.W.O." Peter Christopherson
1993 "Just One Fix"
1995 "Lay Lady Lay" Paul Elledge[44] Filth Pig
1996 "Reload" Doug Freel
1999 "Bad Blood" Benjamin Stokes Dark Side of the Spoon
2001 "What About Us?" Jeffrey Kinart Greatest Fits
2004 "No W" Houses of the Mole
2006 "LiesLiesLies" Zach Passero[45] Rio Grande Blood
2012 "99%" Zach Passero Relapse
"Ghouldiggers"
2013 "Last Sucker" The Last Sucker
"PermaWar" Zach Passero From Beer to Eternity
2017 "Antifa" AmeriKKKant
2018 "Wargasm" (Lyric Video)
"Twilight Zone" Chris Roth[46][47]
"Victims of a Clown"
2021 "Search & Destroy" Dean Karr Moral Hygiene
"Disinformation" Chris Roth
2022 "Sabotage Is Sex" (with Jello Biafra) Joel Smith
"Believe Me" Ministry
2023 "Goddamn White Trash" Dean Karr[48] Hopiumforthemasses
2024 "New Religion"
"B.D.E."[49]

Other appearances

Song(s) Title Year
"Stigmata" Miami Vice[50] 1988
Hardware[51] 1990
"Thieves" Freejack[52] 1992
"N.W.O." Cool World[53]
"Just One Fix" Totally Fucked Up[54] 1993
"Psalm 69" The River Wild[55] 1994
"Jesus Built My Hotrod" Exit to Eden[56]
"Tonight We Murder" Demon Knight[57] 1995
"Stigmata" Rumble in the Bronx[58]
"N.W.O." SubUrbia[59] 1996
"Paisley" Escape from L.A.[60]
"Reload" Speed 2: Cruise Control 1997
"(Every Day Is) Halloween" The Black Bible 1998
"Just One Fix" Urban Legend
"Bad Blood" The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture[61] 1999
"Eureka Pile" Universal Soldier: The Return[62]
"Nursing Home" Left Behind: The Movie 2000
"10/10" Street Sk8r 2[63]
"What About Us" and "Dead Practice" A.I. Artificial Intelligence[64] 2001
"Jesus Built My Hotrod" Crusty Demons/Watch Dogs 2003/2014
"No W" Tony Hawk's Underground 2[65] 2004
Need for Speed: Underground 2[66]
"Bloodlines" Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines[67]
"Thieves" and "Waiting" Murderball[68] 2005
"The Light Pours Out of Me" Alone in the Dark
"Señor Peligro" and "Burning Inside" Scarface: The World Is Yours[69] 2006
"Stigmata" Tony Hawk's Project 8[70]
"Fear (Is Big Business)" Saw III[71]
"Hero" Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 2007
"Life Is Good" Saw IV[72]
"Death and Destruction (Remix)" Saw V[73] 2008
"Bang a Gong", "Radar Love", "Cuz U R Next" and "Khyber Pass (Wicked Instrumental)" The Wicked Soundtrack by Al Jourgensen[74]
"NCIS Theme (Remix)" NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack[75] 2009
"Stigmata" and "Thieves" Brütal Legend[76]
"Fear (Is Big Business)", "Palestina" and "Khyber Pass" The Hurt Locker[77]
"Just One Fix" Hatchet II 2010
"N.W.O." Need for Speed: The Run 2011

Tribute albums

  • An Industrial Tribute to Ministry
  • Wish You Were Queer: A Tribute to Ministry
  • Another Prick In the Wall: A Tribute to Ministry - Volume 2
  • Devilswork: Tribute to Ministry

References

Notes

  1. ^ "The Fall" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[27]
  2. ^ "Dancing Maldy Backwards" was released as a split single featuring the versions of the title track, recorded separately by Peter Hook and Ministry, respectively.[28]
  3. ^ In his 2013 autobiography, co-written with Jon Wiederhorn, Jourgensen claims Storm Thorgerson to be director of the video (Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 65).

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Further reading