Product Details
Artist : Ministry
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0075992672726
Label : Sire-Wbr
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1992-07-14
UPC : 075992672726
ASIN : B000002LR6
Track Listings for
Disc-1
1. N.W.O.
2. Just One Fix
3. TV II
4. Hero
5. Jesus Built My Hotrod
6. Scare Crow
7. Psalm 69
8. Corrosion
9. Grace
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Editorial Reviews
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Ministry's followup to The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste makes use of the same aggressive approach but sinks to a darker and fiercer level. Chokehold opener "N.W.O." uses tape loops of then-President Bush calling for a "New World Order," which Ministry delivers by infusing their industrial savvy with machine-gunned, thrash metal guitars, relentless beats, and vocals that run the gamut from deranged auctioneer of the damned ("Jesus Built My Hotrod") to terrifying screams ("Just One Fix"). Fast and furious, Psalm 69 is an acidic taste of Ministry at their most focused and diabolical. --Erin Amar
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Le titre même de cet album est une énigme. Car l'inscription imprimée sur le livret semble imprononçable, à moins peut-être d'avoir une formation mathématique poussée. Par facilité, Psalm 69 est généralement choisi comme désignation. Reste qu'un autre titre circule : The Way To Succeed Or The Way To Suck Eggs, jeu de mots plus que douteux démontrant bien l'humour décalé de Ministry. Pourquoi s'attarder sur ce détail ? Parce qu'il est symbolique de la musique d'Al Jourgensen et Paul Barker : étrange, alambiquée, noire mais non dépourvue d'humour. Et c'est exactement comme ça que se présente cet album. Des morceaux cultes et hyperviolents tels "Just One Fix" et "New World Order" cohabitent avec des titres plus profonds et plus lourds, à l'image de "Psalm 69". On trouve même des envolées quasiment lyriques sur "Scarecrow". Quant à l'humour cité plus haut, il suffit d'écouter "Jesus Built My Hot Rod" pour se convaincre de son existence. Avec Psalm 69, Ministry pose les limites du metal industriel, amenant le genre à son apogée. Inimitable, et indispensable. --Romaric Bullier
Customer Reviews
Guess what number I'm thinking of.................... (2004-07-15)  I'm a recently converted Ministry fan. I got Houses of the Mole a few weeks ago, and ever since then, I couldn't wait to get another Ministry record. So this is what I got.I'm glad I did buy this because it rocks. Every song rocks. It's something I can listen to from start to finish. Here are some of my favorite parts: "Just One Fix"-- I like the sample they used: "never trust a junkie". It sort of reminds me of Courtney Love. "TV II"--- It's 2nd most intense song on the record. "CONNECT THE GOD DAMN DOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Corrosion"--The most intense song on the record. It's like hardcore techno. Atari Teenage Riot stuff. That's the only way I can describe it. And of course "Jesus Built My Hotrod" is great. Makes you feel like going for a drive. I think the weakest track would be "Scarecrow", it's an okay song that goes on too long. But it still rocks better than a lot of stuff on the radio. If you aren't sure whether you want to buy this record or not, then you have to ask your self, "What would Jesus do?"
Industrial-metal at it's best (2004-06-29) Psalm 69 was the first Ministry album I ever bought, and it's a great album to start out with. After listening to it, I was so amazed by the muscicianship by these guys, they sure know their instruments very well. Songs such as N.W.O, Hero, and Just One Fix are just loaded with angry buzzsaw like guitar riffs that aim right for your throat, fast marching like drum hits, and plenty of angry vocals from Al Jourgensen. Jesus Built My Hotrod is another good fast paced song with some cool guitar solos, and also features Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers. Overall every song is just great, and this masterpiece is an absolute must have for those who like Ministry or metal in general. Long live Ministry. F*ck Evanescence and f*ck Avril Lavigne, they don't compare.
Not as good (2004-05-26)  I'm sorry but I have to dissagree with all hype surroundind this album. It's definately a let down from their previous two. Don't get me wrong, half of the songs on here are very good, but there are some songs on here that just sound like repetttttative noise. TVII makes me reach for the fast forward button faster than a starving Nigerian reaches for a sandwich. Not to mention the ridiculous "Jesus built my hotrod", which definately does not show the sinister edge that most of their songs,(especially the earlier ones)did so well. This album proves that the worst thing that can happen to a band is become mainstream. I do like the first track, N.W.O. and "Just One Fix",which is repetative, but in a good way. "Scarecrow", probably being my favorite. But, as far as the rest of the songs, I could probably do without. The classic "Land of Rape and Honey" is still their best, even after all these years.
Boogie with Beelzebub (2004-05-04)  Released in 1992, just as the 1980's thrash metal scene was winding down, "Psalm 69" is a bridge-building album whose importance in shaping the history of extremity shouldn't be underestimated. While bands like Meshuggah, Pig Destroyer, and Burnt by the Sun continue redefining what it means to be extreme, Ministry's industrial thrash sound still holds up extremely well as an example of sonic carnage in its most malevolent form. Indeed, many of the songs on "Psalm 69" see Ministry expanding on traditional metal sounds to take heavy music into increasingly more visceral and nihilistic territory. The guitars don't play riffs so much as churn out strangulated chunks of distortion, and they're backed by drum patterns heavy enough to scramble brains. Practically making the likes of James Hetfield and Tom Araya sound like lounge singers, Al Jorgensen's abrasive vocals foreshadowed the ever-harsher intonations that would grace the metal genre in the '90's (and beyond). But perhaps most importantly, the band's obvious destructive intentions are tempered by some of the most wildly infectious grooves in heavy-music history. Yes, there's a lot of madness and mayhem to be found here, but weirdly enough there's a lot of fun as well, an element that's sadly missing in the nu-metal scene that has filled the airwaves over the past several years. Sometimes, the album even manages to be a bit danceable. The powerhouse opener "New World Order" is literally alarming, as the sound of sirens going off and George Bush's predictions of a new order provide the backdrop for the song's astringent guitar work and disgruntled vocals. "TV II" was grindcore before it had a name, with high-speed flurries of instrumental fury alternating with Jorgensen's angry proclamations. After a brief and rather cryptic intro, the surprisingly lighthearted "Jesus Built My Hotrod" takes off at a breakneck tempo, guest vocalist Gibby Haynes spitting out gibberish over a beat that will have you banging your head until your neck is stiff. The title track is a rather disturbing mood piece that effectively mixes religious imagery, eerie atmospherics, and a few well-placed moments of hard-hitting aggression. "Corrosion" could work very well as the soundtrack to a nightmare, layering Al's heavily distorted vocals over rhythms so thunderous they could make a house shake. Closing things out is the ominous "Grace," a three-minute piece of ambience that is much more subdued than most of the album but still manages to be genuinely creepy, due in no small part to the intimations of Armageddon that are sprinkled throughout. You can still hear the influence of Ministry in some of the bands that have come after them: think White Zombie, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Static-X. But you should never forget that Ministry were doing it first, loudest, and quite possibly best.
And suddenly I was in love with the world (2004-03-15) This is quite possibly the essential Ministry record. Mainly because Jesus Built My Hotrod is on it. But this is grinding, powerful and mechanic. If any record dispels their synth pop past it's this record ( should I have said that ).
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