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The Dark Side of the Spoon by Ministry (Vinyl, 1999)
Rarewaves Outlet (1461354)
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Product Identifiers
Record LabelMusic on Vinyl
UPC8718469539024
eBay Product ID (ePID)11050119373
Product Key Features
FormatVinyl
Release Year1999
GenreRock
StyleIndustrial
TypeLP
ArtistMinistry
Release TitleThe Dark Side of the Spoon
Additional Product Features
ReviewsQ (7/99, pp.120-1) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...angry, chaotic, funny....spooky, barely stifled mania." CMJ (6/14/99, p.3) - "...The new album...is as eerie as eerie gets, rarely straying from its sluggish, sedated pace. But within the familiar funk, other unexpected flourishes such as banjo riffs, saxophone squalor, and swing rhythms crawl into the mix....a downward spiral you'll enjoy plunging into." New Music Monthly (7/99, p.52) - "...[Jourgensen] has some magic left in him...[DARK SIDE's] nastiest moments...sound oddly quaint."
Additional informationMinistry: Al Jourgensen (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, banjo, saxophone, electronics); Paul Barker (vocals, bass, electronics); L. Svitek (guitar, electronics); R. Washam (drums, electronics). Additional personnel: Tycoon, Y. Age (vocals); Z. Hukic (guitar, electronics). Engineers include: J. Bacher, J. Dehaven, B. Kenny. DARK SIDE OF THE SPOON opens with Al Jourgensen screaming "I just shot a man to death" over grinding guitar riffs and an unrelenting, martial beat. Clearly, these godfathers of industrial rock show no signs of mellowing as they near their third decade of sonic terrorism. Longtime fans can rest easy, there are no attempts at mainstream crossover here--no string sections or sentimental ballads. True to form, Ministry delivers cut after cut of manic alienation. The savage, repetitive guitar patterns consolidate hard rock, punk and heavy metal into a new, uncompromising paradigm. Jourgensen revels in his angst, using it as a cathartic tool of expression. His tortured, filtered vocals bespeak a lifetime spent observing mankind's most heinous atrocities, but his knack for studio manipulation and sonic architecture makes the whole thing quite palatable, if not accessible.
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