Greatest Fits

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Greatest Fits
MinistryGreatestFits.jpg
Greatest hits album by
Ministry
ReleasedJune 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)
Recorded1987–2001
Genre
Length75:12
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Ministry chronology
Dark Side of the Spoon
(1999) 		Greatest Fits
(2001) 		Sphinctour
(2002)
Singles from Greatest Fits
  1. "What About Us?"
    Released: June 2001[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
NME(7/10)[3]
Q4/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[5]

Greatest Fits is a greatest hits album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on June 19, 2001 by Warner Bros. Records.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)FromLength
1."What About Us?"
Previously unreleased*5:52
2."Stigmata"JourgensenThe Land of Rape and Honey5:44
3."The Land of Rape and Honey"
  • Jourgensen
  • Barker
The Land of Rape and Honey5:11
4."Thieves"
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste5:01
5."So What" (live)
1995 Big Day Out festival10:33
6."N.W.O."
  • Jourgensen
  • Barker
Psalm 695:30
7."Just One Fix"
  • Jourgensen
  • Barker
  • Rieflin
  • Michael Balch
Psalm 695:11
8."Jesus Built My Hotrod" (featuring Gibby Haynes)
Psalm 694:51
9."Reload" (12" version)
  • Jourgensen
  • Barker
Reload single*3:37
10."Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan cover)Bob DylanFilth Pig5:44
11."Supermanic Soul"
Dark Side of the Spoon3:13
12."Bad Blood"
  • Jourgensen
  • Barker
  • Washam
  • Coon
Dark Side of the Spoon5:00
13."Supernaut" (Black Sabbath cover)
1000 Homo DJs single7:09
Total length:75:12
  • "What About Us?" was originally briefly featured in a scene from the film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. "So What" originally appeared on the album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. "Reload" originally appeared on the album Filth Pig, with the 12" version from the Reload single. The cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut" was later featured on the album Cover Up.

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Fits.[6]

  • Al Jourgensen – guitars (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9–13), vocals (1–7, 9–13), slide guitar (1, 8, 10, 12), programming (1–4, 6, 8–10, 12, 13), lead guitars (8), mandolin (9), organ (10), production, engineer (2, 3)
  • Paul Barker – bass (1, 2, 4–13), programming (1–4, 6–13), production, engineer (2, 3)
  • Max Brody – drums (1), programming (1)
  • Ty Coon – vocals (1, 12)
  • Bryan Rickerson – engineer (1)
  • Dylan Ely – engineer (1, 13)
  • Tom Arnold – engineer (1)
  • William Rieflin – drums (2, 6–9), backing vocals (2)
  • Keith Auerbach – engineer (3)
  • David Ogilvie – engineer (4)
  • Jeff Newell – engineer (4, 6–8)
  • Mike Scaccia – guitar (5, 7–10), lead guitar (13)
  • Louis Svitek – guitar (5, 10)
  • Rey Washam – drums (5, 10–12)
  • Duane Buford – keyboards (5)
  • Paul Manno – engineer (6, 7, 10)
  • Michael Balch – programming (7, 8)
  • Gibby Haynes – vocals (8)
  • Zlatko Hukic – engineer (9)
  • Brad Kopplin – engineer (10)
  • Jason Bacher – engineer (11, 12)
  • Jeff Dehaven – engineer (11, 12)
  • Bryan Kenny – engineer (11–13)
  • Jeff Ward – drums (13)
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Paul Elledge – art direction, photography
  • Brian Shanley – photography
  • Robert Hakalski – photography

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Fits – Ministry". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ministry What About Us? (Single)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Gardner, Noel (July 25, 2001). "Album Reviews – Ministry : Greatest Fits". NME. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Ministry – Greatest Fits CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  5. ^ McLeod, Kembrew (November 2004). "Ministry". In Brackett, Nathan (ed.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 544. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Greatest Fits (Media notes). Ministry. Warner Bros. Records. 2001. 9 48115-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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