The Land of Rape and Honey
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| The Land of Rape and Honey | ||
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| Studio album by Ministry | ||
| Released | 1988 | |
| Recorded | 1987 | |
| Genre | Industrial Industrial metal |
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| Length | 46:31 | |
| Label | Sire | |
| Producer(s) | Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan, Eddie Echo |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Ministry chronology | ||
| Twitch (1986) |
The Land of Rape and Honey (1988) |
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989) |
The Land of Rape and Honey is an album by the industrial metal band Ministry. The album was released in 1988 through Sire Records. The image on the cover is the head of a dead body lying on the ground.
The album title comes from the slogan on a mug from Tisdale, Saskatchewan, whose motto is "The Land of Rape and Honey", the local economy being based on the agricultural products rapeseed and honey.
[edit] Track listing
- "Stigmata" (Al Jourgensen) – 5:45
- "The Missing" (Ministry) – 2:55
- "Deity" (Ministry) – 3:20
- "Golden Dawn" (Ministry) – 5:42
- Samples
- "You have been found guilty of covenants with the devil", "State your confession", "Confess! Confess!", "The Anti-Christ" - "The Devils"
- [chanting] - Aleister Crowley, from his "Call of the Second Aethyr"
- Samples
- "Destruction" (Ministry) – 3:30
- "Hizbollah" (Ministry) – 3:58
- "The Land of Rape and Honey" (Jourgensen/Paul Barker) – 5:10
- "You Know What You Are" (Ministry) – 4:43
- Samples
- "You know what you are" - "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
- [Macabre Laugh] - "A Fistful of Dollars"
- "Die Motherfucker!" - "Aliens"
- "C'mon motherfuckers!", "Dance motherfucker!" - "Platoon"
- Samples
- "I Prefer" (Ministry/Chris Connelly) – 2:15
- "Flashback" (Ministry) – 4:50
- Sample
- "Now look man!", "Do It", "Everybody's got to die sometime", "hurts real bad inside" - "Platoon"
- Sample
- "Abortive" (Ministry) – 4:23
- Sample
- "T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4; we've got the main engine start - we have main...", "America's first space shuttle!", "And the shuttle has cleared the tower." - NASA
- Sample
[edit] Personnel
- Keith Fluffy Auerbach – engineer
- Eddie Echo – producer
- Tom Baker – mastering
- Paul Barker – bass, engineer
- Chris Connelly – vocals
- Julian Herzfeld – engineer
- Alain Jourgensen – guitar, vocals, engineer
- Bill Rieflin – drums
- Steve Spapperi – engineer
[edit] Charting Positions
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Billboard 200 | 164 |
| Ministry |
| Al Jourgensen |
| Tommy Victor | Paul Raven | Joey Jordison | John Bechdel | Mike Scaccia |
| Paul Barker | Bill Rieflin | Chris Connelly | Kevin Ogilvie | Martin Atkins | Louis Svitek | Rey Washam | William Tucker | Max Brody | John Monte | Stephen George |
| Discography |
| Major Releases: With Sympathy | Twitch | The Land of Rape and Honey | The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | Filth Pig | Dark Side of the Spoon | Animositisomina | Houses of the Molé | Rio Grande Blood | The Last Sucker |
| Live, Remix and Compilation albums: Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub |
| Side projects and crossovers |
| Special Affect | Revolting Cocks | Pailhead | Lard | 1000 Homo DJs | PTP | Acid Horse | Pink Anvil | Lead Into Gold | Pigface | Skrew |
