Rio Grande Blood
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| Rio Grande Blood | ||
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| Studio album by Ministry | ||
| Released | May 2, 2006 | |
| Recorded | ? | |
| Genre | Industrial metal | |
| Length | 51:18 | |
| Label | 13th Planet Records | |
| Producer(s) | Al Jourgensen | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Ministry chronology | ||
| Rantology (2005) |
Rio Grande Blood (2006) |
Rio Grande Dub (2007) |
Rio Grande Blood is Ministry's tenth studio album. It was released on May 2, 2006.
The title of the album is a parody of the 1972 ZZ Top album Rio Grande Mud.
The album contains very political lyrics, making frequent allusions to the current George W. Bush administration. Some of the issues raised include the occupation of Iraq by U.S. troops, U.S. immigration policy and U.S. military policy (particularly the US Marine Corps in the song "Gangreen"). The Halliburton corporation is also quoted and linked to the Bush administration. The track "Señor Peligro" appears to come out in support of Hugo Chávez - the President of Venezuela - against the U.S. government: "Señor Peligro" is Spanish for "Mr. Danger", a nickname that Chávez uses for Bush.
The album also contains allegations of Bush administration complicity in the 9/11 attacks in the track "Lieslieslies", which contains audio samples from the conspiracy documentary Loose Change. The song received a nomination for Best Metal Performance at the 49th annual Grammy Awards.[1]
Samples of genuine Bush soundbites are cut-and-pasted together at various points to satirical effect: for example, the title track begins with Bush stating "I have adopted sophisticated terrorist tactics and I'm a dangerous, dangerous man".
Contrary to some reports, the voice credited as "Sgt. Major" is not R. Lee Ermey.
The album will be the subject of a new album, Rio Grande Dub, which features remixes of all of the album's tracks, and is due out in Spring 2007.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Rio Grande Blood" – 4:24
- "Señor Peligro" – 3:38
- "Gangreen" (featuring Sgt. Major) – 6:00
- "Fear (Is Big Business)" – 4:51
- "Lies Lies Lies" – 5:16
- "The Great Satan Remix" – 3:09
- "Yellow Cake" – 4:35
- "Palestina" – 3:18
- "Ass Clown" (featuring Jello Biafra) – 6:42
- "Khyber Pass" (featuring Liz Constantine) – 7:31
- "Silence"
- "Silence"
- "Sgt. Major Redux" (featuring Sgt. Major) – 1:45
[edit] Trivia
- The album spawned 2 Grammy nominated tracks for Best Metal Performance: "The Great Satan" in 2005 and "Lieslieslies" in 2006.
[edit] Charting Positions
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2006 | The Billboard 200 | 134 |
| 2006 | Top Independent Albums | 11 |
| 2006 | Top Internet Albums | 134 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Blabbermouth.net. "SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, STONE SOUR Among GRAMMY Nominees", December 7, 2006, at Blabbermouth.net; last accessed December 7, 2006.
| 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 |
