The album is skippy as hell - sounds like it’s broken, but the fact that the samples over the skipping beats don’t skip means it’s not. The gospel singers on “Lesson Unlearned” are a surprise.
A lot is going to be made of “Thanx But No Thanx,” I think.
The wee slow solo-y bit in Thanx But No Thanx is from New World Order, only played different, drum sound on it from Stigmata, good stuff.
could someone be awesome and PM me where I can d/l this thing?
TIA
Late,
grmpysmrf
could someone be awesome and PM me where I can d/l this thing?
TIA
Late,
grmpysmrf
It’s been sent. If anyone else wants a link, just ask and I’ll PM you, too.
Listening now and I’m liking it. Half way through and I would say this is a follow-up to Houses. Might even be better than Houses…
thanx but no thanx sounds very much like Bloodlines. I like Bloodlines. [tongue]
Enjoy The Quiet gives off a Grace vibe. The album is actually not half bad. Some of it reminds me of The Last Sucker, but with an “older” vibe.
Ordered the coven boxset…had a gift card.
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dunno. same old same old.
boring and forgettable.
That vibe (or wob?) in Hail to his Majesty is total… facepalm. 10-years old kid can make thing like that in FL-studio.
^ Yeah, that kills an otherwise good song, as do the shit lyrics. It’s also the only decent track off of the album but it drags and doesn’t go anywhere really. Like they had a cool idea and just milked it dry (sort of like Ministry [the band] in general HA!).
It’s a shitty album but the only difference is I actually had the tiniest bit of faith that I might not think it’s a shitty album. It sounds like more effort was put into it than the last one - I guess that’s a compliment? Either way it still sucks.
The last track reminded me of “Grace”, which I never cared for unless I was trying to annoy someone or freak out the neighbors… or blast it in my car like a jackass in some half-baked attempt at confusing people.
Just gave it a listen. I really like Hail To His Majesty (despite the lyrics), Change Of Luck and Lesson Unlearned. The rest is so so.
Aaaah! I so want this to be as good or better than ‘Houses of the Mole’, as someone said, but now I’m scared to listen…
Fuck I really want this to be a decent album…PLEASE…
That vibe (or wob?) in Hail to his Majesty is total… facepalm. 10-years old kid can make thing like that in FL-studio.
I think that’s the point. The song strikes me as an incredible self-parody and a giant middle finger to the fans/critics. It’s like “You want industrial metal? Here you go, suck my ass, I’m Al Jourgensen.”
Punk as fuck. I dig it.
I went into it ignoring the lyrics. For awhile, ive just been going in and focusing on the actual music and totally zone Al out. If you can do that, it’s actually not so bad. Strong first half imo and very weak second half. Musically, it’s actually not as bad as I was expecting.
6/10
Cursory listen and I urge, no make that implore everyone on this board to do “Lesson Unlearned” and “Change of Luck” and pull the bias out of your ears first. There’s annoying nu-Ministry sounds to be heard on both sure, though what remains are some of the best songs Al’s done in the last ten years easy. Loving the unexpected melodic chorus on “Change of Luck”, especially.
basically, all the songs he sings without vocal effects suck and the others are good. some interesting stuff. tracks 9 & 10 is the best 15 minutes on an album since at least houses.
hello all, been a while.
I like the album, it is definitely a far better ‘goodbye’ album than either Relapse or Last Sucker… Its good to see Al indulging in some experimentation again, and its also good to hear some bass in the mix.
Some thoughts:
-“Thanx But No Thanx” seems like deliberate iconoclasm to me, I kinda dig it. Sgt Major is still the second worst contributor to Ministry (behind Ty Coon) but I’d say that the way he was used here is not that awful.
-I like the Alec Empire style deconstruction in “Side F/X”. Yes, its been done before but the song is still the most brutal Ministry song in a long while and not in that stupid butt-metal way. Wish the lyrics were better though…
-“Lesson Unlearned” has a sound that has been done to death by KMFDM but is still a welcome surprise for Al
-“Change Of Luck” is great, the melodic vocals are actually very well done.
-“The Horror” - once again, not innovative at all when it comes to electronic music, but when was the last time that we had a fully electronic track on a Ministry album? yeah…
-“Punch In The Face” - decent industrial metal. Once again, nothing new here, but this is a sound that I’ve certainly missed.
-“Permawar”, “Perfect Storm” and “Fairly Unbalanced” are fairly redundant and a low point of the album.
So yeah, not a bad album all in all. It is good that Relapse is not Ministry’s swan song anymore, as awful as that album was. I actually think Al could go ahead and record some more music now and am no longer thankful that he is ‘calling it a day’.
-“Lesson Unlearned” has a sound that has been done to death by KMFDM but is still a welcome surprise for Al
Yeah, that track definitely reminded me very strongly of KMFDM, it’s nice to hear Al trying something new (for him), it’s a good album. I’ve only heard it once so far, looking forward to hearing it again.
The first 3 and a half minutes of Change Of Luck is the best thing from Al since 2004. Ther are probbaly other parts of this I will enjoy as well. The lyrics are terrible, but at least better than the last one.
I found all of the songs on Youtube tonight except for Lesson Unlearned, Thanx But No Thanx, and Enjoy The Silence.