I’m finishing up a 2-CD ‘best-of’, and have run into some indecision on CD 1. For most of the compilation, I’m averaging 3 songs per album. For LORAH, I have picked Stigmata and Deity, and can’t decide on the third song. It’s down to these three:
The Missing
The Land of Rape and Honey
You Know What You Are
I like them equally. Of the three, which one would you pick?
1002
Flashback.
…out of the three that I listed…
1002
i’d go with YKWYA
You know what you are - no doubt about it!
The heavy unpolished sounds and the slow thumping kickdrum, a personal fav
If it’s a “best of”, Land of Rape and Honey.
If it’s a “greatest hits,” The Missing.
Abortive or You Know What You Are. The Missing is pretty good as well. But i’m mixed between abortive and ykwya.
How about using the live versions of The Missing and Deity from ICYDFLSU? They blend really well together on that record and IMO pack more of a punch in the live version…
Golden Dawn ahead of those 3 easily, but out of those 3 The Missing.
Jupitreas, that’s a good suggestion, and I considered going that route with the live versions, but decided to stick with studio material. There’s definitely a tandem with The Missing and Deity…that was part of the indecision. I think I’m gonna go with You Know What You Are. The sound is so good on that song (love the programming), and I like the idea of including one non-guitar LORAH track.
Thanks for the input, everyone. If anyone gives a shit, I’ll post the track listings (then you can all yell at me over what songs are missing, esp. on disc 2). Gonna design some CD art and be a big geek about it. I think it’s a solid best-of comp that covers every phase of Ministry.
1002
i’d go with YKWYA
yep
Gonna design some CD art and be a big geek about it. I think it’s a solid best-of comp that covers every phase of Ministry.
lol, nice noble task but i tried to do that and i couldn’t.
but; i did make three versions of twitch album. one is the original (the LP version which ends on twitch part II; second is singles from 84-87 + some tracks from twitched; third contained mostly remixes on 84-87 era tracks. each one was 42-47 minutes so it turned out perfect.
YKWYA was GREAT… But I agree with the others… Flashback or Golden Dawn would have been much better.
I like those two songs, just not as much as the others. Flashback is fun, but it’s funnier than it is good. Golden Dawn is a great instrumental, just not suited for my personal best-of.
1002
Noted… I’ve tried to make a best-of CD(s)… Ended up being a lot of the 83-86 stuff with a bunch of DSOTS thrown in… along with all the tracks vocalized by Paul.
I also would go with YKWYA, so good choice. However, I’m disappointed in the rest of you.
Just last week, I made a mix tape (yes, a TAPE - ninety fucking minutes) tracking Ministry from 1980 (the year I was born) to 2007 (final track was from Rio Grande Dub). Being the perfectionist that I am, I freaking AGONIZED over what to put where…it had to be chronological, but what mood was I going for? Anyway, it worked - my friend Stephani is now an official convert, and on top of that, I still get to show her all the stuff that wasn’t on the tape. I’m dead excited to be sharing this material again, it’s just fantastic.
So, yeah, it CAN be done. Just have fun with it.
(Oh, and her favorite material was from Twitch. Can I pick 'em, or what?)
since Diety and the misssing have kind of the same flow in them… I would go with The Land of Rape and Honey.
just because that is one darn good song
YKWYA
Peace!
Krowe
So here is the track listing. It’s nothing shocking, believe me. 80-minute CDs, FYI.
Disc 1:
Disc 2:
Notes:
Cold Life omitted for time constraints
I Wanted To Tell Her omitted for time constraints
The Angel is the Twitched mix (love those drums starting right up)
Stigmata is the superior 12" Version 
My love for DSOTS and RGB is obvious
I’m obviously the singles-minded Ministry fan. I realize how big a fan I am when there is so much good stuff left off. I could easily just make an mp3 CD with unlimited time, but what fun is that? Believe me, I’d love to have the Twitch Trifecta on this compilation, but my focus was to spread the wealth across the albums (tried with DSOTS and RGB, but I just couldn’t do it!).
Ok, tear me apart like a rag doll. Actually, pretend WB or some other label was releasing this 2-CD set…what’s your reaction? (Pretend there’s some really cool cover art, which I’ve yet to design).
1002
nice one, though i’d omit anything post-animositisomina for myself.
as for if it was an official compilation? i guess they would put out greatest fits 2 instead but then again that would span only four albums…
if like you say it would be official 2cd release, it better have the long version of “step”!!