The Land of Rape and Honey
The Land of Rape and Honey | ||||
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Chicago, Illinois | ||||
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Length | 46:31 | |||
Label | Sire | |||
Producer | ||||
Ministry chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Land of Rape and Honey | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
Kerrang! | [6] |
MusicHound Rock | [7] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10[9] |
The Village Voice | B+[10] |
The Land of Rape and Honey is the third
The album title comes from the slogan of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, whose motto at that time was "The Land of Rape and Honey",[11] a reference to the agricultural products rapeseed and honey.[12] The band chose the name after seeing the slogan on a souvenir mug.[13]
Background
Jourgensen credited his work with Adrian Sherwood on the preceding album, Twitch, for giving him confidence in his vision and showing him new techniques, which he said he pushed to an extreme.[14] Jourgensen had experimented with a heavier, industrial sound starting in the mid-1980s with singles such as "No Devotion" from the Revolting Cocks' Big Sexy Land and "All Day" from Twitch.[15] When RevCo's next single was more commercial, Sire proposed doing the same for the new Ministry album, but Jourgensen threatened to disband Ministry.[16] Continuing in this less-commercial, industrial-laced direction, Land of Rape and Honey incorporates elements of heavy metal such as fast electric guitar riffs, although only the album's first three songs use guitars extensively.[4] "Stigmata" does not feature live guitars; the two chord riff, altered with a pitch shifter, was sampled.[17] Jourgensen had written some of the songs prior to working on Twitch and said this was the sound he originally wanted for the band.[18]
In his memoirs, Jourgensen described himself at the time as a "functional addict" who scheduled his life around his dealer's availability. Despite this, he spent hours editing tapes of music the band had recorded; Jourgensen described them as "snippets of noise" that came to him in dreams. Inspired by
A post made on
Artwork
The album cover is an electronically processed image of a burned corpse in the Leipzig-Thekla subcamp of
Additional inner sleeve photography features a 1945 archival film footage of corpses of the
Legacy
The album was certified
Track listing
All tracks are written by Al Jourgensen except where noted [31]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Stigmata" | 5:45 | |
2. | "The Missing" | 2:55 | |
3. | "Deity" | 3:20 | |
4. | "Golden Dawn" | Jourgensen, Barker | 5:42 |
5. | "Destruction" | Jourgensen, Barker | 3:30 |
6. | "Hizbollah" (CD bonus track) | 3:58 | |
7. | "The Land of Rape and Honey" | Jourgensen, Barker | 5:10 |
8. | "You Know What You Are" | Jourgensen, Barker | 4:43 |
9. | "I Prefer" (CD bonus track) | 2:15 | |
10. | "Flashback" | 4:50 | |
11. | "Abortive" | Adrian Sherwood | 4:23 |
Samples
- "Golden Dawn"
- "You are being found guilty of covenants with the devil," "State your confession," "Confess! Confess!" "The Anti-Christ" - The Devils[32]
- [chanting] - Aleister Crowley, from his "Call of the First Aethyr"[33]
- [chanting] - Israel Regardie,[32] quoting the English translation of the First Enochian Key.
- "Hizbollah"
- "Kad Ataka" - Fairuz
- "The Land of Rape and Honey"
- "Sieg..." "...Heil!" [chanting] - white power skinheads as the band's support for Nazism. Jourgensen said the band jumped into the crowd and fought the skinheads, but rumors persisted that the band was fascist.[35]
- "Sieg..." "...Heil!" [chanting] -
- "You Know What You Are"
- "You know what you are" - closing dialog by Tuco from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- [Macabre Laugh] - A Fistful of Dollars
- "Die, Motherfucker!" - Aliens
- "C'mon, motherfuckers!" "Dance, motherfucker!" - Platoon
- "Flashback"
- "Now hold up, man!" "Do it," "Everybody's got to die sometime," "I'm hurtin' real bad inside" - Platoon
- "Abortive"
- "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
Personnel
Ministry
- Al Jourgensen – vocals, guitar, programming, production, engineer
- Paul Barker – bass, keyboards, programming, production, engineer
Additional personnel
- William Rieflin– drums, programming, keyboards, guitar, background vocals
- Chris Connelly – background vocals (2 & 3)
- Eddie Echo – production (11)
- Steve Spapperi – engineer
- Julian Herzfeld – engineer
- Keith "Fluffy" Auerbach – engineer
- "Dog" (a pseudonym of Al Jourgensen) – album cover
- "Ill" – album cover
- Brian Shanley – album cover
Chart positions
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200[36] | 164 |
References
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- ^ Carr, Daphne (June 17, 2019). "33 Best Industrial Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-380-81127-4.
- ^ a b Huey, Steve. "The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry". AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ISBN 1561592374 – via the Internet Archive.
- EMAP. p. 18.
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- .
- ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (September 5, 1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2024-01-18 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Canola, golden beads"
- ^ Wolanski, Coreen (March 1, 2003). "Ministry - Nothing Exceeds Like Excess". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (October 11, 2018). "Ministry's 'The Land of Rape and Honey': 8 Insane Al Jourgensen Stories". Revolver Magazine. Project M Group LLC. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ISBN 9781480329768.
- ISBN 978-0-19-983258-3.
- ISBN 0-87930-607-6.
- ^ a b c d Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 86.
- ^ Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 84.
- ^ Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 83–85.
- ^ "Wax Trax! Records on Instagram". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
- ^ Ross, Carella. "The original photo used on Ministry's Land of Rape & Honey album cover (and the story behind it)". carellaross.com. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum Search "Ministry"". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "Ministry – The Land Of Rape And Honey". Discogs. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ISBN 978-0-7611-3963-8.
- ^ Chillingworth, Alec. "Every Ministry album, ranked from worst to best". TeamRock. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Heller, Jason (August 3, 2014). "Where to start with the harsh, mechanized beat of industrial". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ Acharya, Kiran. "Revolting Lots: Al Jourgensen's Favourite Ministry Albums". The Quietus. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
- ^ Stingley, Mick (October 11, 2018). "Ministry's Al Jourgensen on Turning 60, 30th Anniversary of 'The Land of Rape and Honey'". Billboard. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-349-54571-1.
- ^ "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Atomic Blonde". AllMusic.
- ^ BMI. "BMI Repertoire". BMI. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ a b Murphy, Tom (June 12, 2012). "Ministry's Al Jourgensen on his ties to Colorado: living in Breckenridge, attending Greeley High School and his ill-fated attempt at a rodeo career". Westword. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ "10 Evil Rock + Metal Songs Inspired by Aleister Crowley". Loudwire. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ISBN 978-0-19-983258-3.
- ^ Strauss, Neil (April 11, 1996). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
Bibliography
- Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186– via the Internet Archive.