MinistryDark Side of the Spoon
- Label
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Warner
- Release date
- 9 Jun 1999
- Running length
- 9 tracks
- Running time
- 44:57
Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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Supermanic Soul | 3:15 | 20,513 | ||
| 2 |
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Whip and Chain | 4:25 | 13,564 | ||
| 3 |
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Bad Blood | 5:00 | 97,919 | ||
| 4 |
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Eureka Pile | 6:17 | 13,114 | ||
| 5 |
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Step | 4:09 | 12,652 | ||
| 6 |
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Nursing Home | 7:04 | 11,960 | ||
| 7 |
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Kaif | 5:28 | 11,752 | ||
| 8 |
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Vex And Silence | 5:26 | 1,050 | ||
| 9 |
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10/10 | 3:53 | 9,138 |
About this album
There are two theories behind the title (which occurs in the lyrics of the opening track), the first being a play on words, as it is easily noticed as a parody of The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. The second is a reference to the blackened or dark side of a spoon when heated to dissolve heroin, as the band suffered from addiction of said substance at the time.
The album’s cover generated some controversy when retailer Kmart refused to stock it in its stores.
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Bloodwerk
The dark, demented, drugged sound that you can't get enough of. Suits my taste way better than Psalm 69.
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verbcake
Probably features Ministry's best drumming. Nice bass sound too.
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Konkelo-
Damn this album is great! I agree with that that on first listens it doesn't really work out but after a few spins you are hooked.
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LiamVIII
I agree with Chirurg666
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The_Batcat
This album's awesome! Don't understand why so many fans and critics dislike it.
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Congelamento
I don't understand that Bad Blood have so many listens...
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Chirurg666
Terrible at the first listen, a masterpiece on the later ones.
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JohnLithium
It won't be long before Al's 'anti-Bush' trilogy will start to sound dated. This album, and Filth Pig, will probably never get old, in my opinion.
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Cazzthunder
sums up addiction almost too well
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mechin
This album keeps blowing me away. No doubt about it being their best album. Weird enough I keep reading shitty reviews of it here and there.. Guess some impatient assholes will never learn... Heroin-soaked beauty of an album..
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Nihilistic23
Definitely my favorite of their albums, did even beat up "Psalm 69" for me due it's trippy sound. I remember Al stating in an interview before the album was released that he rather would use to smash another bad drug-trip in front of the kids forheads instead of producing another cheap copy of one of their successfuller previous albums. And that's simply it: A very bad trip.
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FalseEmotion
What a nice cover...
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Pyramidek
Ministry most depressing album, that's why it's my favourite from them :) Underrated and overlooked indeed.
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squiggins
When this came out, my taste had been changing, and I hadn't listened to Ministry for some time. Out of curiosity, I went out and bought this one. I gave it a few chances, but I thought it was so bad that I sold it within a month of buying it. And I've never bought any of their discs that came since. But now that I'm getting back into old MInistry again, I came here and saw all the positive shouts on this one and now I'm giving these tracks another chance. And now I do hear some of the same qualities I like about Filth Pig.
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kcnirva
Criminally underrated. THIS is the album i'd show someone who asked me to introduce him to Ministry.
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mutiilator
SUCH an underrated/overlooked album, and easily the best of post-Filth Pig Ministry. 'Kaif' and 'Bad Blood' are mandatory listening.
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SargeantD
It's a reference to both. It's called a double entendre morons.
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ativke
this album sucked when it came out. sounds pretty good now though
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methjameskeenan
this album is fuckin' cool
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Jock_Itch
If you're referring to the title I'm pretty sure it's to do with Heroin not Pink Floyd.
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