Greatest Fits

Greatest Fits
Greatest hits album by Ministry
Released	June 19, 2001 (2001-06-19)
Recorded	1987–2001
Genre	Industrial metal industrial rock
Length	75:12
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Hypo Luxa Hermes Pan
Ministry chronology
Dark Side of the Spoon (1999) Greatest Fits (2001) Sphinctour (2002)
Singles from Greatest Fits
"What About Us?" Released: June 2001[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
NME	(7/10)[3]
Q	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Greatest Fits is a greatest hits album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on June 19, 2001, by Warner Bros. Records.

Background

The compilation was released to coincide with the release of the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence, which features a scene of the band performing "What About Us?"[6] Paul Barker had intended for "Over the Shoulder" and "Burning Inside" to appear on the compilation, but they were left off due to time limitations.[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	From	Length
1.	"What About Us?"	Al Jourgensen Paul Barker Max Brody Ty Coon	Previously unreleased*	5:52
2.	"Stigmata" (Update Mix)	Jourgensen	The Land of Rape and Honey	5:44
3.	"The Land of Rape and Honey"	Jourgensen Barker	The Land of Rape and Honey	5:11
4.	"Thieves"	Jourgensen Barker Kevin Ogilvie Chris Connelly	The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste	5:01
5.	"So What" (live)	Jourgensen Barker Bill Rieflin Connelly	1995 Big Day Out festival	10:33
6.	"N.W.O."	Jourgensen Barker	Psalm 69	5:30
7.	"Just One Fix"	Jourgensen Barker Rieflin Michael Balch	Psalm 69	5:11
8.	"Jesus Built My Hotrod" (featuring Gibby Haynes)	Jourgensen Barker Rieflin Balch Gibby Haynes	Psalm 69	4:51
9.	"Reload" (12" version)	Jourgensen Barker	Reload single*	3:37
10.	"Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan cover)	Bob Dylan	Filth Pig	5:44
11.	"Supermanic Soul"	Jourgensen Barker Louis Svitek Zlatko Hukic Rey Washam	Dark Side of the Spoon	3:13
12.	"Bad Blood" (Alternative Mix)	Jourgensen Barker Washam Coon	Dark Side of the Spoon	5:00
13.	"Supernaut" (Black Sabbath cover)	Geezer Butler Tony Iommi Ozzy Osbourne Bill Ward	1000 Homo DJs single	7:09
Total length:				75:12

• "What About Us?" was originally briefly featured in a scene from the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. "So What" originally appeared on the album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. "Reload" originally appeared on the album Filth Pig, with the 12" version from the Reload single. The cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut" was later featured on the album Cover Up.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Greatest Fits.[8]

• Al Jourgensen – guitars (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9–13), vocals (1–7, 9–13), slide guitar (1, 8, 10, 12), programming (1–4, 6, 8–10, 12, 13), lead guitars (8), mandolin (9), organ (10), production, engineer (2, 3)
• Paul Barker – bass (1, 2, 4–13), programming (1–4, 6–13), production, engineer (2, 3)
• Max Brody – drums (1), programming (1)
• Ty Coon – vocals (1, 12)
• Bryan Rickerson – engineer (1)
• Dylan Ely – engineer (1, 13)
• Tom Arnold – engineer (1)
• William Rieflin – drums (2, 6–9), backing vocals (2)
• Keith Auerbach – engineer (3)
• David Ogilvie – engineer (4)
• Jeff Newell – engineer (4, 6–8)
• Mike Scaccia – guitar (5, 7–10), lead guitar (13)
• Louis Svitek – guitar (5, 10)
• Rey Washam – drums (5, 10–12)
• Duane Buford – keyboards (5)
• Paul Manno – engineer (6, 7, 10)
• Michael Balch – programming (7, 8)
• Gibby Haynes – vocals (8)
• Zlatko Hukic – engineer (9)
• Brad Kopplin – engineer (10)
• Jason Bacher – engineer (11, 12)
• Jeff Dehaven – engineer (11, 12)
• Bryan Kenny – engineer (11–13)
• Jeff Ward – drums (13)
• Tom Baker – mastering
• Paul Elledge – art direction, photography
• Brian Shanley – photography
• Robert Hakalski – photography

References

1. "Ministry What About Us? (Single)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Fits – Ministry". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
3. Gardner, Noel (July 25, 2001). "Album Reviews – Ministry : Greatest Fits". NME. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
4. "Ministry – Greatest Fits CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
5. McLeod, Kembrew (November 2004). "Ministry". In Brackett, Nathan (ed.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 544. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 – via Internet Archive.
6. "Steven Spielberg Nabs Ministry for A.I." MTV. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
7. Barker, Paul (June 28, 2001). "Ministry". Ink19 (Interview). Interviewed by Kiran Aditham. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
8. Greatest Fits (Media notes). Ministry. Warner Bros. Records. 2001. 9 48115-2.