Greatest Fits

Greatest Fits
Greatest hits album by Ministry
Released	June 19, 2001
Recorded	1987–2001
Genre	Industrial metal, industrial rock, alternative metal[1]
Length	75:12
Label	Warner Bros. Records 48115
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[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
NME	(7/10)[3]
Q	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Greatest Fits is a greatest hits album by the industrial band Ministry. The album was released on June 19, 2001, on Warner Bros. Records. The opening track ("What About Us?") was previously unreleased.

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"	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	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up*	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*	3:37
10.	"Lay Lady Lay" (Bob Dylan cover)	Bob Dylan	Filth Pig	5:44
11.	"Supermanic Soul"	Jourgensen/Barker/Louis Svitek/Hukic/Ray Washam	Dark Side of the Spoon	3:13
12.	"Bad Blood"	Jourgensen/Barker/Washam/Coon	Dark Side of the Spoon	5:00
13.	"Supernaut" (Black Sabbath cover)	Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward	Previously unreleased*	7:09
Total length:				75:12

NOTES: "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, however the version featured here is from the live album In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up. "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

• 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. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Fits - Ministry". Allmusic.
2. "Ministry What About Us? (Single)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
3. Gardner, Noel (2001-07-25). "Album Reviews - Ministry : Greatest Fits". NME.
4. "Ministry - Greatest Fits CD Album". CD Universe. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
5. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 545. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.