Description
A bruising antiestablishment spokes thing that hammered away at George W. Bush’s America lyric by lyric, song
by song. Al Jourgensen stays on message with 2005’s ‘Rantology’. Using a mishmash of remixed classics, live
material, and one new song, ‘Great Satan’.
Jourgensen has created a shrill blast of aural protest art. All of them are contextualized to embarrass, to vilify, to indict Bush in the court of Uncle Al. The famous “I’m George W. Bush, and I approved this message” campaign tag opens the set, matched to a remix of Mole’s “No W”; later he’s heard to recite Psalm 23 over a swirling Wagnerian chorus and steadily building tension. The original “N.O.W.” is remixed here, too, updated to include both President Bushes over the jagged percussion and Jourgensen’s proto- metal yawp. “Stigmata” and “Jesus Built My Hotrod” are revisited on ‘Rantology’, too, but Jourgensen doesn’t alter them that much.
That’s probably a good thing: they were dirty and vicious enough already. Since he retooled Ministry as a culture war battering ram, it’s been Jourgensen’s angriest words and beats that resonate most. The three live selections from 2002’s Sphinctour are sufciently loud and more than a little creepy. World changers, bad livers, and progressive punks rejoice: Ministry’s pissed-off stamina hasn’t abated.
‘Rantology’ will be released for the very frst time on translucent red coloured vinyl as a limited numbered edition of 1500 copies.
Limited 2LP translucent red vinyl pressing.
Tracklisting
Side A:
1. No W (Redux)
2. The Great Satan
3. Wrong (Update Mix)
4. N.W.O (Update Mix)
Side B:
1. Stigmata (Update Mix)
2. Waiting
3. Warp City (Alternate Mix)
4. Jesus Built My Hotrod (Update Mix)
Side C:
1. Bad Blood (Alternate Mix)
2. Animosity
3. Unsung (Alternate Mix)
4. Bloodlines
Side D:
1. Psalm 69 (Live In Paris)
2. Thieves (Live In Seattle)
3. The Fall (Live In London)
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