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Greatest Fits
Greatest Fits is a compilation from the American industrial metal band Ministry, released on 19 June 2001 by Warner Bros. Records. The title is a pun on the usual "greatest hits" label, which suits a band whose records have always been abrasive and unruly.
It arrived after Dark Side of the Spoon in 1999, which was the band's most recent studio album at the time, and before Animositisomina in 2003. For anyone coming to Ministry without a stack of albums behind them, it offers a way in, drawing on a catalogue that runs from the synth-pop of With Sympathy in 1983 to the heavier, more electronic-driven sound of the albums that followed. Its mix of industrial, electronic and alternative metal gives a good sense of how far the band travelled.
Greatest Fits: tracklist and credits
13 tracks · 1:12:44Tracklist
- 1What About Us?Barker, Brody, Coon, Jourgensen5:52
- 2StigmataAl Jourgensen5:45
- 3The Land of Rape and HoneyPaul Barker and Al Jourgensen5:12
- 4ThievesBarker, Connelly, Jourgensen, Ogre5:01
- 5So What (live)10:33
- 6N.W.O.Paul Barker and Al Jourgensen5:30
- 7Just One FixBalch, Barker, Jourgensen, Rieflin5:12
- 8Jesus Built My HotrodBalch, Barker, Jourgensen, Rieflin, Haynes4:53
- 9Reload (long edit)3:37
- 10Lay Lady LayBob Dylan5:45
- 11Supermanic Soul3:14
- 12Bad BloodMinistry4:59
- 13SupernautButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward7:10
- Produced by
- Paul Barker, Al Jourgensen, Hypo Luxa, Hermes Pan
- Engineered by
- Lee Popa, Zlatko Hukic, Brad Kopplin
- Recorded
- 1987–2001
- Labels
- Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros.
- Length
- 1:12:44
Line-up
- Paul Barker · bass, electric bass guitar, bass guitar
- Roland Barker · keyboard · guest
- Al Jourgensen · guitar, keyboard, vocals, electric guitar, lead vocals, mandolin
- Bill Rieflin · drums (drum set), membranophone · guest
- Joe Kelly · background vocals · guest
- Gibby Haynes · vocals · guest
- Stella Katsoudas · guest
- Esther Nevarez · guest
- Mike Scaccia · guest
- Louis Svitek · guest
- Rey Washam · guest
Singles
- “What About Us?” · June 2001
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 19 June 2001 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 19 June 2001 | |
| Wikidata | 19 June 2001 | |
| US release | 19 June 2001 | earliest US date |
2 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 June 2001 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 093624811527 | original |
| 25 June 2001 | DE | Warner Bros. Records | 093624811527 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · native: native 1800x1800
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1800×1800 | native: native 1800x1800 |
| coverartarchive | 599×595 | upscaled |