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ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ by Ministry
ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ is an album by Ministry, released in 1992. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 47 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Jesus Built My Hotrod”, on 25 lists with a best position of #3.
ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ, better known as Psalm 69, is Ministry's fifth album, released by Sire on July 14, 1992, and it hits like a runaway freight train. Al Jourgensen and bassist Paul Barker produced it, recording from March 1991 to May 1992 in Chicago and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, under heavy expectations after The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, with drug use and fraying relationships inside the band. It was also the first Ministry album with guitarist Mike Scaccia playing a big part. The working title was The Tapes of Wrath; the real one came out of Aleister Crowley's The Book of Lies.
The industrial grind is still there, but now it's welded to speed metal riffs and a rockabilly and psychobilly twang, and the lyrics go after politics, society and religion. "Jesus Built My Hotrod" led the charge, "N.W.O." drew a Grammy nomination, and Peter Christopherson directed the videos for it and "Just One Fix". It went platinum in the US, their biggest seller, and the band took it on the second Lollapalooza tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesus Built My Hotrod | 25 | #3 | – | 1991–2025 | |
| 2 | N.W.O. | 20 | #13 | – | 1992–2024 | |
| 3 | Just One Fix | 2 | #20 | – | 1992 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.