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“So What” by Ministry
From the album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (1989)
“So What” by Ministry appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1991. It was first released in 1989 on the album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. Its best result is #559 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,522 alternative song of all time.
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"So What" digs in on The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, the fourth Ministry album, which Sire released in 1989 as Al Jourgensen steered the band toward heavier guitars, fired up by Stormtroopers of Death and Rigor Mortis to bolt thrash-metal riffing onto the industrial machinery. Jourgensen sings lead and plays electric guitar here, Paul Barker handles bass, and the two produced it together; the writing credit also takes in Chris Connelly and Bill Rieflin, and Connelly and Kyle McKeough add backing vocals.
By Jourgensen's own account the sessions were chaos: he was deep into drugs and barely getting along with his bandmates, which may be why the album around this song, fixated on corruption, violence, nuclear war, addiction and madness, sounds so close to the edge.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 559 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
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