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MINISTRY - Moral Hygiene (Limited Edition GREEN VINYL LP, 2021) **NEW**
Review from another site: After spending the majority of the 2000s railing against then-president George W. Bush, it seemed inevitable that Ministry would return and make an anti-Trump album once he was sworn into office. Unfortunately, AmeriKKKant was embarrassing enough to offend longtime fans, regardless of their political views. Moral Hygiene is the band's first album of the Biden era, and it's just as focused on political and social issues as their last one, with far less interest in mocking government officials and a much greater concern about what the people can do to stand up and resist. Musically, it sounds like late-era Ministry alright, but the guitars aren't as obnoxious as they were on the last record, and there are at least a few moments that come closer to the spirit of their best work from the '80s and '90s than anything they've done in a while. "Alert Level" opens the album with the expected crunchy metal guitars and distorted vocals, and a barrage of samples proclaim that "We have a problem" and "The future looks bleak." The breakdown sounds like Joy Division, and it's not the only post-punk-inspired moment on the album -- "Believe Me" could fool listeners into thinking it's a track from one of Wire's later releases, at least until the TV samples and screamed chorus come in. Jello Biafra is a welcome presence on the thrashy "Sabotage Is Sex," suggesting that the long-promised third Lard album might actually see the light of day. The song gets increasingly more dramatic, with theremin and massed shouting underscoring the message "Fight the power with fear." A slow version of the Stooges' "Search and Destroy" appears in the middle of the record, marking the first time a cover has appeared on a Ministry album in nearly a decade, and while it's not horrible, they don't really do anything interesting with the song, and it just kind of plods on until it's over. Elsewhere, "Broken System" is a surprisingly raga-influenced song about environmental concerns, beginning with sitar and tablas before going on to state that "We're running out of time to save our planet." "Death Toll" is a reaction to the (eBay censored*), with a computer voice counting the number of victims over an industrial hip-hop groove, and it just comes off as goofy more than anything else. Then "TV Song #6 (Right Around the Corner Mix)," a sequel to the B-side of "Jesus Built My Hotrod," is a glitchy, surf guitar-infused thrasher that takes another shot at Trump, who is captured uttering the phrase "stable virus." There's much less Trump on this record than there was on AmeriKKKant, and there are no references to 4chan or "snowflakes," so that automatically makes Moral Hygiene a better album. It's no masterpiece, but it's decidedly not the most cringeworthy Ministry release, either, and it's much easier to appreciate the band's creativity this time around. -- Allmusic
* NOTE: For some reason eBay's algorithms seem to think any mention of the current health crisis is an attempt to sell a remedy.  This is just a vinyl record. Putting it on your turntable may improve your mental health, but it has no physical health properties.  Please do not attempt to ingest it!

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