Cover Up (Ministry album)

Cover Up
Studio album by Ministry
Released	April 1, 2008
Recorded	2007 at 13th Planet Studios, El Paso, Texas
Genre	Industrial metal
Length	61:15
Label	13th Planet
Producer	Al Jourgensen
Ministry chronology
The Last Sucker (2007) Cover Up (2008) Adios... Puta Madres (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Cover Up is an album of cover versions by Ministry & Co-Conspirators released on April 1, 2008. The album includes previously released covers "Roadhouse Blues", "Lay Lady Lay" and "Supernaut". Cover Up was supposedly Ministry's final release before their three year break up from 2008 to 2011.^[5] However, in 2010 they released Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology which featured newly recorded versions of classic Ministry songs and additional covers.

On December 3, 2008, "Under My Thumb" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Metal Performance in 2009. It lost to "My Apocalypse" by Metallica.^[6]

Track listing

1. "Under My Thumb" - 3:58 - (The Rolling Stones)
2. "Bang a Gong" - 4:48 - (T.Rex)
3. "Radar Love" - 5:21 - (Golden Earring)
4. "Space Truckin'" - 3:51 - (Deep Purple)
5. "Black Betty" - 3:21 - (Lead Belly)
6. "Mississippi Queen" - 3:14 - (Mountain)
7. "Just Got Paid" - 3:13 - (ZZ Top)
8. "Roadhouse Blues" - 4:27 - (The Doors)
9. "Supernaut" - 7:08 - (Black Sabbath)
10. "Lay, Lady, Lay" - 5:44 - (Bob Dylan)
11. "What a Wonderful World" - 7:01 - (Louis Armstrong)

Bonus tracks

• "What a Wonderful World (Short Slow Version)" - 4:17
• "What a Wonderful World (Short Fast Version)" - 3:35
• "Willie Stigmata" - 1:04 (sung by anonymous fan, affecting a Willie Nelson voice.)

The 4:17 and 3:35 edits of "What a Wonderful World" are included on the leaked promo version of the album, but not listed on the standard retail version. They appear as hidden tracks and can be found as tracks 23 (slow) and 44 (fast.) The hidden version of "Stigmata" (listed as "Stigmatized" on the Gracenote database) is found at track 69.

Some covers have been previously released but did not make it onto the album, such as "The Light Pours Out of Me" from Animositisomina.

Personnel

• Alien Jourgensen - string arrangements (1, 11, 23, 44), horn arrangements (1-3), pedal steel guitar (1, 10), background vocals (1, 3, 4), lead guitar (2), B3 organ (3-5), keyboards (4), vocals (5, 7-11, 23, 44), programming (6, 8, 9), guitars (6, 8-10), slide guitar (7), harmonica (8), bass (9), harpsichord (11, 23, 44), drum programming, add. programming, production
• Sin Quirin - lead guitar (1, 5, 8), guitars (1-7, 11, 23, 44), bass (2-7, 11, 23, 44)
• Burton C. Bell - vocals (1)
• Tony Campos - bass (1)
• Josh Bradford - vocals (2, 3)
• Clayton Worbeck - keyboards (2)
• Thomas M. Victor - vocals (4, 6), lead guitar (4, 6), guitar (8)
• Hell Paso Mosh Choir - background vocals (5)
• Paul Raven - bass (8)
• Casey Chaos - intro vocals (8)
• John S. Bilberry - drum programming (8), add. programming, engineering
• Paul Barker - bass (10)
• Jeff Ward - drums (9)
• Mike Scaccia - guitar (9)
• Rey Washam - drums (10)
• Louis Svitek - guitar (10)
• Edu Mussi - piano (11, 23)
• Alejandro Rosso - background vocals (11, 23, 44)
• Juan José González - background vocals (11, 23, 44)
• Samuel D'Ambruoso III - drum programming
• Dave Donnely - mastering
• Lawton Outlaw - art direction, design, layout

References

1. ^ "Ministry and Co-Conspirators - Cover Up Review". About.com. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/ministrycoverup.htm. 
2. ^ "Cover Up - Ministry". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1335349. 
3. ^ Pitchfork Media review^{[dead link]}
4. ^ Rolling Stone review^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Metal Hammer sponsors Ministry's final ever tour". Metal Hammer. 2008-02-11. http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/metal-hammer-sponsors-ministrys-final-ever-tour-2/. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 
6. ^ "Metallica Wins 'Best Metal' Grammy For 'My Apocalypse'". Blabbermouth.net. 2009-02-08. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=114004.