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The Last Sucker
The Last Sucker
Studio album by Ministry
Released	September 18, 2007
Recorded	May 2007
Studio	13th Planet Studios, El Paso, Texas
Genre	Industrial metal, thrash metal
Length	55:58
Label	13th Planet
Producer	Al Jourgensen, Dave Donnelly
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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
AbsolutePunk.net	87%^[3]
AllMusic	^[4]
Blabbermouth.net	8/10^[5]
Los Angeles Times	favorable^[6]
Miami New Times	favorable^[7]
Pitchfork Media	6.9/10^[8]
PopMatters	^[9]
The Skinny	^[10]
Spin	6/10^[11]
Stylus	B+^[12]

The Last Sucker is the eleventh studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 2007 through 13th Planet Records. For three years until their reformation in 2011, it was the band's last studio album featuring new material.

The album is the third and final part of the band's anti-George W. Bush trilogy, preceded by 2004's Houses of the Molé and 2006's Rio Grande Blood.^[13]

Overview

Jourgensen told Billboard that he had "...other things to do. I just started a label (13th Planet Records), and I want to sign some bands and really build it up like I did with WaxTrax in the '80s, not just a vanity label. I think it's time, and I'll be leaving on the top of my game instead of hanging on too long and doing crappy Aerosmith and Rolling Stones albums thirty years later."

"That seems to be my muse; everyone seems to think I write real shitty music when a Democrat's in office. So we'll do that one, and then me and George (W.) Bush go riding off hand-in-hand, into the sunset."

Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell recorded some guest vocals for the album.^[14]

On July 17, 2007, a promotional copy of the album was leaked on the internet. A week earlier lyrics and full credits for the album were released by SureShotWorx on their official website.

A Best Buy exclusive version of the CD contains remixes of "Watch Yourself" and "The Last Sucker."

The final track, "End of Days Part Two", contains a lengthy sample from 34th President of the United States Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address, warning about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex".^[7] The end of the song also features a quiet sample of "O Fortuna" in the background. The same music was sampled at the beginning of the first album in the Bush Trilogy, Houses of the Molé.

In an interview with Songfacts from 2012, Jourgensen reflected on the political aspect of the album:

"By the end of Last Sucker, I actually felt guilty and bad about bashing Bush. In Rio Grande Blood, I was all into it: this guy's evil. But by the end of Last Sucker, I was just like, this guy is in over his head. The oligarchy rules, and this guy plays with crayons and reads My Pet Goat. I mean, he's a blithering idiot. I protested him here in El Paso one time. I got within 10 feet of him. I can't believe the Secret Service let me get that close. And he was at a taco stand, like, 'I'll take one of them there enchiritos.' Well, there was no enchirito on the menu, and I don't even know what an enchirito is. But George W. was insistent, so they made him an enchirito, and I got to witness the whole thing and I started feeling sorry for him. What a dolt, man. This guy is so stupid, he can't be running the country. Cheney and the oligarchy is running the country. This guy just plays with Tonka trucks and orders enchiritos. I actually felt sorry for him."^[15]

Cover art

The limited edition digipak has an image of George W. Bush's face that morphs into a lizard creature's face and back when turned. The image is on a card that can be removed from the digipack.

The inner cover art contains a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, with Jourgensen in the center of the table and figures from the Bush administration around him; Bush himself is drawn in Philip the Apostle's place.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Go"	Al Jourgensen, Sin Quirin	4:53
2.	"Watch Yourself"	Jourgensen, Paul Raven	5:29
3.	"Life Is Good"	Jourgensen, Quirin	4:15
4.	"The Dick Song"	Jourgensen, Quirin	5:50
5.	"The Last Sucker"	Jourgensen, Tommy Victor	5:59
6.	"No Glory"	Jourgensen, Victor	3:42
7.	"Death & Destruction"	Jourgensen, Quirin	3:31
8.	"Roadhouse Blues" (Originally performed by The Doors)	Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek	4:26
9.	"Die in a Crash"	Jourgensen, Victor, Burton C. Bell	4:03
10.	"End of Days (Pt. 1)"	Jourgensen, Victor, Raven, Bell	3:22
11.	"End of Days (Pt. 2)"	Jourgensen, Victor, Raven, Bell	10:25
Total length:			55:58

Best Buy/Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
23.	"Watch Yourself (The End Is Here)"	4:30
69.	"The Last Sucker" (Remix)	3:44

Miscellaneous bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Die in a Crash" (Remix, iTunes exclusive)	5:22
13.	"No Glory" (Remix, Napster only download)	4:49
14.	"Death & Destruction" (Remix, Japan bonus track)	5:09

Personnel

Ministry

Al Jourgensen - lead vocals, programming, guitars, bass (8), harmonica (8), drum programming (8), production
Paul Raven - bass (2, 10, 11), guitars (2, 10, 11), backing vocals (2, 10, 11)
Tommy Victor - guitars (5, 6, 9–11), bass (5, 6, 9–11), backing vocals (5, 6, 9–11)
Sin Quirin - guitars (1, 3, 4, 7), bass (1, 3, 4, 7)
John Bechdel - keyboards

Additional personnel

Burton C. Bell - vocals (9–11)
Josh Bradford - add. backing vocals (11)
Angie Jay - add. backing vocals (11)
Kevin Spence - intro vox (8) add. backing vocals (6–11)
Erin Braswell - add. backing vocals (11)
Dave Donnelly - production, mastering
John Bilberry - engineer, drum programming^[16]
Lawton Outlaw - art direction, design, layout

Chart positions

Chart (2007)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[17]	95
US Billboard 200^[18]	130
US Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[19]	17
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[20]	16

References

^ "Critic Reviews for The Last Sucker". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
^ Hanson, Eric. "Ministry - The Last Sucker Review". About.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03.
^ OKComputer1016 (2008-04-28). "Ministry - The Last Sucker - Album Review". AbsolutePunk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Jeffries, David. "The Last Sucker - Ministry". AllMusic.
^ Bergman, Keith. "CD Reviews (Ministry, The Last Sucker)". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
^ Burk, Greg (2007-09-25). "Country boy in the big city (Quick Spins: Ministry, The Last Sucker)". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
^ ^a ^b Henderson, Chris (October 8, 2007). Castillo, Arielle (ed.). "Ministry, The Last Sucker (13th Planet/Megaforce)". Miami New Times. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ Stosuy, Brandon (2008-03-17). "Ministry: The Last Sucker". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
^ Friedman, Lou (2007-09-20). "Ministry: The Last Sucker". PopMatters.
^ The Skinny Review Archived 2007-10-19 at archive.today
^ Buhrmester, Jason (2007-10-12). "Ministry, 'The Last Sucker' (13th Planet/Megaforce)". Spin.
^ Lee, Cosmo (2007-09-25). "Ministry - The Last Sucker - Review". Stylus. Archived from the original on 2008-09-04.
^ Gary Graff (May 26, 2006). "Ministry Plots Final Disc". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
^ News Archive (March 4, 2007). "Fear Factory Frontman To Guest On New Ministry Album". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
^ MacIntosh, Dan (18 February 2012). "Al Jourgensen of MInistry". Songfacts. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
^ "SureShotWorx". Retrieved 2007-07-19.
^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Ministry Chart History (Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Ministry Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

External links

The Last Sucker at Metacritic

[1] "Critic Reviews for The Last Sucker". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

[2] Hanson, Eric. "Ministry - The Last Sucker Review". About.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03.

[3] OKComputer1016 (2008-04-28). "Ministry - The Last Sucker - Album Review". AbsolutePunk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] Jeffries, David. "The Last Sucker - Ministry". AllMusic.

[5] Bergman, Keith. "CD Reviews (Ministry, The Last Sucker)". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

[6] Burk, Greg (2007-09-25). "Country boy in the big city (Quick Spins: Ministry, The Last Sucker)". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

[MNT-7] Henderson, Chris (October 8, 2007). Castillo, Arielle (ed.). "Ministry, The Last Sucker (13th Planet/Megaforce)". Miami New Times. Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[8] Stosuy, Brandon (2008-03-17). "Ministry: The Last Sucker". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2012-11-10.

[9] Friedman, Lou (2007-09-20). "Ministry: The Last Sucker". PopMatters.

[10] The Skinny Review Archived 2007-10-19 at archive.today

[11] Buhrmester, Jason (2007-10-12). "Ministry, 'The Last Sucker' (13th Planet/Megaforce)". Spin.

[12] Lee, Cosmo (2007-09-25). "Ministry - The Last Sucker - Review". Stylus. Archived from the original on 2008-09-04.

[13] Gary Graff (May 26, 2006). "Ministry Plots Final Disc". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-02-24.

[14] News Archive (March 4, 2007). "Fear Factory Frontman To Guest On New Ministry Album". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on January 16, 2016. Retrieved 2007-07-07.

[15] MacIntosh, Dan (18 February 2012). "Al Jourgensen of MInistry". Songfacts. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

[16] "SureShotWorx". Retrieved 2007-07-19.

[17] "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[18] "Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[19] "Ministry Chart History (Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[20] "Ministry Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

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+| rev10score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/ministry-last-sucker-13th-planet-megaforce|title=Ministry, 'The Last Sucker' (13th Planet/Megaforce)|last=Buhrmester|first=Jason|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=2007-10-12}}</ref>
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 '''''The Last Sucker''''' is the eleventh studio album by [[industrial metal]] band [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], released in 2007 through [[13th Planet Records]]. For three years until their reformation in 2011, it was the band's last studio album featuring new material.
-The album is the 3rd and final part of the band's anti-[[George W. Bush]] trilogy, preceded by 2004's ''[[Houses of the Molé]]'' and 2006's ''[[Rio Grande Blood]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58299/ministry-plots-final-disc|publisher=''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''|author=[[Gary Graff]]|title=Ministry Plots Final Disc|date=May 26, 2006|accessdate=2007-02-24}}</ref>
+The album is the third and final part of the band's anti-[[George W. Bush]] trilogy, preceded by 2004's ''[[Houses of the Molé]]'' and 2006's ''[[Rio Grande Blood]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58299/ministry-plots-final-disc|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=Gary Graff|author-link=Gary Graff|title=Ministry Plots Final Disc|date=May 26, 2006|access-date=2007-02-24}}</ref>
 ==Overview==
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 "That seems to be my muse; everyone seems to think I write real shitty music when a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]'s in office. So we'll do that one, and then me and George (W.) Bush go riding off hand-in-hand, into the sunset."
-[[Fear Factory]] frontman [[Burton C. Bell]] recorded some guest vocals for the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68168|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|author=News Archive|title=Fear Factory Frontman To Guest On New Ministry Album|date=March 4, 2007|accessdate=2007-07-07|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69NYhkiUx?url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68168|archivedate=July 23, 2012|df=}}</ref>
+[[Fear Factory]] frontman [[Burton C. Bell]] recorded some guest vocals for the album.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68168|work=Blabbermouth.net|author=News Archive|title=Fear Factory Frontman To Guest On New Ministry Album|date=March 4, 2007|access-date=2007-07-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116040951/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=68168|archive-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref>
 On July 17, 2007, a promotional copy of the album was leaked on the internet. A week earlier lyrics and full credits for the album were released by SureShotWorx on their official website.
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 In an interview with ''Songfacts'' from 2012, Jourgensen reflected on the political aspect of the album:
-<blockquote>By the end of ''Last Sucker'', I actually felt guilty and bad about bashing Bush. In ''[[Rio Grande Blood]]'', I was all into it: this guy's evil. But by the end of ''Last Sucker'', I was just like, this guy is in over his head. The oligarchy rules, and this guy plays with crayons and reads ''[[My Pet Goat]]''. I mean, he's a blithering idiot. I protested him here in [[El Paso]] one time. I got within 10 feet of him. I can't believe the Secret Service let me get that close. And he was at a taco stand, like, "I'll take one of them there [[enchirito]]s." Well, there was no enchirito on the menu, and I don't even know what an enchirito is. But George W. was insistent, so they made him an enchirito, and I got to witness the whole thing and I started feeling sorry for him. What a dolt, man. This guy is so stupid, he can't be running the country. [[Dick Cheney|Cheney]] and the oligarchy is running the country. This guy just plays with Tonka trucks and orders enchiritos. I actually felt sorry for him.<ref>{{cite web|last1=MacIntosh|first1=Dan|title=Al Jourgensen of MInistry|url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/al_jourgensen_of_ministry/|website=Songfacts|accessdate=9 October 2016|date=18 February 2012}}</ref></blockquote>
+<blockquote>"By the end of ''Last Sucker'', I actually felt guilty and bad about bashing Bush. In ''[[Rio Grande Blood]]'', I was all into it: this guy's evil. But by the end of ''Last Sucker'', I was just like, this guy is in over his head. The oligarchy rules, and this guy plays with crayons and reads ''[[My Pet Goat]]''. I mean, he's a blithering idiot. I protested him here in [[El Paso]] one time. I got within 10 feet of him. I can't believe the Secret Service let me get that close. And he was at a taco stand, like, 'I'll take one of them there [[enchirito]]s.' Well, there was no enchirito on the menu, and I don't even know what an enchirito is. But George W. was insistent, so they made him an enchirito, and I got to witness the whole thing and I started feeling sorry for him. What a dolt, man. This guy is so stupid, he can't be running the country. [[Dick Cheney|Cheney]] and the oligarchy is running the country. This guy just plays with Tonka trucks and orders enchiritos. I actually felt sorry for him."<ref>{{cite web|last1=MacIntosh|first1=Dan|title=Al Jourgensen of MInistry|url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/al_jourgensen_of_ministry/|website=Songfacts|access-date=9 October 2016|date=18 February 2012}}</ref></blockquote>
 ===Cover art===
-The limited edition [[digipack]] has an image of George W. Bush's face that morphs into a [[lizard]] creature's face and back when turned. The image is on a card that can be removed from the digipack.
+The limited edition [[digipak]] has an image of George W. Bush's face that morphs into a [[lizard]] creature's face and back when turned. The image is on a card that can be removed from the digipack.
 The inner cover art contains a parody of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'', with Jourgensen in the center of the table and figures from the Bush administration around him; Bush himself is drawn in [[Philip the Apostle]]'s place.
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 | length9     = 4:03
-| title10     = End of Days (Part 1)
+| title10     = End of Days (Pt. 1)
 | writer10    = Jourgensen, Victor, Raven, Bell
 | length10    = 3:22
-| title11     = End of Days (Part 2)
+| title11     = End of Days (Pt. 2)
 | writer11    = Jourgensen, Victor, Raven, Bell
 | length11    = 10:25
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 | headline    = [[Best Buy]]/Deluxe edition bonus tracks
-| title23     = Watch Yourself (The End is Here)
+| title23     = Watch Yourself (The End Is Here)
 | length23    = 4:30
 | title69     = The Last Sucker
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 {{tracklist
-| collapsed   = no
 | headline    = Miscellaneous bonus tracks
 | title12     = Die in a Crash
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 | length13    = 4:49
 | title14     = Death & Destruction
-| note14      = Remix, Japan bonus trac
+| note14      = Remix, Japan bonus track
 | length14    = 5:09
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 ===Ministry===
-*[[Al Jourgensen|Alien Jourgensen]] - [[Vocals|lead vocals]], [[Programming (music)|programming]], [[guitar]]s, [[Bass guitar|bass]] (8), [[harmonica]] (8), [[drum programming]] (8), [[Record producer|production]]
+*[[Al Jourgensen]] - [[Vocals|lead vocals]], [[Programming (music)|programming]], [[guitar]]s, [[Bass guitar|bass]] (8), [[harmonica]] (8), [[drum programming]] (8), [[Record producer|production]]
 *[[Paul Raven (musician)|Paul Raven]] - bass (2, 10, 11), guitars (2, 10, 11), [[Background vocals|backing vocals]] (2, 10, 11)
-*[[Tommy Victor]] - guitars (5, 6, 9-11), bass (5, 6, 9-11), backing vocals (5, 6, 9-11)
+*[[Tommy Victor]] - guitars (5, 6, 9–11), bass (5, 6, 9–11), backing vocals (5, 6, 9–11)
 *[[Sin Quirin]] - guitars (1, 3, 4, 7), bass (1, 3, 4, 7)
-*[[John Bechdel]] - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
+*John Bechdel - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
 ===Additional personnel===
-*[[Burton C. Bell]] - vocals (9-11)
+*[[Burton C. Bell]] - vocals (9–11)
 *Josh Bradford - add. backing vocals (11)
 *Angie Jay - add. backing vocals (11)
-*Kevin Spence - intro vox (8) add. backing vocals (6-11)
+*Kevin Spence - intro vox (8) add. backing vocals (6–11)
 *Erin Braswell - add. backing vocals (11)
 *Dave Donnelly - production, [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
-*John Bilberry - [[Audio engineer|engineer]], drum programming<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sureshotworx.de/index.php?pg=811&thsuresd=e07843bd34285c79990e9369cdfb7c9a|title=SureShotWorx|accessdate=2007-07-19|format=|work= }}</ref>
+*John Bilberry - [[Audio engineer|engineer]], drum programming<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sureshotworx.de/index.php?pg=811&thsuresd=e07843bd34285c79990e9369cdfb7c9a|title=SureShotWorx|access-date=2007-07-19}}</ref>
 *Lawton Outlaw - [[art direction]], design, layout
 ==Chart positions==
-{|class="wikitable sortable"
+{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
-!Chart (2007)
+!scope="col"|Chart (2007)
-!Peak<br>position
+!scope="col"|Peak<br>position
 |-
-|[[Media Control Charts|German Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Ministry/The+Last+Sucker/longplay|title=German chart positions|publisher=musicline.de|language=German}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|German Albums ([[GfK Entertainment charts|Offizielle Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-71358|title=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|language=de|access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
 |align="center"|95
 |-
-|The [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=ministry|chart=all}}|title=The Last Sucker - Ministry|publisher=''Billboard''}}</ref>
+!scope="row"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ministry/chart-history/tlp/|title=Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
 |align="center"|130
 |-
+!scope="row"|US Hard Rock Albums (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ministry/chart-history/mtl/|title=Ministry Chart History (Hard Rock Albums)|publisher=Billboard|access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
-|Hard Rock Albums<ref name="billboard"/>
 |align="center"|17
 |-
+!scope="row"|US [[Independent Albums]] (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ministry/chart-history/ind/|title=Ministry Chart History (Independent Albums)|publisher=Billboard|access-date=October 31, 2021}}</ref>
-|[[Independent Albums]]<ref name="billboard"/>
-|align="center"|15
+|align="center"|16
 |}
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External links==
-*{{metacritic album|the-last-sucker/ministry}}
+*{{Metacritic album}}
 {{Ministry (band)}}
+{{Authority control}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Sucker, The}}
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 [[Category:Albums produced by Al Jourgensen]]
 [[Category:Ministry (band) albums]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of George W. Bush]]
+[[Category:Obscenity controversies in music]]

v t e Ministry
Al Jourgensen John Bechdel Cesar Soto Paul D'Amour Roy Mayorga Monte Pittman Martin Atkins Paul Barker Max Brody Tony Campos Jason Christopher Chris Connelly Stephen George Zlatko Hukic John Monte Nivek Ogre Casey Orr Paul Raven Bill Rieflin Aaron Rossi Mike Scaccia Louis Svitek DJ Swamp Tommy Victor Rey Washam Derek Abrams Sin Quirin London May
Studio albums	With Sympathy Twitch The Land of Rape and Honey The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs Filth Pig Dark Side of the Spoon Animositisomina Houses of the Molé Rio Grande Blood The Last Sucker Relapse From Beer to Eternity AmeriKKKant Moral Hygiene Hopiumforthemasses
Live albums	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Sphinctour Adios... Puta Madres Toronto 1986
Compilations and remixes	Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) Tapes of Wrath Greatest Fits Early Trax Side Trax Rantology Rio Grande Dub Ya Cover Up The Last Dubber MiXXXes of the Molé Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology Undercover
Singles	"I'm Falling/Cold Life" "I Wanted to Tell Her" "(Every Day Is) Halloween" "Over the Shoulder" "Stigmata" "Burning Inside" "Jesus Built My Hotrod" "N.W.O." "Just One Fix" "The Fall" "Lay Lady Lay" "Bad Blood" "No W" "Keys to the City" "Thunderstruck" "99 Percenters" "Double Tap" "PermaWar"
Other songs	"Thieves" "LiesLiesLies"
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