The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste
by Ministry
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Ministry bestography
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Ministry on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ministry is Κεφαληξθ [Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs] which is ranked number 2548 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 621.
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The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ssteve | Top 28 Music Albums of 1989 | 21/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 86 Music Albums of 1989 | 79/86 | 0 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 37/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Utterly Pointless Chart | 30/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 82/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1989 | 26/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 34/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 60 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 301 | |||
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The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/23/2026 05:31 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,195 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 01:33 | Jaymantheman | 1,473 | 78/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 19:51 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.
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Clearly Ministry's ultra-hard, mechanized assault is not meant to appeal to all ears. However this is industrial metal perfected. Even with today's modern production you just don't hear many albums that crunch this hard. Before NIN ever carved out a niche in the American mainstream, there was Ministry providing the training wheels as Trent cut his teeth engineering and mixing in the back room of their studio. It just doesn't getting better or more fearsome than Thieves, Burning Inside and So What.
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