On October 11th, 1988 Ministry released their 3rd studio album The Land of Rape and Honey—their first album to develop their now trademark industrial-rock style. The album title comes from the slogan of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, whose motto is “The Land of Rape and Honey”, because the local economy was based on the agricultural products rapeseed and honey. The band chose the name after seeing the slogan on a souvenir mug.
Rapeseed oil is now often branded as “Canola Oil” in order to detract from any negative connotations from the word rapeseed.
The album featured 3 singles, the first single, “Stigmata” was featured in Richard Stanley‘s 1990 science fiction thriller Hardware—and the other two singles were—Flashback, and the title track The Land of Rape and Honey.
Watch an interview with Ministry alumni Chris Connelly discussing the 30th Anniversary of the album.
Tracklist:
I’ve been swimming in an ocean of tears I went swimming in all of my fears And every day is…
Our entire life Was like a spell of beauty and despair This old delusion Hectic with our own selfish thirst…
Yesterday is history And today is just misery So we say "Long live the King" Oh, he ruined everything Hailing…
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