Undercover (Ministry album)

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Undercover
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Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 6, 2010
Recorded 13th Planet Studios, El Paso, Texas
Genre Industrial metal
Length59:13
Label 13th Planet
Producer Al Jourgensen
Ministry & Co-Conspirators chronology
Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology
(2010)
Undercover
(2010)
Relapse
(2012)
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Undercover is an album of cover versions and remixes by Ministry & Co-Conspirators released on December 6, 2010, by Al Jourgensen's record label 13th Planet Records. The album includes remixes and re-recorded versions of previously released songs such as "N.W.O.", "Stigmata", and "Jesus Built My Hotrod", among others. Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology , which was released October 5 by Cleopatra Records, features almost all of the same songs with the exception of their cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", which is only available on this album.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Iron Man" (Black Sabbath cover) Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward 6:01
2."Stranglehold" (Ted Nugent cover) Ted Nugent 4:09
3."N.W.O."Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker 5:29
4."Stigmata"Al Jourgensen5:51
5."Purple Haze" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) Jimi Hendrix 4:10
6."Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover)Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward3:56
7."Thunderstruck" (AC/DC cover) Angus Young, Malcolm Young 4:20
8."Sharp Dressed Man" (ZZ Top cover) Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard 4:01
9."Jesus Built My Hotrod" (Remix)Al Jourgensen, Paul Barker, Bill Rieflin, Michael Balch, Gibby Haynes 4:54
10."Rehab" (Amy Winehouse cover) Amy Winehouse 4:49
11."Every Day Is Halloween"Al Jourgensen4:29
12."Paint It Black" (The Rolling Stones cover) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 4:02
13."Khyber Pass"Al Jourgensen, Paul Raven, Tommy Victor 6:50
Total length:59:13

Personnel

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References

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