Rio Grande Blood |
Rio Grande Blood | ||||
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Released | May 2, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005 at | |||
Length | 51:18 | |||
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6.4/10[2] | |
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3.5/5[4] | |
B−[5] |
Rio Grande Blood is the tenth studio album by an American
The album is the 2nd part of the band's anti-
The title of the album is a parody of the 1972
Just like Houses of the Molé, Rio Grande Blood contains very political lyrics, making frequent allusions to the
The album also contains allegations of the Bush administration complicity in the
A remix of the song "The Great Satan" from
Samples of genuine Bush soundbites are cut-and-pasted together at various points to satirical effect: for example, the title track begins with Bush stating "I have adopted sophisticated terrorist tactics and I'm a dangerous, dangerous man with dangerous, dangerous weapons."
The album was re-released in remixed form as
Jourgensen ranks Rio Grande Blood as his second favorite Ministry album saying that not only he liked the songs but he had a good time working with Paul Raven and Tommy Victor. He was also proud that some of the songs were used in the 2008