I would say Revolting Cocks - Beers, Steers, and Queers. Granted, there is a lot better industrial / industrial metal songs, but as far as an overall body of music, most whole industrial albums aren't that good. they always have 3 amazing songs, and like 8 or 9 filler songs with assorted annoying noises. So if there are any rivet heads here, what do you think is the best overall industrial album? Not even front 242's Geography grabs me through the whole album (even though it's classic).

the land of rape and honey is industrial?

Throbbing Gristle - DOA The Third and Final Report of THrobbing Gristle, followed by Neubauten's Drawings of Patient OT. In my opinion anyway.

the land of rape and honey is a great album, but once again (and like pretty much all ministry albums), in my personal opinion, it has like great first could of songs... but then it just kinda falls apart. on that album, I thought it fell apart by the song Hizbollah. which is too bad, because Deity, The Missing, and Stigmata are like some of my favorite ministry songs. I can say the very same thing about the album 'the mind is a terrible thing to taste'

I'd go with Fuenf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala by Einstürzende Neubauten.

Oh man! exellent choices, romantic rights! Einstürzende Neubauten is great! have you listened to the nex album? pretty cool.. however since back in the day, they have matured quite a bit from just being angry germans that like to pound on metal and scream (now that's true industrial...).

Woah. That's a bit of a difficult question, and I'm buggered if I know the answer.

Throbbing Gristle were more of a live band than an album band, SPK and F242's best work are both compilations (Auto Da Fe and Backcatalogue). Not counting Current 93 or Coil as industrial, because they escaped form the genre completely, imo.

I suppose, in the end, it'd be Clock DVA's Thirst, even though that's more bluesy than industrial.

Thirst is more like a jazzy fall Although it is excellent.

Depends on your definition of industrial.

Some of my faves are
Skinny Puppy - Last Rights
Gridlock - Further
Numb - Blood Meridian
Silk Saw - 4th Dividers
Brighter Death Now - Innerwar

who are the last 3 in your list keef?

That's a nice list. Of course everybody else's lists are nice, but they're kind of predictable. Not enough people listen to Brighter Death Now around here...or Numb...or Silk Saw.

GDK, just check those albums out.