Ministry – Twitch
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Sire – 9 25309-1 |
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Electronic |
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Electro |
Tracklist
| A1 | Just Like You | 5:00 | |
| A2 | We Believe | 5:56 | |
| A3 | All Day Remix | 6:02 | |
| A4 | The Angel | 6:06 | |
| B1 | Over The Shoulder | 5:11 | |
| B2 | My Possession | 5:02 | |
| B3.1 | Where You At Now? | 5:30 | |
| B3.2 | Crash And Burn | 4:43 | |
| B3.3 | Twitch (Version II) | 2:02 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Sire Records Company
- Marketed By – Warner Bros. Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records Company
- Copyright © – Sire Records Company
- Published By – Ministry Affairs
- Recorded At – Southern Studios
- Mixed At – Southern Studios
- Mixed At – Hansa Tonstudios
- Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Credits
- Design [Cover Design], Photography By – Brian Shanley (2)
- Producer [Produced By] – Adrian Sherwood
- Words By, Music By – Alain Jourgensen*
Notes
Catalog number on inner label: 1-25309
Catalog number on spine: 9 25309-1
Includes printed inner sleeve.
Ministry Affairs BMI.
℗ 1986 Sire Records Company
© 1986 Sire Records Company
Made and printed in U.S.A.
All songs recorded and mixed at Southern Studios / London except "Just Like You" mixed at Hansa Ton Studios / Berlin.
Luc Van Acker appears courtesy EMI / Europe + Wax Trax / U.S.A.
Thanks go to: Jim Nash, Dannie Flesher, John Loder, Kishi, Wobble, Bonjo, Sue, Late Nite Leo, Mickey Caution, Allison Dominatura and the Revolting Cocks gang in Brussels.
Album credit "Produced by Adrian Sherwood" on back cover; inner sleeve lists individual track producer credits.
Some copies have a gold promo stamp on the upper left front cover.
The Sire logo on the label has "TM" unlike others that have "®".
The total duration of track B3 is listed on the release as 12:13; the durations of tracks B3.1 to B3.3 are not printed on the release.
Catalog number on spine: 9 25309-1
Includes printed inner sleeve.
Ministry Affairs BMI.
℗ 1986 Sire Records Company
© 1986 Sire Records Company
Made and printed in U.S.A.
All songs recorded and mixed at Southern Studios / London except "Just Like You" mixed at Hansa Ton Studios / Berlin.
Luc Van Acker appears courtesy EMI / Europe + Wax Trax / U.S.A.
Thanks go to: Jim Nash, Dannie Flesher, John Loder, Kishi, Wobble, Bonjo, Sue, Late Nite Leo, Mickey Caution, Allison Dominatura and the Revolting Cocks gang in Brussels.
Album credit "Produced by Adrian Sherwood" on back cover; inner sleeve lists individual track producer credits.
Some copies have a gold promo stamp on the upper left front cover.
The Sire logo on the label has "TM" unlike others that have "®".
The total duration of track B3 is listed on the release as 12:13; the durations of tracks B3.1 to B3.3 are not printed on the release.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7599-25309-1
- Barcode (Scanned): 075992530910
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Sides A & B, stamped, Specialty logo): SRC
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 1)): 1 25309 A RE1 SR1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 1)): 1 25309 B RE2 SR1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 2)): 1 25309 A RE1 SR2 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 2)): 1 25309 B RE1 SR1 1-2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (variant 3)): 1 25309 A RE1 SR2 1-1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (variant 3)): 1 25309 B RE1 SR2 1-1
Other Versions (5 of 53)
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| Twitch (Cassette, Album) | Sire | 92 53094 | Canada | 1986 | |||
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Twitch (LP, Album, Stereo) | Sire | 925 309-1, 925309-1 | Europe | 1986 | ||
| Twitch (LP, Album) | Sire | 92 53091 | Canada | 1986 | |||
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Twitch (Cassette, Album, SR, Clear Shell, White Spine J-Card, Dolby HX Pro, B NR) | Sire | 9 25309-4, 4-25309 | US | 1986 | ||
| Twitch (Cassette, Album) | Sire | 92 53094 | Canada | 1986 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Its a damn good follow up and a commendable 180 to regards to their previous sound. I just personally prefer the synthpop stylings of their debut. Still its just as catchy. Kind of afraid to explore the rest of Ministry given Al's vehement rejection of all things pop though, sad. :( -
For a very long time I just assumed the album art was a strange statue of a tormented person. Now I realize it is just Al Jourgensen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539ac3efe4b0e3035bc5fd55/1605038716816-O7I7Y4U91K6JZJWYL1E9/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kIZHLgHQ6UnrKIGpiTYYnHRZw-zPPgdn4jUwVcJE1ZvWQUxwkmyExglNqGp0IvTJZUJFbgE-7XRK3dMEBRBhUpynm5gniG7BWciuYlz8_Tc94ndMa-kNGh5neynCJTdNWq0NkLHULMb597mYB6z7cIs/Al-Jourgensen-1.jpg?format=750w
Kind of liked it better as a mysterious statue! -
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Wobble was thanked on the sleeve notes for helping Al get to grips with a new synthesiser. the 2 had planned a collaboration but - in Wobbles words, they "discovered a bottle of scotch" and the collab was forgotten :(
I love this album, pure dark industrial before the heavy metal influences started to creep in
Isle of Man (unlisted bonus track on some releases) has a percussion track that could have come off PiL's Flowers of Romance- and that's a good thing!
I haven't heard the Cabaret Voltaire album referred to be the reviewer but when I played twitch to a friend he also commented on the similarity
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As another commenter has noted the record has similarities to Cabaret Voltaire's Micro-Phonies. Equally the segue Where You At Now/Crash and Burn/Twitch could just as easily have fitted on Keith Leblanc's Major Malfunction - which is perhaps not surprising considering the involvement of the same people.
Otherwise, very much a continuation from the late Wax Trax records such as Nature of Love, indeed All Day was from then. -
This is a highly underrated and overlooked album by Ministry. Why more Industrial dance clubs don't play anything off this album is beyond me?!?! This is by far their danciest album and probably should've been more iconic to the industrial scene because of it's darker side which bridged the gap between poppy 80's and dark electronic music. I own a lot of albums from this era and it was definitely a breakthrough album. Nothing quite like it.
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