Twitch (album)

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Twitch
Twitch cover
Studio album by Ministry
Released July 8, 1986
Recorded Southern Studios, London
Genre Industrial
Length 45:41
Label Sire/Warner Bros. Records
25309
Producer Adrian Sherwood
Alain Jourgensen
Professional reviews
Ministry chronology
Twelve Inch Singles
(1985)		 Twitch
(1986)		 The Land of Rape and Honey
(1988)

Twitch is an album by industrial band Ministry. The album features a mix of new wave, synth pop, industrial and electronica influences. The album also strongly features Al Jourgensen's (left wing) political and personal opinions, as do many other Ministry albums. Released under the Sire label, Jourgensen was granted more artistic contol over the production than under Arista. Twitch was re-released in 1990 with two additional tracks.

Twitched, an unauthorized 2003 release by Radioactive Records, is a remastered version of Twitch, featuring the track listing that the band is said to have intended it to have before the intervention of the record company. It includes previously unreleased alternative versions of tracks from Twitch.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 1986 Original Track Listing

  1. "Just Like You" – 5:03
  2. "We Believe" – 5:56
  3. "All Day Remix" – 6:03
  4. "The Angel" – 6:06
  5. "Over the Shoulder" – 5:13
  6. "My Possession" – 5:05
  7. "Where You At Now?/Crash & Burn/Twitch (Version II)" – 12:15
  8. "Over the Shoulder (12" Version)" – 6:46
  9. "Isle of Man (Version II)" – 4:30

All songs written by Alain Jourgensen.

  • Track 7 consists of three songs "Where You At Now?", "Crash & Burn" and "Twitch (Version II)".
  • Tracks 8 and 9 only appear on the re-release of Twitch.
  • Track 9 features samples from "Twitch (Version II)"

[edit] 2004 "Twitched" Track Listing

  1. "Just Like You" – 5:06
  2. "We Believe" – 5:55
  3. "The Angel" – 5:55
  4. "Isle of Man (Ver 1)" – 3:29
  5. "Over the Shoulder" – 5:05
  6. "Possession" – 5:30
  7. "Abortive" – 3:25
  8. "Twitch (Part 1)" – 3:49
  9. "The Angel (Short Version)" – 4:31
  10. "Over the Shoulder (Extended Version)" – 6:43
  11. "Isle of Man (Ver 2)" – 4:34
  12. "Twitch (Ver 2)" – 2:01

All songs written by Alain Jourgenson

  • Tracks 9-12 are bonuses added to the CD version; they do not comprise the original album.
  • Track 7 features in a new form as Track 11 on The Land of Rape and Honey

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charting Positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1986 The Billboard 200 194
Ministry
Al Jourgensen
Tommy Victor | John Bechdel | Tony Campos | Aaron Rossi | Mike Scaccia | Sin Quirin
Paul Barker | Bill Rieflin | Chris Connelly | Kevin Ogilvie | Martin Atkins | Louis Svitek | Rey Washam | William Tucker | Max Brody | John Monte | Mark Baker | Stephen George | Paul Raven | Joey Jordison | Dave Ellefson | Jimmy DeGrasso
Discography
Studio albums: With Sympathy | Twitch | The Land of Rape and Honey | The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste | Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs | Filth Pig | Dark Side of the Spoon | Animositisomina | Houses of the Molé | Rio Grande Blood | The Last Sucker
Live, Remix and Compilation albums: Twelve Inch Singles | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up | Greatest Fits | Sphinctour | Early Trax | Side Trax | Rantology | Rio Grande Dub Ya | Cover Up
Related Bands: Special Affect | Revolting Cocks | Pailhead | Lard | 1000 Homo DJs | PTP | Acid Horse | Pink Anvil | Lead Into Gold | Pigface | Skrew Society 1
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