With Sympathy
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| Studio album by Ministry | |||||
| Released | May 10, 1983 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 at Syncro Sound Studios, Boston | ||||
| Genre | Synth pop | ||||
| Length | 37:52 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Producer | Vince Ely, Ian Taylor |
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With Sympathy is the debut album by Ministry. The album was released in May 10, 1983 through Arista, with Ministry's members at the time being Alain Jourgensen and Stephen George. Singer Jourgensen was supposedly pressured into making the album in the "synth pop" style by Arista management, and it is in contrast to the harder sound he developed as his career continued. However there are several reports of Jourgensen saying in the eighties how he discovered "hardcore", which changed his musical direction, and became ashamed of putting out a "synth-pop" album.[1] Jourgensen assumes a false British accent for all of the songs. This album was also released as Work for Love under BMG in Europe (with the same cover). There is a video available for "Revenge", which was one of three singles pulled from the album, the others being "Work for Love" and "I Wanted to Tell Her".
With Sympathy was Ministry's only album for Arista.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Effigy (I'm Not An)" – 3:51
- "Revenge" – 3:48
- "I Wanted to Tell Her" – 5:29
- "Work For Love" – 4:44
- "Here We Go" – 3:21
- "What He Say" – 4:04
- "Say You're Sorry" – 4:18
- "Should Have Known Better" – 4:31
- "She's Got a Cause" – 3:33
All songs written by A. Jourgensen, except "I Wanted to Tell Her" (Jourgensen/Jones).
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Musicians
- Alain Jourgensen - vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums
- Stephen George - drums, percussion
- Robert Roberts - keyboards, bass guitar
- Marybeth O'Hara - vocals
- Shay Jones - vocals
- Antonia de Portago - vocals
- John Davis - keyboards
- Walter Turbitt - guitar
- Martin Sorenson - bass guitar
- Brad Hallen - bass guitar
- Vince Ely - percussion, keyboards
- Ziv Gidron - chanting
- Bob Suber - saxophone
- Doreen Chanter - vocals
- Ministry of Horns - horns
[edit] Technical staff
- Ian Taylor - producer, engineer
- Vince Ely - producer
- David Wooley - engineer
- Flood - engineer
- David Heglmeier - tape operator
- Roger Merritt - tape operator
- Steve Jackson - tape operator
- Greg Calbi - mastering
- Marty Munsch - post production factory engineer & QC
- Joe Gastwert - digital remastering (CD edition)
[edit] Management
- Steve Berkowitz - manager
- Elliot Roberts - manager
[edit] Artwork
- Alberto Rizzo - photographer
- David Gahr - inner sleeve photographer
- Brian Shanley - cover concepts
- Jim Nash - cover concepts
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1984 | The Billboard 200 | 94 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart | Position |
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| 1983 | "Work for Love" | Club Play Singles | 20 |
| 1983 | "I Wanted to Tell Her" | Club Play Singles | 13 |
| 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 |
