Twitch (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Twitch
Type = studio
Artist = Ministry


Released = July 8, 1986
Recorded = Southern Studios, London
Genre = Industrial music
Length = 45:41
Label = Sire/Warner Bros. Records
25309
Producer = Adrian Sherwood
Alain Jourgensen
Reviews =
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4c8o1v0jzzma~T1 Allmusic.com] Rating|3|5| Last album = "Twelve Inch Singles"
(1985)
This album = "Twitch"
(1986)
Next album = "The Land of Rape and Honey"
(1988)

"Twitch" is the second studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1986. The album's style features a mix of industrial, new wave, synth pop, and electronica influences, but in a more aggressive and less pop-oriented form than their previous album, "With Sympathy". The album also is the first to feature Al Jourgensen's (left wing) political and personal opinions, as do many other Ministry albums. Released under Sire Records, 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 the album.

"Over the Shoulder" is the only single from the album.

Track listing

1986 Original Track Listing

All songs are written by Alain Jourgensen.
# "Just Like You" – 5:03
# "We Believe" – 5:56
# "All Day Remix" – 6:03
# "The Angel" – 6:06
# "Over the Shoulder" – 5:13
# "My Possession" – 5:05
# "Where You At Now?/Crash & Burn/Twitch (Version II)" – 12:15
# "Over the Shoulder (12" Version)" – 6:46
# "Isle of Man (Version II)" – 4:30

* 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)"

2003 "Twitched" Track Listing

All songs are written by Alain Jourgensen.
# "Just Like You" – 5:06
# "We Believe" – 5:55
# "The Angel" – 5:55
# "Isle of Man (Ver 1)" – 3:29
# "Over the Shoulder" – 5:05
# "Possession" – 5:30
# "Abortive" – 3:25
# "Twitch (Part 1)" – 3:49
# "The Angel (Short Version)" – 4:31
# "Over the Shoulder (Extended Version)" – 6:43
# "Isle of Man (Ver 2)" – 4:34
# "Twitch (Ver 2)" – 2:01

* 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"

Personnel

* Alain Jourgensen – guitars, vocals, production, engineering
* Adrian Sherwood – production, engineering
* Gareth Jones – engineering
* Keith LeBlanc – percussion programming
* Patty Jourgensen – additional vocals
* Brad Hallen – bass
* Stephen George – additional percussion
* Luc van Acker – additional vocals

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