Twitch (Ministry album)  

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Twitch is the second studio album by industrial metal band Ministry, released in 1986. The album stepped away from the pop-oriented form of their previous album With Sympathy and moved toward a darker, more aggressive sound in the form of EBM. Released by Sire Records, Jourgensen was granted more artistic control over the production than under Arista/BMG. Twitch was re-released in 1990 with two additional tracks.

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Jourgensen was living in London at the time of recording, an experience that he intensely disliked because of the cultural differences. Jourgensen worked with producer Adrian Sherwood, whom he hired to teach him how to mix an album. In his autobiography, Jourgensen called Twitch "pussy shit" but credited Sherwood with giving the music an aggressive edge. The album was named as the reference to an amphetamine called “Wiz”, which was prevalent in Europe; Jourgensen was addicted to it during Twitch sessions in London and later during sessions of Revolting Cocks album Big Sexy Land in Brussels.

"Over the Shoulder" was the only single from the album, with the accompanying music video directed by Storm Thorgerson.

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.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Twitch.<ref name="liner notes">

Ministry

Additional personnel




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