With Sympathy

With Sympathy
Studio album by Ministry
Released May 10, 1983
Recorded Late 1982 at Syncro Sound Studios, Boston
Genre Synthpop
Length 37:52
Label North America: Arista, Europe: BMG
Producer Vince Ely, Ian Taylor
Ministry chronology
With Sympathy
(1983)		 Twitch
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
I-Mockery [2]
Rolling Stone [3]

With Sympathy is the debut album by Ministry. The album was released in 1983 through Arista Records, with Ministry's members at the time being Alain Jourgensen and Stephen George. Singer Jourgensen was supposedly pressured into making the album in the "synthpop" style by Arista management, which 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 "synthpop" album.[4] 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.

The album is to be reissued with three bonus tracks, but the release has been delayed.[5]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Effigy (I'm Not An)"   3:51
2. "Revenge"   3:48
3. "I Wanted to Tell Her"   5:29
4. "Work For Love"   4:44
5. "Here We Go"   3:21
6. "What He Say"   4:04
7. "Say You're Sorry"   4:18
8. "Should Have Known Better"   4:31
9. "She's Got a Cause"   3:33
Bonus tracks on delayed re-release:
No. Title Length
10. "I Wanted to Tell Her" (Extended Mix)  
11. "Revenge" (Remix)  
12. "A Walk in the Park"    

All songs written by A. Jourgensen, except "I Wanted to Tell Her" (Jourgensen/Jones).

European release "Work for Love"

No. Title Length
1. "Work for Love"   4:44
2. "Do the Etawa"   4:04
3. "I Wanted to Tell Her"   5:29
4. "Say You're Sorry"   4:18
5. "Here We Go"   3:21
6. "Effigy (I'm Not An)"   3:51
7. "Revenge"   3:48
8. "She's Got a Cause"   3:33
9. "Should Have Known Better"   4:31

Personnel

Ministry

Additional musicians

Technical staff

Management

Artwork

Chart positions

Album
Chart (1984) Peak
position
The Billboard 200[6] 94
Singles
Song (1983) US
Dance
[7]		 NZ
[8]
"Work for Love" 20 —
"I Wanted to Tell Her" 13 35
"Revenge" — —

References

  1. ^ "With Sympathy - Ministry". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13126/review. 
  2. ^ "Weekly Stoplight - With Sympathy". I-Mockery. http://www.i-mockery.com/weeklies/weekly.php?type=music&id=31. 
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ ministrymama. "Concert Review on Oct 30, 2004". pollstar.com. http://www.pollstar.com/reviews/reviews.cgi?Page=Detail&Artist=MINIST&Post=464&Sort=PerformanceDate. 
  5. ^ "Ministry - With Sympathy [US CD]". The Ideal Copy. http://idealcopy.american-data.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=78372225012. 
  6. ^ "Ministry - Charts & Awards - Billboard Albums". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/ministry-p4920/charts-awards/billboard-albums. 
  7. ^ "Ministry - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/ministry-p4920/charts-awards/billboard-singles. 
  8. ^ "Ministry - I Wanted To Tell Her". charts.org.nz. http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Ministry&titel=I+Wanted+To+Tell+Her&cat=s. 

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