Album · Ministry
Twitch by Ministry
Twitch is an album by Ministry, released in 1986. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Over The Shoulder”, on 1 list with a best position of #177.
Twitch, Ministry's second album, came out on Sire on March 12, 1986, and it's the moment Al Jourgensen torched the synth-pop of 1983's With Sympathy and went hunting for something darker. He found it mostly in London and West Berlin during 1985, working with On-U Sound boss Adrian Sherwood, who produced most of the record while Jourgensen co-produced two tracks. The pulse comes straight from the industrial dance of Cabaret Voltaire and Front 242: cold, clanking rhythms and a lot more menace than melody.
"Over the Shoulder" went out first, with a video directed by Peter Christopherson, and the tour behind the album brought Paul Barker in on bass and Bill Rieflin on drums for the first time. Reviews were mixed, but the Chicago outfit was on its way to the industrial rock and metal it would help pioneer by the end of the decade.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Twitch on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over The Shoulder | 1 | #177 | – | 1991 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.