With Sympathy
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With Sympathy is an album by Ministry. The album was released in July, 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. Despite Jourgensen's claims, the material isn't too dissimilar to the songs Ministry were putting out on Wax Trax! before - and after - this release. Somewhat amusingly, 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.
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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).
Personnel
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
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 Calibi - mastering
- Joe Gastwert - digital remastering (CD edition)
Management
- Steve Berkowitz - manager
- Elliot Roberts - manager
Artwork
- Alberto Rizzo - photographer
- David Gahr - inner sleeve photographer
- Brian Shanley - cover concepts
- Jim Nash - cover conceptssv:With Sympathy