Twitch (Ministry album)

Twitch
Studio album by Ministry
Released	March 12, 1986
Recorded	1985
Studio	Southern Studios, London Hansa Tonstudio, West Berlin
Genre	EBM electro-industrial industrial dance
Length	45:41
Label	Sire
Producer	Adrian Sherwood Alain Jourgensen
Ministry chronology
With Sympathy (1983) Twitch (1986) Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) (1987)
Singles from Twitch
"Over the Shoulder" Released: November 1985

Twitch^{[nb 1]} is the second studio album by American industrial band Ministry, released on March 12, 1986 by Sire Records. Recorded mostly in London and West Berlin during 1985, it was largely produced by On-U Sound Records owner Adrian Sherwood, while the band's frontman Al Jourgensen co-produced two tracks. It stepped away from the synthpop-oriented form of Ministry's 1983 debut studio album, With Sympathy, and moved toward a darker, more aggressive sound, heavily influenced by industrial dance groups Cabaret Voltaire and Front 242.

Preceded by "Over the Shoulder", with an accompanying video directed by Peter Christopherson, the album was supported by a concert tour of North America, which was the first to feature Paul Barker and Bill Rieflin in the line-up, playing bass guitar and drums, respectively. The album was released to mixed reviews.
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