Twitch (Ministry album) (English Wikipedia)

Huey, Steve. "Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
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  - Gomes, Whitney Z. "Tapes of Wrath". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

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The album was named as the reference to an amphetamine called "Wiz", which was prevalent in Europe; Jourgensen was using it during sessions of Twitch in London, and so he did later during sessions of Revolting Cocks album Big Sexy Land in Brussels (Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 59). Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Phillip, Elizabeth (1985). "Chicago / Local Scene Reports". In Robbins, Ira A. (ed.). The Rolling Stone Review. New York: Scribner's. p. 188. ISBN 0-684-18332-3. ISSN 8755-6324. LCCN 85642819. OCLC 1225857589 – via the Internet Archive.
Fontenoy, Richard (1999). "Ministry". In Buckley, Jonathan; Duane, Orla; Ellingham, Mark; Spicer, Al (eds.). Rock: The Rough Guide (2nd ed.). London, New York: Rough Guides. pp. 645–646. ISBN 1-85828-457-0 – via the Internet Archive.
Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, pp. 58, 75. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 52. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Masuo 1996, p. 71; Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 58. Masuo, Sandy (January–February 1996). "Ministry: It's Not Easy Being Mean". Option: Music Culture. No. 66. pp. 66–73. ISSN 0882-178X. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Greene 1993, p. 28; Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, pp. 56–58; Reed 2013, p. 236. Greene, Jo-Ann (April 2, 1993). "Ministry". Goldmine (scans). Vol. 19, no. 7 (331). pp. 26, 28, 32, 38, 40. ISSN 1055-2685 – via Prongs.org archive. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive. Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6. LCCN 2012-42281. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. XXIX. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, pp. 64–66. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Finley, Kathleen (April 4, 1986). "Twitching techno-pop solo". The Villanovan. Vol. 61, no. 19. Retrieved October 16, 2018 – via the Internet Archive.
"TWITCH — Ministry — Sire 25309..." Album Releases. Cash Box. Vol. 49, no. 39. March 15, 1986. p. 12. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved May 14, 2018 – via the Internet Archive.
Dubin, J. D. (April 7, 1986). "Success On The Dancefloor". The Varsity. Vol. 106, no. 51. p. 18. Retrieved October 16, 2018 – via the Internet Archive.
Knowles, Christopher (2010). The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll. Berkeley, California: Viva Editions (Simon and Schuster). p. 236. ISBN 978-1-57344-405-7 – via Internet Archive. But Ministry's second album, Twtich (1986) saw singer/leader Alain Jourgensen dropping the synth-pop and hijacking the songbook of industrial dance pioneers Cabaret Voltaire, complete with pounding drum machines, sampled noises, and half-whispered, English-accented vocals.
- Esher, Alan. "Twitch - Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  - Print version* "Ministry". All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide To Popular Music. Edited by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine. San Francisco: All Media Guide / Backbeat Books. 2001. pp. 264. ISBN 0879306270 – via the Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  - Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). "Ministry / Chapter 33: Industrial and Grindcore". Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Foreword by Joe Satriani; edited by Jon Eiche. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 250–251. ISBN 0-7935-4042-9. OCLC 1285652457 – via the Internet Archive. He released a strictly industrial album in 1986, Twitch...
  - Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 64. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
  - Reed 2013, p. 237. Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6. LCCN 2012-42281. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
  - "12' Reviews". Dance. Cash Box. Vol. 49, no. 24. November 23, 1985. p. 20. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved July 4, 2018 – via the Internet Archive.
  - Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 65. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
  - Greene 1993, p. 32; Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 68. Greene, Jo-Ann (April 2, 1993). "Ministry". Goldmine (scans). Vol. 19, no. 7 (331). pp. 26, 28, 32, 38, 40. ISSN 1055-2685 – via Prongs.org archive. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
  - Christensen, Thor (1999). "Ministry". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (loan required). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 762. ISBN 978-1-57859-061-2 – via the Internet Archive.
  - McLeod, Kembrew (November 2004). "Ministry". In Brackett, Nathan (ed.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 544. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 – via Internet Archive.

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"Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

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Brooks, Jeffrey S. (2017). "Chapter 5: The Evolution of a Revolution". In Terri N. Watson; Jeffrey S. Brooks; Floyd D. Beachum (eds.). Educational Leadership and Music: Lessons for Tomorrow's School Leaders. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 9781681238579 – via Google Books.
"Ministry, 'Twitch'; Producer: Adrian Sherwood; Sire 25309". Album & Single Reviews. Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 12. March 22, 1986. p. 78. Retrieved May 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
Sheffield, Rob (December 1992). "Ministry". Artist of the Year: Runners-Up. Spin. Vol. 8, no. 9. p. 60. Retrieved May 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
Chin, Brian (April 19, 1986). "Dance Trax". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 16. p. 41. Retrieved May 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
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John Leland (March 1986). "Ministry: 'Over the Shoulder' with b/w 'Isle of Man' and 'Twitch' (Sire)". Singles. Spin Magazine. Vol. 1, no. 11. p. 37. Retrieved March 21, 2018 – via Google Books.
Liggeri, Domenico (2013). Musica per i nostri occhi: Storie e segreti dei videoclip (electronic book) (in Italian). Giunti. ISBN 9788858761106 – via Google Books. Nell'86 i Ministry per Over the shoulder lo lasciano delirare con i concetti allo stesso modo in cui loro lo fanno con i suoni, consentendogli di descrivere minuzio come due giovannissimi ladri rubano un'istigazione a delinquere, facendo poi compiere al cantante un furto con effrazione in un supermercato , quindi tendando la metafora tra una macchina distrutta dalla sfasciacarozze e l'apertura di una scatoletta, legando il tutto con il tema ricorrente delle galline in batteria: se ne potrebbe evincere che come atto di ribellione all'omologazione sociale sia giustificato perfino commettere reati.

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Popson, Tom (July 26, 1985). "The Wax Trax Method Of Making Records". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
Popson, Tom (March 28, 1986). "Adventures With Ministry In The Land Of Majors". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2017.

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Kretsch, Ron (June 10, 2013). "Early Ministry KICKED ASS". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved May 16, 2018. The consensus narrative of his main band Ministry's career trajectory holds that after an early anglophile period that's as big of a let's-pretend-it-didn't-happen embarrassment to most their fans as Pablo Honey is to Radiohead snobs, the band really got started with the industrial dance masterpiece Twitch.
Kretsch, Ron (March 25, 2015). "'The Game is Over' Previously unreleased Ministry song from 1983". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

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Horan, Anthony. "Ministry - Tapes of Wrath - DVD Review". DVD.net. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

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Wolanski, Coreen (March 1, 2003). "Ministry - Nothing Exceeds Like Excess". Exclaim!. Retrieved December 4, 2017.

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Stanton, Mike (July 26, 2016). "Fourculture Classics #6 – Twitch". Fourculture Magazine. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

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Moore, Paul (1992). "Keith LeBlanc" (interview; scans). Technology Works. No. 13. pp. 16–25. Retrieved May 11, 2018 – via Imgur.

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Barker, Paul (June 28, 2001). "Ministry". Ink19 (Interview). Interviewed by Kiran Aditham. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

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Phillip, Elizabeth (1985). "Chicago / Local Scene Reports". In Robbins, Ira A. (ed.). The Rolling Stone Review. New York: Scribner's. p. 188. ISBN 0-684-18332-3. ISSN 8755-6324. LCCN 85642819. OCLC 1225857589 – via the Internet Archive.
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Reed 2013, p. 237. Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6. LCCN 2012-42281. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.

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Jourgensen, Al (January 2005). "Interview de Al Jourgensen (Ministry), pour la sortie de House Of The Molé Paris, fin mai 2004.". Metalorgie (Interview) (in French). Interviewed by Mikki Fajito. Retrieved May 30, 2018.

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Angle, Brad (December 1, 2007). "Ministry: Track Record". Revolver Magazine. Retrieved April 27, 2018. While Ministry wouldn't perfect their trademark wall-of-guitar-and-sample style until later albums, Twitchs hard-edged yet danceable electronica was a turning point for the band.

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Eddy, Chuck (April 2010). "Industrial Metal". Spin. Vol. 26, no. 3. p. 91. Retrieved July 4, 2018. Anglophile synth-pop poseurs bucking for Spandau Ballet's MTV minutes on their earliest records, Al Jourgenson's Chicago outfit shape-shifted twice during the 1980s. First, letting Adrian Sherwood soak them in dense dub on 1986's Twitch, then deciding they could sound meaner than Big Black — which they couldn't, but nice try!

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Popson, Tom (July 26, 1985). "The Wax Trax Method Of Making Records". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
Popson, Tom (March 28, 1986). "Adventures With Ministry In The Land Of Majors". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
Neilstein, Vince (2007-02-07). "I come bearing a gift: Ministry's official soundscan numbers". pissarmy.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
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Phillip, Elizabeth (1985). "Chicago / Local Scene Reports". In Robbins, Ira A. (ed.). The Rolling Stone Review. New York: Scribner's. p. 188. ISBN 0-684-18332-3. ISSN 8755-6324. LCCN 85642819. OCLC 1225857589 – via the Internet Archive.
Masuo 1996, p. 71; Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 58. Masuo, Sandy (January–February 1996). "Ministry: It's Not Easy Being Mean". Option: Music Culture. No. 66. pp. 66–73. ISSN 0882-178X. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Greene 1993, p. 28; Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, pp. 56–58; Reed 2013, p. 236. Greene, Jo-Ann (April 2, 1993). "Ministry". Goldmine (scans). Vol. 19, no. 7 (331). pp. 26, 28, 32, 38, 40. ISSN 1055-2685 – via Prongs.org archive. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive. Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6. LCCN 2012-42281. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
Greene 1993, p. 28. Greene, Jo-Ann (April 2, 1993). "Ministry". Goldmine (scans). Vol. 19, no. 7 (331). pp. 26, 28, 32, 38, 40. ISSN 1055-2685 – via Prongs.org archive.
Considine, J. D. (June 1986). "Ministry: Twitch (Sire)". Short Rock Takes. Musician. Vol. 7, no. 92. p. 90. ISSN 0733-5253.
Masuo 1996, p. 71. Masuo, Sandy (January–February 1996). "Ministry: It's Not Easy Being Mean". Option: Music Culture. No. 66. pp. 66–73. ISSN 0882-178X.
"TWITCH — Ministry — Sire 25309..." Album Releases. Cash Box. Vol. 49, no. 39. March 15, 1986. p. 12. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved May 14, 2018 – via the Internet Archive.
Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). "Ministry / Chapter 33: Industrial and Grindcore". Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists. Foreword by Joe Satriani; edited by Jon Eiche. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 250–251. ISBN 0-7935-4042-9. OCLC 1285652457 – via the Internet Archive. He released a strictly industrial album in 1986, Twitch...
Reed 2013, p. 237. Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-983260-6. LCCN 2012-42281. OCLC 1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
"Ministry: Over The Shoulder". Album & Singles Reviews. Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 47. November 23, 1985. p. 67. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 28, 2018 – via Google Books.
"12' Reviews". Dance. Cash Box. Vol. 49, no. 24. November 23, 1985. p. 20. ISSN 0008-7289. Retrieved July 4, 2018 – via the Internet Archive.
Greene 1993, p. 32; Jourgensen & Wiederhorn 2013, p. 68. Greene, Jo-Ann (April 2, 1993). "Ministry". Goldmine (scans). Vol. 19, no. 7 (331). pp. 26, 28, 32, 38, 40. ISSN 1055-2685 – via Prongs.org archive. Jourgensen, Al & Wiederhorn, Jon (July 9, 2013). Ministry: The Lost Gospels According To Al Jourgensen. Boston, MA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306822186 – via the Internet Archive.
Greene 1993, p. 32. Greene, Jo-Ann (April 2, 1993). "Ministry". Goldmine (scans). Vol. 19, no. 7 (331). pp. 26, 28, 32, 38, 40. ISSN 1055-2685 – via Prongs.org archive.