With Sympathy

With Sympathy was the first album released by Ministry. It was was released on May 10, 1983 through Arista, Ministry’s band mambers at the time were Alain Jourgensen and Stephen George. Jourgensen was supposedly pressured into making the album with “synth pop” style by Arista management, and it is in contrast to the harder sound he played as his career progressed. 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 “synth-pop” album. 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 nysuc video available for “Revenge”, which was one of three singles pulled from the album, the others were “Work for Love” and “I Wanted to Tell Her”.

Track listing

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:

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"

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

• "What He Say" was renamed "Do the Etawa" on the European release.

Personnel

Ministry

• Alain Jourgensen - vocals, guitar (1, 3, 4), keyboards, drums (8)
• Stephen "Stevo" George - drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

• Robert Roberts - keyboards (2, 3, 4, 9), bass guitar (4)
• Marybeth O'Hara - vocals (2, 4)
• Shay Jones - vocals (3)
• John Davis - keyboards (3, 4, 9)
• Walter Turbitt - guitar (3)
• Martin Sorenson - bass guitar (3)
• Vince Ely - percussion (4), keyboards (4)
• Antonia de Portago - vocals (4)
• Brad Hallen - bass guitar (5, 6)
• Ministry of Horns - horns (6)
• Ziv Gidron - chanting (6)
• Doreen Chanter - vocals (7)
• Bob Suber - saxophone (7)

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 Calbi - mastering
• Marty Munsch - post production factory engineer & QC
• 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 concepts

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1984	The Billboard 200	94

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1983	"Work for Love"	Club Play Singles	20
1983	"I Wanted to Tell Her"	Club Play Singles	13
1983	"Revenge (You Did It Again)"	Club Play Singles	-